These days, the term “save the pigs” has appeared in many local newspapers as the price of live pigs has dropped to a record low, causing major losses for farmers across the country. Việt Nam News spoke with the leaders of three state management agencies about the causes of the downward pressure on prices as well short-term and long-term solutions to help the struggling pig-farming industry recover.

Việt Nam’s paint and printing ink industry is expected to grow at 6-8 per cent in 2016-20, according to the, according to the industry business association.

The current Competition Law in Việt Nam has yet to come into practise, and will need further improvement to reach its full potential, said Trịnh Anh Tuấn, Deputy Director General  of the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Việt Nam’s key VN Index extended growth for a second day on Wednesday as bank stocks were boosted by strong foreign investment.

There are huge potentials and opportunities for Vietnamese garment enterprises to directly sell products to the European market through e-commerce giant amazon.com, one of the world’s leading online shopping website, said an expert.

Nearly VNĐ396.5 trillion (US$17.6 billion) was collected for the State budget in the first four months of this year.

Four Vietnamese enterprises are participating in the 50th International Trade Fair in Algeria’s Algiers to advertise domestic agricultural products, souvenirs, textiles and garments.

The Empire Group and local universities and colleges on Tuesday inked an agreement on manpower training in the hospitalty sector to meet the demand for 10,000 jobs in 2020.

The Vietnamese mechanical industry will have more opportunities to improve their competitiveness if they apply technologies to meet the standards of the so-called fourth industrial revolution, experts have said.