E-commerce businesses may have to accept card payments as a way to offering more options to pay when shopping online, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

There is a huge opportunity for Vietnamese firms to invest in agriculture in their countries and export agricultural produce to other markets, Cambodian and Myanmarese officials have said.

Shares closed almost flat on the two local exchanges yesterday as strong investor selling hit large-cap stocks after the market reached a 10-year high last week.

Global investment firm KKR, through its Asian Fund II, has reached an agreement to invest US$250 million in Masan Group Corporation and its branded meat platform Masan Nutri-Science.

The low-cost carrier Vietjet recorded revenue of more than VNĐ27.49 trillion (US$1.21 billion) in 2016, up 39 per cent year-on-year, according to its audited financial results released on Monday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has added pepper to the list of commodities traded on the Việt Nam Commodity Exchange (VNX), according to the ministry’s Decision 1071/QĐ-BCT issued last Wednesday.

The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang earned a record export revenue in the first quarter of 2017, the provincial department of industry and trade has said.

Seventy-seven enterprises were honoured on Sunday with the National Quality Award for outstanding performance in 2016.