Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has urged the Central Highlands region to build a Vietnamese coffee brand capable of competing with rivals at home and abroad.

The increase of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of the year has contributed to a better performance of listed industrial park developers.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng directed the Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) and network operators to stop the supply of pre-activated SIM cards.

As blockchain disrupts the banking and finance industry, experts urged caution was needed in its application together with a proper legal framework to limit risks and ensure development is on the right track.

Việt Nam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction is expected to make a leap, especially in quality, in 2019 as more foreign investors, including big names, in the world’s high-tech manufacturing and services industries are choosing the country as their destination.

The country’s biggest renewable energy project – including solar and wind power plants with total design capacity of 350 Megawatts (MW) – will be put into operation in the coastal province of Ninh Thuận on April 30.

Shares ended the week on a negative note as selling pressure increased gradually at the end of the session.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade and the UK’s Ministry for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on March 7 signed a memorandum of understanding on launching a pork trading floor.

The Vietnamese Government would continue to create a favourable business environment to encourage foreign investors, including those from Japan, to do long-term business in Việt Nam, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.