HCM City authorities are seeking more effective measures in the fight against counterfeit products, smuggled goods and trade fraud as e-commerce grows at a fast pace, an official has said.

HCM City authorities on August 30 pledged to continue providing assistance and creating favourable conditions for real estate companies at a meeting held in the city.

The 2018 Promotion Fair opened at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in HCM City’s District 11 on August 29, with 240 exhibitors showing off their products.

All Stocks were struggling in the Thursday morning but the buying force was overwhelmed in the afternoon session, helping the market rebounded.

Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor on Wednesday visited Vietnam Airlines’ headquarter in Hà Nội as part of his visit to Việt Nam from August 27-29.

Some 87,448 new enterprises were established in the first eight months of the year, with total registered capital of VNĐ878.6 trillion (US$37.7 billion), a year-on-year increase of 2.4 percent in number of firms and 6.9 per cent in capital, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Việt Nam’s GDP this year is very likely to surpass the initial target of 6.7 per cent, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday morning.

The management board of industrial parks in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc on Wednesday granted an investment certificate to Japanese investors of Kowa Global project in Bình Xuyên Industrial Zone, Bình Xuyên District.

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation plans to invest in an electric automobile manufacturing factory in Việt Nam, said Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sakuma during a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ in Hà Nội on Wednesday.