A campaign urging local people to buy “Made-in-Viet Nam” products has helped develop businesses across the country.

The Vietnamese Government has hastened reforms but more renovations in State management are needed to facilitate businesses and effectively manage new business models, Chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vũ Tiến Lộc said.

Shares rebounded on Tuesday thanks to the remarkable performance of seafood and textile sectors after the official launch of the CPTPP.

The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has initiated a preliminary investigation on the application of safeguard measures on the import of ceramic floor and wall tiles from various countries, including Việt Nam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced its pre-tax profit in 2018 rose 11 per cent year on year to VNĐ9.62 trillion (US$414 million).

Minh Phú Seafood Corporation (MPC) reported it had exported 67,646 tonnes of products last year, 107 per cent of its target for the year.

VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) had the biggest market share out of futures brokerages on the derivatives market in 2018, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

Japanese firms consider Việt Nam the most attractive investment destination in Asia due to the country’s high economic growth, its position as a production hub and its large consumer market, according to a News Network Asia (NNA) survey conducted from November 26 to December 9, 2018.

A moderation in Vietnamese banks’ credit growth is a positive for their asset quality and capitalisation, Moody’s Investors Service said in a recent report.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Finance-Budget Committee led by Chairman Nguyễn Đức Hải has paid a visit to Germany to learn from the country’s experience in State budget and tax management.

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.