Việt Nam News

Europe may be a large market for Vietnamese goods, but businesses need to ensure quality standards and consumption trends to fully capitalse, a workshop has been told.

The market ended lower yesterday as selling pressure still dominated some attractive stocks in banking, real estate and material sectors. 

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and La Vie Co., Ltd. have launched an initiative that helps people sit at home and still get a glimpse of the beauty of the country’s nature amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City has developed a plan together with six neighbouring provinces to create favourable traffic conditions for and issue QR identification code to their vehicles transporting foodstuffs and other goods through its Covid-19 quarantine checkpoints to ensure adequate retail supply.

Thủ Đức City in HCM City is handing out grocery cards and numbered tickets to limit the number of shoppers inside traditional markets.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed a credit deal, worth VNĐ4 trillion (US$173.7 million), with three commercial banks, to weather the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a note on July 7 Credit Suisse raised the target price for the Masan Group share, MSN, to VNĐ137,000 (US$5.93).

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade said it has plans to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential goods to meet consumer demand though all three of the city's largest wholesale markets have been closed.

Việt Nam exported about 3.2 million tonnes of fuel pellets of various types last year, making it the world’s second-largest exporter of the product, according to the General Department of Customs.

The market ended higher yesterday with the VN-Index recovering from the previous session's losses.

Local agencies have also inspected the pace of investment projects and promptly revoked licences of delayed projects.

Việt Nam’s fishery exports are on the way to fulfil the target of US$8.5 billion in value in 2021, after hitting more than $4 billion in the first half of this year, on the recovery of consumption demand in major markets such as the US and the EU, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade plans an itinerant sales programme that will sell goods around the city since many traditional markets, supermarkets and food stores are closed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Việt Nam Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (VCCA) has issued a warning about illegal multi-level businesses through investment in "AI Robots".

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$4.6 million in technical assistance to help the Government of Việt Nam strengthen public–private partnerships (PPPs), private sector development, and State-owned enterprise (SOE) reform.

Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said.

Việt Nam is implementing a green growth strategy to fulfil its sustainable growth goals by 2030 and at the same time use resources effectively in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hà Đăng Sơn, director of the Center for Energy Research and Green Growth, spoke to Vietnam News Agency about this issue.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic is forcing pharmaceutical businesses to quickly adapt new circumstance to maintain growth momentum.