Việt Nam News

Recognising the threat online retail channels, owners of shopping centres will have to explore the use of retail space for non-conventional uses, particularly education, flexible workspaces and fitness clubs, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL).

Vietnamese shares dropped in the final minutes as investors looked to gain profits from the market’s recent upwards momentum.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam and representatives of Đà Nẵng and ministries officially inaugurated the first stage of the Đà Nẵng Information Technology Park (DITP) after one year of construction at a ceremony yesterday.

No State-owned enterprises (SOEs) gained approval for their equitisation plans in the first three months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Corporate Finance Department.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu has licensed nearly US$569 million in registered capital for 11 new projects and 12 existing projects by both domestic and foreign investors since the beginning of 2019.

The 2019 Food & Hotel Vietnam, the country’s leading international food and hospitality trade exhibition, to be held in April will offer businesses the opportunity to network and keep abreast of the latest industry culinary trends and product innovations.

Vietnamese companies should further invest in and trade with ASEAN member countries like Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, a forum heard in HCM City on Thursday.

The National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies met on Thursday to assess economic growth in Quarter 1 and determine factors that may affect growth in the remaining months of the year, including obstacles to the banking and financial sectors.

As one of the most efficient power markets in Southeast Asia, Việt Nam has huge prospects, especially in renewable energy, experts have said.

The northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh topped the Provincial Competitive Index (PCI) out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide for the second consecutive year in 2018.

Vietnamese companies should export seafood and other farm produce via e-commerce to China to meet the market’s increasing demand for high-quality goods, experts have recommended.

Cooling export growth will impact Southeast Asia, pulling down the region’s economic growth to 4.8 per cent this year from 5.1 per cent in 2018, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has forecast.

Vietnamese shares closed on a positive note on Thursday as a minority of large-cap stocks were driven by strong foreign buying.

 Japan's Mikazuki Group commenced construction of the Đà Nẵng-Mikazuki Japanese Spa and Resort project – the first five-start resort and entertaiment centre in Đà Nẵng Bay – at a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday.

On Wednesday, the Việt Nam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) inaugurated the copper plant No.2 at Sin Quyền copper complex in the northern province of Lào Cai.

The southern province of An Giang will represent Việt Nam at the China–ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Nanning City, Guangxi Province from September 20-23.

Vietjet will enhance its co-operation with the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the two companies on Thursday.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Thursday held a ceremony to officially kick off a project for the development of a national investment information system for the private sector.