Việt Nam News

Three leading travel agencies in Việt Nam, which own a range of luxury hotels, look set to equitise by the end of next year.

Handicraft products made by craft villages in Hà Nội are currently very similar in design, impacting competitiveness.

The HCM City Department of Construction (DoC) has asked real estate companies, brokers and trading floors in the city to strengthen preventive measures against money laundering and terrorist financing.

HCM City authorities are seeking more public-private partnerships (PPP) to ensure socio-economic development for which they otherwise lack funds.

Total outbound Vietnamese investment topped nearly US$440 million from the beginning of this year to August, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Hoàng Mai District in Hà Nội has collected proposals from buyers on handling violations in construction and the granting of red books at apartment projects in Linh Đàm and Kim Văn-Kim Lũ urban areas invested by the Mường Thanh Group.

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has proposed to erase VNĐ12 trillion (US$515 million) out of total VNĐ30 trillion irrecoverable tax debts.

Vietnamese shares rose on Friday as large-cap stocks were lifted by better market sentiment before the national holiday.

Technoprom Export Director General Topo Gilka said the firm has built five thermal power plants in Việt Nam with combined capacity of 685 MW, and joined in six hydropower projects with combined capacity of 3,146 MW.   

The People's Committee of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province has decided to stop operation of the Mỹ Xuân General Port project in Mỹ Xuân Ward, Phú Mỹ Town, due to slow construction.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has issued a circular regulating special control for credit institutions.

The average registered capital of newly established enterprises in the first eight months in 2019 increased by 27 per cent year on year to VNĐ12.7 billion, the highest level in recent years, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The 15th International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC), the largest travel event in Việt Nam and the Mekong sub-region, will be held next month.

Việt Nam’s labour productivity has improved but is still low in comparison with other ASEAN members, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietfish 2019, an international fishery exhibition, was opened at District 7's Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on Thursday by the Việt Nam Association for Seafood Exporters and Producers.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) reported that the nation's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.28 per cent over the previous month, 1.87 per cent over December last year and 2.26 per cent over the same period last year.

With its high demand for agricultural products, South Korea offers Việt Nam the opportunity to boost its farm exports.

With an increasing amount of data and faster processing power, AI, blockchain, cloud and data technologies are increasingly applied in almost every industry, opening up new business opportunities and attracting new investments, experts told a tech summit in HCM City yesterday (Aug 29).