Việt Nam News

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has instructed local banks to better control risks in corporate bond investment, especially bonds of real estate firms.

Increasing meat imports are adding to the pressure on the country’s livestock industry brought by free trade agreements and the African swine flu epidemic, experts said.

The VN-Index is forecast to face correction pressure when approaching the 1000-point milestone this week as market sentiment is responsive to global market fluctuations, analysts said.

Traditional taxi companies have demanded that app-based taxis with less than nine seats should be treated the same as them to “ensure fairness, transparency and the same responsibilities towards customers.”

Việt Nam jumped from the second least active startup ecosystem among the 6 largest ASEAN countries into No 3 in only 2 years from the first half of 2017 to the corresponding period of 2019, trailing behind only Indonesia and Singapore.

The world’s pepper output is forecast to increase, causing prices to keep falling.

In the next 10 years Việt Nam will place greater emphasis on selecting investments which employ modern and environmentally friendly technologies, according to Decision 50-NQ/TW, the first decision on foreign direct investment (FDI) investment issued by the Politburo on Wednesday.

Demand for human resources in Việt Nam’s information technology (IT) sector has reached a five-year peak with nearly 63,000 jobs to be filled in 2019, according to the second quarter report on Việt Nam’s IT market conducted by TopDev, an IT recruitment network and ecosystem.

Digital transformation is creating opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses in Việt Nam but also bringing new risks, according to experts.

Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have said land use management among agro-forestry companies is still ineffective.

Sugar producer Thành Thành Công - Biên Hòa Joint Stock Company (SBT) plans to make a private placement of 2,400 convertible bonds with a par value of VNĐ1 billion ($43,097) for a minimum duration of three years, according to a document it has sent to shareholders for approval.

The 5th Property Guru Việt Nam Property Awards honoured 52 of Việt Nam’s most prestigious and respected property developers yesterday at the InterContinetal Saigon Hotel in HCM City.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index reversed paths and declined on Friday, showing that selling pressure begins to increase as the index approaches the 1,000-point milestone.

Nguyễn Hồng Diên, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, said Thái Bình has been offering a wide range of preferential policies for foreign investors.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison a meeting on exchanging and promoting co-operation opportunities between Vietnamese and Australian businesses in Hà Nội on Friday.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on Wednesday released the final results of the 13th period of review (POR 13), officially imposing zero per cent tariffs on 31 Vietnamese shrimp exporters.

Thiên Minh Aviation Joint Stock Company has sent a dossier to Quảng Nam Province’s Department of Planning and Investment to get approval to establish a new airline.