Việt Nam News

Consumption of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 topped 1.78 million cubic metres in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 31 per cent and accounting for over 40 per cent of total petrol consumption, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is proceeding to sell a maximum of 60 million treasury stocks on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange, the second sale of its kind since its debut in April 2017.

Việt Nam aspires to become a country with prosperous development, inferior to no other countries in the world, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at the Việt Nam Business Summit in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Việt Nam and Bangladesh should make stronger efforts to translate potential into sound co-operation in economics, trade and investment, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed during their meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh has emerged as a magnet for foreign investors in recent years thanks to its youthful population, favourable business climate and administrative reforms.

International power generation, transmission, distribution and energy exhibition and conference Electric & Power Vietnam 2018 and renewable energy exhibition Renewable Energy Vietnam 2018 opened on September 12 in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a dialogue on Wednesday with about 20 leaders of multinational corporations who are in Việt Nam to attend the 2018 World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN).

The Association of the Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) will have to improve internal trade to reduce dependence on outside partners and boost the region’s economic growth, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) senior officials.

According to a survey conducted late last year, 82 per cent of Vietnamese businesses have not taken steps to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, while just 10 per cent said they were ready, Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said during a session themed “Digital market, Global Opportunity” held Thursday as part of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hà Nội.

Divergence of heavyweight stocks restrained stock market growth on Thursday as investor psychology was unstable and looked to earn ‘quick profits’.

A South Korean investor has poured capital of US$33 million into Viet Uc Seafood Corporation (Viet Uc Seafood), a leading company supplying shrimp varieties in Việt Nam.

The State Audit of Việt Nam (SAV) has decided to audit the financial reports of Việt Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) will enhance the supervision on the country’s key payment systems, according to a newly-issued regulation of the SBV.

Vietnamese firm Go-Viet is the latest app to join Hà Nội’s ride-hailing market, providing customers in the capital another option for instant motorcycle taxi and delivery services.

Only one State-owned enterprise (SOE) was approved of the equitisation plan in August, lifting the total number of approved businesses this year to 10 (nine companies and one civil service unit), latest data of the Ministry of Finance showed.

The Japan External Trade Organistion (JETRO) on Wednesday held a conference to connect Japanese enterprises with Vietnamese businesses in the field of hi-tech agriculture in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Centre of Supporting Industries Development (CSID), HCM City Mechanical – Electrical Enterprises, Korea Association of Machinery Industry and the Korea-based Coex Company on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to organise the Việt Nam International Machinery Fair and Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair.

he northern province of Ninh Bình will focus its investment in projects with high value and welcome investors with new ideas or breakthroughs in technology to promote its vast development potential.