The VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange struggled to rise for a third day as investors tried offloading their stakes in large-cap stocks and shifted focus to penny and mid-cap shares.

Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) is not permitted to mobilise capital to invest in the real estate and finance sectors.

The US and Japan imported garments and textile products worth US$15 billion from Việt Nam in 2016, the Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) has said.

The People’s Committee of the central Bình Định Province licensed an investment certificate to Japan-based Marubeni Lumber Co Ltd to invest in a project worth US$5 million during a ceremony held on Monday.

The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on Monday submitted a proposal to the government to renegotiate the high import duty on Vietnamese tuna products in Japan.

Chân Mây port in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế expects to receive 49 cruise ships and 113,000 tourists in 2017.

Việt Nam will have some 116 warehouses at the border gates with Laos and Cambodia by 2035, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The paucity of skilled IT (information technology) workers in the country was highlighted yesterday as the FPT Corporation opened its second software village, F-Ville 2, in Hà Nội.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh has called on the Australian government to allow the import of prawns and uncooked shrimps again soon.