A draft regulation that would require banks to provide details of customers’ accounts to tax authorities has been causing controversy.

With large shipments in the first eight months of the year, Việt Nam’s forestry sector expects to fulfill this year’s export target of US$9 billion a month ahead of schedule.

Phú Quốc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang is pouring more investment in tourism and transport infrastructure to become a driving force for development in the region.

The spirit of entrepreneurship is key to the development of startup businesses in Southeast Asia and for Vietnamese startups in particular, according to Đinh Thị Quỳnh Vân, general director of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vietnam.

Three years after a groundbreaking decree opened public companies to foreign ownership, less than four per cent of eligible firms have removed their foreign ownership ceiling.

 The VN-Index is forecast to extend its growth next week and conquer the 1000-point threshold, analysts said.

Construction of a US$42 million solar power plant commenced on Sunday in the southern province of Long An’s Thạnh Hóa District.

Vietnamese companies, especially those in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, should participate in trade promotion programmes if they want to expand exports to Japan, according to the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade).

 The central province of Phú Yên is determined to improve its business climate and enhance investment promotion to attract capable investors who can help exploit its untapped potential.