Spanish enterprises will pay more attention to transport projects, particularly in public transport, which has been prioritised by the Vietnamese Government, said Spanish Ambassador to Việt Nam Alfonso Tena Garcia.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Quốc Doanh signed a decision on Monday to stop all imports of distillers’ dried grains from the United States and peanuts from Sudan and Hong Kong.

The draft law on support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be discussed at the 14th National Assembly’s second meeting sessions which will open today, heard a conference yesterday.

South Korea’s stock market operator reported yesterday that it had secured a contract with its Vietnamese counterpart to set up the IT infrastructure for the Southeast Asian nation’s equity trading.

The Government and its agencies will have to make their best efforts to ensure inflation growth stays below 5 per cent at the end of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said at a meeting yesterday.

Shares rose for a second day yesterday on the two exchanges as investors were optimistic with the market outlook and earnings prospects of listed companies.

The industry and trade ministry has enforced Circular No. 22/2016/TT-BCT, which pertains to the use of electronic certificate of origin (C/O) under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).

Some 800 small and medium sized gas trading companies have submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh on gas trading requirements.

The governments of Việt Nam and Luxemburg recently signed a protocol about the VIE032 project “Capacity Improvement in Finance” to support the State Securities Commission in its implementation of the Việt Nam Stock Market Development Strategy 2016-2020.