Real estate and construction firm 577 Investment Corporation has lost VNĐ614.7 billion (US$27.3 million) in market capitalisation following the fire at Carina Plaza in HCM City on March 23.

At least six member countries of the Transpacific Partnership’s new avatar, the CPTPP, including Việt Nam, are likely to ratify it this year enabling it to come into force in early 2019, bringing 90 per cent of trade tariffs between 11 nations down to zero, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday (March 29).

Việt Nam posted year-on-year GDP growth of 7.38 per cent in the first quarter of 2018, the best first-quarter performance in the last ten years, backed by growth in manufacturing and agriculture.

Shares declined for the first time in the last four trades as investors still kept precautious view on the market outlook amid global volatility following the US-China trade tension.

Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) is expected to reach VNĐ18.04 trillion (US$789.2 million) in accumulated revenue this year, marking an increase of 13 per cent compared to last year.

Travel and transportation services company WorldTrans announced its schedule for direct charter flights between Cần Thơ and Bangkok this year at a press conference in Mekong Delta city on Wednesday.

Experts and scientists discussed ways to promote the herbal medicine industry in Việt Nam at a workshop on March 28 in Hà Nội.

During the reviewed period, finance banking caught the most interest from the Vietnamese investors, accounting for 70.2 per cent of their total investments, or $105 million. 

After a year of thorough investigation into the anti-dumping and anti-subsidisation case of Vietnamese coiled steel rod, the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has closed the matter.