State capital at the two brewers, Sài Gòn Alcohol-Beer-Beverage JSC (Sabeco) and Hà Nội Alcohol-Beer-Beverage JSC (Habeco), may soon be transferred to the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC).

Việt Nam Rubber Group (VRG) has decided the amount and price of shares offering in its initial public sale schedule next year.

Overnight interest rates in the inter-bank market hit a two-month high but liquidity of the banking system remained stable, a report from SSI Retail Research showed.

The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected the economic growth of Việt Nam will be 6.3 per cent this year, taking 0.2 percentage points off from the previous forecast.

The southern province of Bình Dương reported yesterday that it had attained 140 per cent of its annual target in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first nine months of the year.

A total of 8,600 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VNĐ80.5 trillion (US$3.54 billion) were established in September, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The oil and gas industry is one of the country's key economic sectors as it has made important contribution to the national economy but it is facing exceptionally tough challenges, especially in the context of deeper international integration, participants at a seminar in Hà Nội were told on Tuesday.

Nonperforming loans (NPLs) must be revolved at the earliest, especially in the banking and financial sector, in order to strengthen Việt Nam’s economy, ensure efficiency and boost effectiveness in capital allocation, a World Bank Group (WBG) official told a seminar yesterday.

The central province of Khánh Hòa is considering increasing the size of its proposed North Vân Phong special economic zone from the planned 66,000 hectares to 111,000ha.