Việt Nam News

Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday forecast Việt Nam’s real GDP growth to remain one of the strongest in ASEAN, at 6.7 per cent in 2018 and 6.5 per cent in 2019, driven by improved economic competitiveness, exports and domestic consumption.

Four Vietnamese agencies were honoured at the Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) awards during a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast and the Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) on Thursday signed a cooperation agreement on building a service chain for all VinFast products.

Tax payers and businesses that are completing their dissolution procedures shouldn’t be allowed to postpone their late tax payments and charges for late tax payment.

Việt Nam needs to work on implementing modern IT systems and high quality workforce training in the water supply and drainage industries in preparation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, experts said at a conference in HCM City yesterday.

Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Thăng Long Vĩnh Phúc Industrial Park Co., Ltd inaugurated the first phase of Thăng Long Industry Park in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc on Thursday.

“I am very proud to be a Vietnamese engineer working on Siemens’ biggest project ever,” said Nguyễn Chí Hiếu, one of three Vietnamese commissioning engineers trained to work at Beni Suef power plant in Egypt.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has proposed the SK Group from the Republic of Korea continues supporting Việt Nam’s economic and e-Government development orientations, particularly in the context of the industrial revolution 4.0.

The new rules stipulate that the GSP certificate of origin will be issued by traders for each consignment and valid for 12 months from the date of issue.

More commercial banks expect their credit growth limits to be expanded this year after Techcombank became the first to get the nod to do so from the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) recently.

Viettel Global Investment JSC, a subsidiary of military-run telecom giant Viettel Group, reported sales of VNĐ4.43 trillion and profit of VNĐ1.34 trillion in the third quarter, increases of 5 and 8 per cent year-on-year.

Few local enterprises consider corporate sustainability a key factor in their development, according to experts.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday officially approved to grant an air transportation business licence to Bamboo Airways of Việt Bamboo Airlines Company.

HCM City's real estate market is facing several problems like multiple agencies having overlapping functions and other administrative bottlenecks, high land use fees, suspension of all build-transfer projects, and difficulty in getting credit, said Lê Hoàng Châu, chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association at a meeting in HCM City.

Implementation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) has significantly reduced export tariffs for Việt Nam but national administrative reform, reduction of import-export expenditure and business environment renovation are the key factors to improve national competitiveness, delegates heard at yesterday forum in HCM City.

Significant variation in large-cap prices weakened the upward momentum of the market on Thursday amid low liquidity.

Phúc Sinh Group started operations at the Phúc Sinh Sơn La coffee processing factory in Sơn La Province on November 8 to serve domestic and foreign markets.

Viettel Post has submitted a request to the Việt Nam Securities Depository Centre to stop accepting securities ownership transfer applications of the corporation from November 16 to list its shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM).The corporation would use the list of shareholders on October 10 to submit registration documents for trading shares on the Hanoi Stock Exchange.