Vietjet will participate to the Modetour Travel Mart 2018, slated to be held from August 31 to September 2 in Seoul, South Korea, the airline announced on Tuesday.

The HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre will organise the second HCM City Trade – Service – Tourism Promotion Conference in Savannakhet, Laos, in October to help Vietnamese businesses tap the Lao market and enhance co-operation between the two countries, a workshop heard on Tuesday.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) needed to speed up the resolution of non-performing loans (NPLs) to bring down the bad debt ratio of the entire banking system – including both NPLs owned by credit institutions and the Việt Nam Asset Management Company - to below 3 per cent by 2020. 

With its high economic growth rate and population of over 90 million, Việt Nam is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for international franchising businesses, especially in the food and beverages sector.

Shares ended on a positive note on Tuesday as cash flowed into large-caps.

Though the Vietnamese and HCM City governments offer many incentives and have favourable policies to encourage businesses to invest in agriculture, they often remain on paper, heard a conference held in HCM City on Monday.

Moon cake producer Mondelez Kinh Đô has said it will introduce more than 80 varieties of moon cakes at various prices for the Mid-Autumn Festival next month.

Mekong Fisheries JSC shares have been included on the southern bourse’s warning list from August 31 and the company is facing the risk of a listing cancellation.

Digital technology and online connectivity will be a driving force for the growth and transformation of the Vietnamese economy in the coming decades, a workshop heard in HCM City.