The country’s largest container terminal operator, Saigon Newport Corporation, and military-owned telecom company Viettel on Thursday (April 15) signed an agreement to promote the use of IT and develop logistics and other services.

The US Treasury has removed Việt Nam and Switzerland from the list of countries labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision of the administration under President Trump last December.  

The skewed concentration of property projects in some areas of HCM City has resulted in an imbalance in the development of satellite cities and causes a strain on the transport system, a workshop heard in the city yesterday (April 16).

Dat Bike, a Vietnamese technology start-up that plans to make electric motorbikes, has raised US$2.6 million in a pre-series A funding from Singapore’s Jungle Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Hustle Fund, and iSeed Ventures. 

Vietinbank (CTG) targeted a pre-tax profit of VNĐ16.8 trillion (US$728.1 million) in 2021, increasing 2.14 per cent from last year.

The Hà Nội property market is expected to recover strongly this year thanks to positive performance in the housing segment in the first quarter, according to experts.

A forum to promote industrial investment in Việt Nam was held online on Thursday as part of the Việt Nam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2021) in Singapore.

Besides churning out high-quality products, Vietnamese producers must meet other strict requirements of importers, including a good governance system, to enable to participate in the global supply chain, experts said.

The northern port city of Hải Phòng is targeting US$1.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the second quarter of 2021, according to head of the Management Board of Hải Phòng Economic Zones Lê Trung Kiên.