Việt Nam needs to shift from a low middle-income to higher-income nation and avoid the middle-income trap by reforming policy content, structure and organisation, heard an international seminar.

Vietnamese people spend three times more money on food than they did in 2004, says the General Statistic Office (GSO)

Việt Nam and India made significant progress in the textile and garment trade last year, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese shares may rise this week, as investor confidence has improved following positive macroeconomic news, Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Securities Corporation (SHS) wrote in its weekly report.

Improving labour productivity is now critical for Việt Nam to boost gross domestic product (GDP) per capita to become an industrialised and upper-middle income nation in the next two decades.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved calculation of petroleum import tax based on weighted average of the tariffs, taking into account Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status and Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Participants at a conference organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency discussed ways to help farmers gain access to loans.

Severe drought in the Mekong Delta has badly affected agriculture and aquaculture, threatening a scarcity of raw materials for seafood exports.

 FPT Securities Company (FPTS) will finalise whether to trade shares in the unlisted market UpCoM or list them on the local bourse at the annual shareholder meeting on March 22.