Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the Ministry of Finance to complete drafting of a decree on a voluntary pension (superannuation) fund for approval by the end of May.

Việt Nam’s pepper industry plans to focus on improving quality to ensure long-term growth and satisfy demand from import markets, an official of the Việt Nam Pepper Association (VPA) has said.

 Fitch Ratings on Wednesday affirmed Việt Nam’s long-term foreign and local currency IDRs at ’BB-’ with a stable outlook.

The policy on national mobile number portability which will begin in Việt Nam early next year is a tool to boost the competitive market.

Vietnamese shares slid further on both local exchanges as investor confidence in financial firms remained low, following the US central bank’s announcement on Thursday.

Although amendments to Circular 36 are needed, they should be implemented gradually to avoid policy risks and difficulties to commercial banks, online news portal Bizlive quoted bank officials as saying.

Việt Nam’s consumer loans hit a five-year record high of US$15.12 billion last year, according to a new report from local market research company StoxPlus.

The biggest problem facing the Vietnamese aviation sector is the infrastructure at airports, especially at the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, heard a conference in Hà Nội this week.

Despite impressive past results, there is plenty of room to develop bilateral economic relations between Việt Nam and Cambodia further, Vietnamese Ambassador Thạch Dư told a business conference yesterday in Phnom Penh.