Remittance inflows to HCM City in the 11 months of this year reached US$4.55 billion, Nguyễn Hoàng Minh, deputy director of the State Bank of Việt Nam’s HCM City branch, said.

Huy Long An Limited Company and Japan’s Sawai Ranch on Sunday signed an agreement for cooperation in Japanese-style Waguy cow farming in southern Long An Province’s Đức Huệ District.

Vietnamese shares are expected to move marginally in the last two trading weeks of 2017 as investors take a rest, however the selling of brewer Sabeco shares should give a short boost to the market.

According to the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), Việt Nam will have to cut 669 tariff lines to zero per cent in January 2018.

Rice products will be certified under the “Vietnam Rice” national brand if they are produced in accordance with VietGAP or GlobalGAP standards -- good agricultural practices to produce clean and safe farm products.

The central city of  Đà Nẵng has called for VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$66.3 million) investment in five high-tech farms to create a centre of hi-tech-farming in the central and central highlands region.

Despite untapped potential for development, Việt Nam’s bamboo and rattan sector is still facing challenges that are preventing a growth spurt, according to industry insiders.

A huge potential exists in the country for start-ups that find innovative solutions for existing problems, and young people must be the game changers for this to happen.

Russian Export Centre and E&N Group on December 14 opened Russian Gastro House in HCM City’s District 1 to help Russian companies introduce their products directly to Vietnamese customers.