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HCM City will subsidise interest on bank loans by up to 100 per cent to support individuals and organisations who help transform its agricultural sector.

China has overtaken the US to become Việt Nam’s largest importer as of January 2018, accounting for 77 per cent of the country’s export market, official statistics show.

Vietnamese shares fell for the first time on Thursday, due to increased selling pressure during the ATC session, dragging oil-gas and bank stocks down.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked other ministries and localities to closely monitor the development of supply and demand in the market as well as prices of commodities.

The Khánh Hoà Province Department of Planning and Investment has decided to withdraw the licence it had issued for the US$33 million Nha Trang Star entertainment complex due to tardy progress.

After Tết the prices of vegetables and foodstuffs in HCM City have become higher than normal.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked Vietcombank to broaden its vision to become a large bank in the Asian region through its newly approved restructuring plan until 2020.

Total exports of squid and octopus from Việt Nam to the US reached US$ 9.7 million last year, up 94.7 per cent from 2016, reported the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP).