The National Citizen Joint Stock Commercial Bank (NCB) will raise total value of its assets to VNĐ95 trillion (US$4.2 billion) in 2017, up nearly 40 per cent from last year.

The export value of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached US$10.8 billion in the first four months of 2017, a year-on-year surge of 9.1 per cent, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Over the past three months, the bank posted after-tax profit of VNĐ126 billion, up 14 per cent year-on-year.

Retailers in HCM City, including Saigon Co.op and Big C, are offering discounts on pork in an effort to boost consumption.

Vingroup Joint Stock Company (Vingroup) announced their business plan for 2017 and revenues from 2016 at their annual shareholders meeting for the year 2017 on Wednesday in Hà Nội, with significant earnings and development.

Foreign investors have poured US$10.95 billion into new and operational FDI projects and to buy stakes in local companies in the first four months of 2017, up 40.5 per cent from the same period last year.

The Government should create the best possible conditions, including easing tax procedures, to encourage household businesses to expand into companies.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met in Vientiane on Thursday with Vietnamese investors to hear about their difficulties in a bid to help create favourable conditions for Vietnamese investments in Laos.