The ministries of industry and trade and finance decided to raise retail petrol prices as of 3pm on Thursday.

More than 600 pavilions of 300 businesses from Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Việt Nam displayed their products at the International Vietbuild Exhibition on Wednesday.

The Northern province of Hà Nam attracted four foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a combined capital of US$29 million in the first quarter of this year, said Trần Xuân Dưỡng, director of the provincial Industrial Zones Authority (IZA).

A fair featuring farm produce and craft products from Vietnamese cooperatives is underway in Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội.

Domestic enterprises with plans to invest in four key industrial sectors and two traditional fields will be offered low-interest loans worth up to VNĐ200 billion (US$8.8 million) for each project. 

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has endorsed the ceiling foreign ownership at the Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) at 20 per cent as approved by the Prime Minister on the share issue to foreign strategic investors last year.

Việt Nam must reach a higher level of national and international branding on its path to economic and societal development. This was the consensus at a conference on green growth development strategy held yesterday in Hà Nội.

With credit growth accelerating in the first quarter, many commercial banks may become more demanding in selecting lending customers.

Vietnamese shares remained mostly positive in the two local markets yesterday, driven by better investor confidence in particular groups of stocks with supporting business information.