The market stabilisation programme for essential goods in HCM City has contributed to ensure social security and meet consumer demand, especially from low-income earners, over the last 15 years, according to city authorities.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to work hard to enhance the added-value of Vietnamese rice.

Central Bình Định Province has attracted 12 domestic and foreign investment projects to economic zones in the first quarter of the year, provincial People’s Committee chairman Hồ Quốc Dũng said.

Lending from January to March 23 rose by 3.14 per cent against the end of last year, according to a new report from the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

The State Bank of Việt Nam plans to reduce the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to below 3 per cent by 2020 under an action plan to implement a government resolution.

Việt Nam’s import value of animal feed and material for production of animal feed witnessed a year-on-year increase of 41.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year.

San Miguel, the Philippines’ largest brewery corporation, is “evaluating and may bid” for Việt Nam’s Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (SABECO), company president Ramon Ang told Bloomberg reporters on March 31.

Shares fell on the two local markets on Wednesday ahead of the national holiday as large-cap stocks suffered from low investor confidence.

Việt Nam should have savvy foreign direct investment (FDI) policies that direct capital to modern and environmentally friendly technologies and promote technology transfer to make local firms more competitive, experts say.