Việt Nam is positioned to take advantage of the growing opportunities presented by the sharing economy, said Rebecca Bryant, Australian Embassy Charge D’Affaire at the conference on the sharing economy held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Commercial banks’ liquidity was good in the first half of this year thanks to the State Bank of Việt Nam’s (SBV) net injection of nearly VNĐ210 trillion (US$9.17 billion), the latest report from the National Financial Supervisory Commission showed.

New preferential policies have encouraged both local and international firms to invest in renewable energy, according to authorities.

Many foreign giants have invested in Việt Nam’s leading e-commerce platforms even as they incur big losses, as they continue to see the long-term potential of the country’s rapidly expanding online shopping sector.

Links between farmers and enterprises are weak in the southern province of Tây Ninh, making it difficult to add value to local farm produce, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Shark catfish farming has grown rapidly in An Giang Province due to the authorities’ efforts to introduce sophisticated farming techniques and new technologies.

Japanese companies are investing heavily in the mechanical engineering industry in Việt Nam.

The Việt Nam Construction and Machinery Installation Corp (Lilama) has decided to withdraw all capital from Sông Vàng Hydropower JSC (SVH).

South Korea’s Hanwha Life Insurance Company (Vietnam) on Wednesday announced plans to increase its charter capital by VNĐ3 trillion to VNĐ4.89 trillion, becoming one of the largest life insurers in the country.