Việt Nam News

Bank loans for build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-transfer (BT) infrastructure projects in the year to September reached nearly VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion), up 1.85 per cent against the end of 2018.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has required network operators to upgrade mobile number portability rates to 80 per cent.

South Korea’s THN Group is considering investing in a US$10 million automobile electric cable factory in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

The State Treasury has mobilised VNĐ4 trillion (US$172.38 million) through Government bond auctions on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

US carmaker Ford said on Wednesday that it is making every effort to bring at least one new model to Vietnam every year.

In 2018, foreign direct investment (FDI) into Việt Nam rose by 9.1 per cent year over year to hit US$19.1 billion, marking this dynamic country’s sixth record year for FDI in a row.

Real estate advisor Savills Việt Nam on Wednesday (Oct 23) launched Workthere, a website listing platform and brokerage service that helps businesses find flexible, coworking and serviced office space. 

Businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, looking to use e-commerce to boost their performance need to train their workforce and make use of data analysis and online marketing resources, experts told a conference in HCM City yesterday (October 24).

To transition to renewable energy, Việt Nam will need assistance and aid from its foreign partners, a top energy official has said.

Despite Việt Nam’s rise in the global competitiveness index, further reforms are needed to achieve economic targets set by the Government, speakers said at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City.

In the banking sector, Vietcombank shares rose 1.9 per cent to close at VNĐ86,900 per share. It is the highest value since the bank’s debut on August 5, 2009.

Việt Nam could become the leading information technology innovation hub in Southeast Asia, experts told a conference in HCM City on October 24.

A seminar on horticulture and floriculture exports titled 'New movement in Asian and European markets' was held by the organisers of HortEx Vietnam in Hà Nội on Thursday.

The Vietnamese aviation sector will play a major role in the growth of the regional market over the next 20 years, which is forecast to need 4,500 new planes valued at US$710 billion.

A wide range of tea and coffee products and machinery, equipment, and materials to make coffee, other beverages and sweet foods will be on display at the 2019 Coffee Expo Vietnam in HCM City next week.

Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Ltd. has launched two new universal life products, PRU-SafePlus and PRU-FlexiProtect, which combine savings benefits and protection.

The Government will continue to tighten credit in the real estate industry, requiring the Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) to report to the Government quarterly in case of property developers with outstanding loans of more than VNĐ5 trillion (US$215.22 million).

Drivers in Việt Nam will be able to buy products from PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) using their mobile with the e-wallet service provider MoMo from November 1.