Consumer finance companies are offering various promotions to customers, aiming to enlarge their share in an increasingly competitive market.

Chinese tourists are reportedly avoiding paying tax in Việt Nam, with the help of tourism companies.

A customs bond model for speeding up clearance of goods is required to deal with Việt Nam’s complicated administrative procedures and boost its competitiveness, experts told a conference on trade facilitation in HCM City September 6.

The event features 1,500 booths with new products and advanced technologies in real estate, construction and construction materials.

Việt Nam’s Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) will open its apple reseller store in HCM City on September 10, according to the news website cafef.vn.

The Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Abroad (BAOOV) and the People’s Committee of Cần Thơ City will jointly speed up the establishment of BAOOV’s representative office in the Mekong Delta region’s Cần Thơ City.

The Vietnamese banking system could face a capital shortfall of almost US$20 billion – equal to 9 per cent of the country’s GDP – to meet the requirements of Basel II, scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2020, and to increase allowance coverage to a level that reflects underlying asset-quality problems, Fitch Ratings said in a report released on Wednesday.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index fell for a fourth straight session, dragged down by large-cap stocks amid investors’ worries over the market short term prospects and international trade news.

Qatar Airways will launch direct flights to Đà Nẵng, starting on December 19 as the third Vietnamese destination on the award-winning airline’s rapidly expanding global network.