The High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association will lead a business delegation that will participate in the 2017 ASEAN-India Expo and Forum to be held in August in Bangkok.

The price of gas in HCM City and the southern provinces spiked by VNĐ27,000 (US$1.18) for a 12kg canister of cooking gas with effect from August 1.

The private sector should be encouraged to do what it does well. This is the right way for Việt Nam to follow in transforming the economic structure and encouraging innovation to exploit its potential.

 Despite a stagnant period in the second quarter of 2017, Việt Nam’s steel industry managed to turn a profit after significant earning in the first quarter, with prospect in the last five months as construction and real estates demand bounce back.

Online transport services that connect inter-provincial transport companies have reduced costs and helped reduce pollution by having fewer trucks on the road.

Việt Nam has become known for its remarkable feat in becoming an agricultural powerhouse in a relatively short time, but it seems that the benefits accrued to farmers are not commensurate with the country’s comparative advantages and efforts.

Việt Nam's trade deficit was estimated to have reached US$3.08 billion in the first seven months of this year, $380 million more than $2.7 billion in the first half, according to the latest data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).