Thành Thành Công Investment JSC purchased 35 million shares of Thành Thành Công - Biên Hòa JSC (SBT), lifting its ownership in the sugar manufacturer to 158.5 million shares, an equivalent 32 per cent of SBT’s capital.

Nearly 280 businesses dealing in ports, warehouses and yards nationwide have been connected to the Việt Nam Automated System for Seaport Customs Management (VASSCM) a year since it was launched.

Việt Úc Group last week opened a high-tech tra fish (pangasius) farm in Vĩnh Hòa commune, Tân Châu town of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The volume of cargo handled at Quy Nhơn Port in the central province of Bình Định has reached a record eight million tonnes so far this year.

Car sales rose by 23 per cent y-o-y in Novenmber to 30,540 units, according to a report by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.

Việt Nam’s industry-real estate-finance conglomerate T&T Group and the Ivory Coast’s Cotton and Cashew Council (CCA) last week signed a strategic co-operation agreement to import raw cashew nuts.

The Comprehensive Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) promises great benefits for Vietnamese firms, but many regulations on technical barriers and social responsibility will have to be met in order to take full advantage of the trade agreement, experts said at a conference in HCM City on  December 15.

Kon Tum is calling for capable investors and firms to run long-term business in the Central Highlands province and accompany local authorities in developing the green economy, protecting the environment and combating climate change, a local official said.

As one of the most-developing areas in Việt Nam, HCM City is faced with both opportunities and challenges to make the best use of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.