The Central Highlands provinces achieved export turnover of more than US$2.66 billion in 2017, reaching nearly 102 per cent of the year's plan and increasing 22.71 per cent compared with 2016.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) on Tuesday announced the closing of its representative office in Yangon, Myanmar.

Việt Nam Railways Corporation (VNR) on Monday launched a freight rail service between Việt Nam’s northern port city of Hải Phòng and Kaiyuan in China’s Yunnan Province. 

Some 25 per cent of CEOs or board directors in Việt Nam are women, surpassing the figures for Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Military-run telecom provider, Viettel Group, and the Việt Nam National University (VNU) on Monday officially launched the School of Aerospace Engineering (SAE) — the first of its kind in Việt Nam.

 State-owned Sông Đà Corporation will offer 219 million shares at its initial public offering (IPO) scheduled on December 25.

Hà Nội said it has prepared 28.5ha of land for developers to build 27 resettlement housing projects with an estimated 19,800 apartment units.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to create a breakthrough for timber and wooden products. Experts forecast about US$1 billion worth of timber to be exported to the EU annually by 2020, according to an official of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Association.

The country’s cement surplus this year could be 30 million tonnes and reach 35 million tonnes by 2020 if Việt Nam does not export cement.