Transparency is critical to enhance the efficiency of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as Việt Nam enters a new phase of equitisation which will focus on quality rather than quantity.

The Vietnamese capital is speeding up efforts to become a smart city that offers convenience, safety and comfort to every citizen, applying key technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, said the municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung.

Vietnamese shares recovered on Tuesday, driven by large-cap stocks despite further complications in US and China trade relations.

PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PVS) will record revenue and post-tax profits of VNĐ14.7 trillion and VNĐ736 in 2018, down 12 per cent and 8 per cent year-on-year, respectively.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL) (HAG) has registered to purchase 24 million shares of its farming subsidiary HAGL Agrico (HNG).

 HCM City will adopt incentives to encourage the private sector to develop social housing for sale and rent to address the city’s shortage of affordable homes for low-income families and industrial park workers.

Bến Tre will provide incentives for investments in rural areas and the agricultural sector to tap the largely unexploited potential of the southern province.

 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the United States Department of Agriculture has proposed continuing Việt Nam’s eligibility to export Siluriformes fish, commonly known as catfish, and fish products to the United States.

 The new competition law will create a legal framework to better manage economic concentration, experts say.