Shares extended gains to four days in a row yesterday as investors continued to collect large-cap stocks, particularly shares to be sold by the Government.

The eight-month trade surplus was totally contributed by the foreign-invested sector, which posted an export surplus of $15.18 billion, while the domestic sector witnessed a deficit of $12.73 billion

The construction of a 37MW wind power plant began in Phước Dinh Commune, Thuận Nam District in south central Ninh Thuận Province yesterday.

The Sài Gòn Silicon Park JSC yesterday began construction of the VNĐ480 billion (US$21.6 million) Sài Gòn Silicon City Centre.

The northern mountainous province of Yên Bái will create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from South Korea, said chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Phạm Thị Thanh Trà.

The European Union (EU) will offer Vietnamese rice exports duty-free tariff rate quotas when the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect.

Việt Nam is developing a corporate governance code for listed firms in order to help local firms attract more capital and make them more competitive in an environment of increasing regional economic integration.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision to conduct a general economic census across the country in March 2017.

Cuba and Việt Nam are seeking to boost investments, which are still at a modest level despite the two countries’ long-standing friendship.