The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the ministries and localities supported its proposal to raise environmental protection tax on oil and petroleum products.

Amata VN Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand-based Amata Corporation PCL, has received a licence to develop the first phase of the US$1.6 billion industrial and urban project in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, around 150 km from the capital Hà Nội.

The central city and Việt Nam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) inked an agreement on online payment service in the city’s e-Government system (egov.danang.gov.vn) on Tuesday, marking further progress towards promoting cashless transactions in the community.

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange held 11 auctions of government bonds (G-bonds) in March, mobilising more than VNĐ11 trillion (US$482.9 million) for the State budget.

Around 300 local enterprises are taking part in the Vietnamese High-Quality Products Fair that opened on April 3 in HCM City.

The municipal People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Văn Tùng attributed this positive result to the city’s ongoing efforts to foster administrative reforms, improve its investment climate, accelerate investment promotion and resolve difficulties for investors in implementing their projects here.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) last week announced the initiation of anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into the import of laminated woven sacks (LWSs) from Việt Nam.

Audio Visual Global (AVG) has paid VNĐ2.5 trillion (US$109.5 million) to MobiFone, a State-owned business under management of the Ministry of Information and Communication, after the two sides cancelled the mutual share transfer agreement on March 12.

The money supply in the economy, as of March 20, increased 3.23 per cent against the end of 2017, the highest in four years, according to the General Statistics Office.