The Mekong Delta region needs public investment of VNĐ120 trillion for the green growth from 2016 to 2025, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said.

Seeing share prices tumbling, some companies have decided to buy back their shares in an effort to increase their value.

Team GridComm, pitching a smart street lighting solution for cities, along with their partner G Element, a 3D software company focusing on smart cities and buildings, won first place and a prize of US$5,000 at the Smart City Innovation Challenge (SCIC) Demo Day in Hà Nội on Monday.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân and Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ received David Cruickshank, Chairman of Deloitte Global, yesterday and acknowledged the auditing company’s contribution to the Vietnamese financial sector.

Việt Nam plans to eliminate tariffs on raw materials and spare parts and lower tariffs on small appliances and cosmetics imported from South Korea, according to Lê Thanh Liêm, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee.

Shares advanced further on both local exchanges as investors eagerly anticipated some companies’ sale of more shares to reduce the State’s capital holdings, and by the impacts of the APEC event last week.

Credit growth in the 10 months through October reached 13.5 per cent, the National Financial Supervisory Commission said in a latest report.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued Decision No. 4236 / QĐ-BCT to extend the deadline for investigating cases of applying safeguard measures for DAP and MAP fertilisers imported into Việt Nam before issuing the final report.

To find a safe food supply source for the city, Food Safety Management Board of HCM City and Saigon Co.op, in collaboration  with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bình Thuận Province, carried out a fact finding trip to the province and signed agreements to produce and buy agricultural and aquatic products meeting food safety standards.