HCM City has asked the Government for a bonus of VNĐ10 trillion (US$450 million) for exceeding its tax revenue target last year.

Vietnamese workers have substantially improved their productivity levels in the last 15 years, according to ICAEW’s latest ‘Economic Insight: South East Asia’ event launched in Hà Nội last Friday.

The Ministry of Finance has planned to boost the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) through rating the publicity and transparency of the enterprises’ financial statements, a finance ministry official said.

The demand for construction materials in the country is estimated to touch 30 to 33 billion bricks by 2020. Non-fired materials will account for 30 to 40 per cent of these bricks.

On May 30 the media carried the Ministry of Finance’s request to the central bank governor, Lê Minh Hưng, to instruct major State-owned lenders BIDV and Vietinbank to pay the 2015 dividends in cash.

With vast areas suitable for growing flowers, Việt Nam has the potential to become one of the world’s largest flower exporters, according to experts.

Experts from most securities companies expect the VN-Index to hit a two-year peak level of 640 this week.

The Vietnamese bought over 26,000 cars in May, a 45 per cent increase compared with the same period last year, a report from the Việt Nam Automobile Manufacturers' Association noted.

More than 300 property exchange floors will take part in an event held by the Vietnam Association of Realtors in central Đà Nẵng City on June 25.