State budget revenue in the first two months of this year totalled nearly VNĐ246.5 trillion (US$10.6 billion), representing a rise of 18.2 per cent over the same period last year and equivalent to 17.5 per cent of the Government’s target for the full year.

The Vietnamese đồng would be steady next months, buoyed by positive foreign inflow and reasonable gap between interest rates of the đồng and the US dollar as well as the stability of the Chinese renminbi, experts said.

Chicago-headquartered Hyatt Hotels Corporation recently announced that a Hyatt affiliate entered into an agreement with Vietnamese diversified corporation BIM Group to develop 100-key Park Hyatt Phu Quoc hotel as well as 65 residences in Phú Quốc Island, Kiên Giang Province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Circular No 04/2019/TT-BCT setting import quotas for salt, sugar and eggs for the period from April 17 to December 31, 2019.

Việt Nam’s steel market was forecast to be in good shape in the first quarter of this year despite high prices, said the Việt Nam Steel Association (VSA). 

Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has set a target of earning a pre-tax profit of VNĐ3.4 trillion (US$146 million) in 2019, up 24 per cent year-on-year.

Orders for furniture exports have risen strongly so far this year over the same period last year as demand has risen, according to Huỳnh Quang Thanh, chairman and CEO of Bình Dương-based Hiệp Long Fine Furniture Company.

Researchers of the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) have proposed the Government to levy special consumption tax rate for bio-fuel equal to 50 per cent of the tax rate for gasoline.

Over 50 leading US companies has set foot in the capital city to explore business opportunities in activities organised by the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC).