The central city of Đà Nẵng has called for investment from Singapore to build a 33km tram line connecting the city and Hội An by 2025, vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Đặng Việt Dũng said in a working session with Tan Keng Hwee Seth, Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia (IA) of Singapore.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, demand for dried foods and confectionary is surging in HCM City’s traditional markets.

The assessment of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction must be realistic and systematically in order to tackle shortcomings and meet new domestic and global context, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ.

A majority of credit institutions in the country expect an upward trend in their business in 2019 after gaining good results last year, according to a State Bank of Việt Nam’s survey released late last week.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) shares jumped 4.7 per cent following the company’s debut on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on Monday.

Sacombank and Japan’s JCB International Co., Ltd on Monday (January 14) signed an agreement to deploy the latter’s QR code payment system and launch the Sacombank JCB platinum debit card.

The Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông should streamline administrative procedures to create the most favourable conditions for investors, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

The State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) will focus on auditing large projects this year with the aim of preventing losses and improving the efficiency of State capital use, General Auditor Hồ Đức Phớc said.

The Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade will work with Amazon to help Vietnamese SMEs join the Amazon e-commerce system.