Việt Nam News

To take full advantage of the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement, Vietnamese agricultural firms should understand its important commitments, experts said.

Hà Nội Innovation Summit 2019 will be held at the National Convention Centre on August 29-30.

Three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on promoting investment, hi-tech manufacturing and expert training have been signed among the central city’s Hi-tech Park and Information Technology Park, American partners Ai20X Silicon Valley and Meritronics technology joint-stock company based in Silicon Valley, the US.

VCCorp has announced that the pilot version of its ‘Lotus’ social network will officially be launched on September 16.

An article published in the Australian Financial Review said the Southeast Asian country, best known to Australians as a laid-back holiday destination, is now on the radar for big businesses, attracted by these advantages. 

Everest said the company will use this capital to develop its training centres. The firm currently has seven training centres in HCM City.

The UK-based Vietnam Investments (VI) Fund II LP plans to sell more than 58 million shares of logistics firm Gemadept JSC.

Việt Nam’s fruit export value in 2018 reached nearly US$4 billion, with fruit sent to big markets like the US, Europe and Japan.

Loss-making, low-profitability State-owned agriculture firms should be dissolved and made bankrupt, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ on August 21.

Renovating, upgrading and rearranging production lines are important for businesses to save energy and improve productivity as well as product quality, heard attendants at a forum held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The two-day Vietnam Start-up Day opens in HCM City on Friday with nearly 200 start-ups from 12 countries and territories taking part.

Many Vietnamese companies in supporting industries that can produce high-quality parts are nevertheless struggling to enter large international supply chains or are only able to supply low-value items to them.

Trade and investment ties between Việt Nam and India are not commensurate with their potential meaning there is still a lot of room for them to grow, the India-Việt Nam Business Forum heard in HCM City yesterday.

A number of banks will have to step up recruitment from now to the year-end as they have announced plans to hire thousands of employees this year, but no significant progress has been made.

More than 233.6 million shares worth nearly VNĐ7.4 trillion (US$316 million) were traded on the two markets.

Việt Nam is Asia’s bright spot amid trade tensions, said the latest report on Việt Nam’s economy by the United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB), which forecast the country’s economy will expand 6.7 per cent in 2019.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued Decision No.2334/QĐ-BCT on launching anti-dumping investigation on Biaxial Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film originating from China, Thailand and Malaysia.

Việt Nam is ranked the ninth most robust data centre market in Asia-Pacific, according to the Data Centre Competitive Index 2019 released this week by global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.