Việt Nam News

Vietnamese enterprises must develop globally competitive brands if they want to succeed internationally, speakers said at a conference on domestic trademarks held in HCM City on Saturday (July 6).

Economists said the State-owned sector’s tardy growth reveal an imbalance between business results (revenue) and investment including assets and capital used for production.

The agricultural sector in the second half of this year will focus on the development of commodities that have potential in production and export growth such as seafood and forestry products, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường.

Domestic banks have so far unveiled positive business performance results in the first half of this year, with some new records being set.

As corporate earnings are predicted to rise in the second quarter and first six months of the year, investors may return to the Vietnamese stock markets and lift local shares.

The market for integrated circuits (IC) and semiconductors in Việt Nam has huge potential, offering great investment opportunities for domestic and foreign enterprises, according to experts.

The mechanical engineering industry needs supportive policies from the Government to enhance its competitiveness during the fourth industrial revolution, officials and industry experts have said.

The south-central province of Bình Thuận has caught and bred more than 100,000 tonnes of fish and other aquatic species in the first half of the year, up 2.02 per cent against the same period last year.

Real estate brokerage plays an important role in the circulation of real estate products. The sustainable development of the property market depends on a variety of factors such as legal policy, management of authorities, operations of the businesses, as well as professionalism of brokerage teams.

Arbitrators need to step-in and deal with disputes in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects so economic development will not be disrupted, experts have warned.

The EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will have a positive impact on Việt Nam's real estate market, especially the industrial real estate, experts said.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to revise the cost of its first two metro lines.

Experts have outlined a number of different consumer price index (CPI) scenarios for this year, which are all below 4 per cent as requested by the National Assembly.

The latest addition lifted foreign direct investment (FDI) in the province up to $33.6 billion in more than 3,620 projects.

Vietnamese designs and trademarks are being violated abroad as firms don't pay enough attention to registering their intellectual property (IP), a top official has said.

The credit growth of Vietnamese banks in the first half of this year expanded by 7.33 per cent against the end of 2018, Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Lê Minh Hưng said.

Investors in apartment building projects need to maintain the service quality promised to buyers, experts have said.

Vietnamese shares posted slight gains on Friday, driven by large-cap real estate companies that are expecting good quarterly earnings reports.