A new regulation that stipulates telecommunication firms may only provide discounts for prepaid subscribers of up to 20 per cent has major problems and fails to uphold market economic principles, said Trần Mạnh Hùng, chairman of VNPT’s director board.

In the early days of July, many listed companies have reported positive earnings for the first half of this year. Most are leading companies in their industries.

The HCM City customs department informed South Korean firms about new trade regulations and resolved problems faced by the latter in carrying out customs procedures at a dialogue held on Tuesday.

The changes in tax policy and investment incentives are the issues of greatest concern for foreign investors in Việt Nam, said Bùi Ngọc Tuấn, deputy general director of the Audit and Advisory firm Deloitte Việt Nam at a workshop on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

The Department of Farm Produce Processing and Market Development has forecast that pepper prices will struggle to recover in July and the rest of the year.

The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact the structure of the world economy in the future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where the economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index ended on a negative note for the second day in a row as profit-taking pressure rose in the last minutes to limit the growth of large-cap companies.

The International Finance Corporation and Tiên Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank have inked a deal following which the financial arm of the World Bank will provide a syndicated loan of US$100 million to help TPBank extend long-term funding to mirco, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and individual borrowers through digital delivery channels.

The Government has agreed to accede to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Agreement on Port State Measures, the first binding international agreement to specifically target illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.