The export value of farming, forestry and aquatic products gained a year-on-year increase of 14.7 per cent, to US$20.45 billion, in the first seven months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is developing a draft circular on information services via mobile telecommunication network, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

A new decree will help improve the quality of corporate governance in public companies and benefit small, individual investors, a senior official said yesterday.

Despite being allowed to charge on-net fees for automatic telling machine (ATM) transactions, some commercial banks have recently applied the exemption to on-net money withdrawal and account transfer to attract new customers and develop the retail banking segment.

W.C.G Worldwide Holdings Inc, a property developer from the UK, plans to spend GBP5 billion (US$6.6 billion) to build a resort area in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu’s Xuyên Mộc District.

South Korea has surpassed the US, the European Union and ASEAN for the first time to become Việt Nam’s second-largest trade partner, after China.

Việt Nam needs to raise policies to boost digital economy, a stimulator to generate added value and breakthroughs for sustainable development, experts have said.

Việt Nam imported 3.53 million tonnes of corn in the first half of this year, up 5.6 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Crop Production Department.

The Government’s recent decision on the restructuring of credit institutions ensures that State-owned banks listed on the market no longer have to worry about dividend payout in cash, experts said.