The capital city plans to install 1,000 vending machines by 2020 to make shopping more convenient for local consumers as well as foreign tourists.

ViMariel S.A company - the fully foreign-owned firm licensed to operate in the Mariel Special Economic Development Zone Mariel (ZEDM) of Cuba, began operation on Tuesday. 

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has established a so-called soil bank composed of mud collected from rivers to make alternative materials for sand in construction.

The ‘One commune one product (OCOP)’ fair aims to honour Viet Nam’s high-quality agro-forestry-fisheries products which are well-known in domestic and foreign markets, organisers said a press conference in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

A B2B meeting was organised by the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and K-Fish Trade Support Centre in HCM City to provide networking opportunities for 12 Korean and 50 Vietnamese seafood companies.

Việt Nam’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market hit over the 10-billion-dollar landmark for the first time in 2017 and is at the turning point to reach a new era with new opportunities in the next decade.

Việt Nam’s catfish exports have been robust this year but the country’s overwhelming dependence on the increasingly competitive Chinese market remains a matter of risk.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stressed the need to shift from pre-inspection to post-inspection, issue regulations and standards on evaluation of transparency, and reduce unnecessary conditions for enhancing production.

Vietnamese shares narrowed down a sharp decline on Tuesday as investment switched to mid-cap and small-cap stocks while large-cap firms were seen to move downward due to rising profit-taking pressure.