Việt Nam News

The agricultural sector gained a trade surplus of US$1 billion in the first two months of this year despite a year-on-year decrease of 1.6 per cent in export value.

Việt Nam’s sea tourism sector has reported annual growth of only 2 per cent to 3 per cent, while other Asian countries have witnessed robust growth in cruise tourism in recent years.

A new method of blended learning, which combines classroom and online learning, helps Vietnamese students access standard high school education programmes in the US and Canada.

Since the beginning of the year the State Bank of Việt Nam has been increasing the reference rate of the đồng against the US dollar, and the Vietnamese currency has appreciated 0.43 per cent as a result.

The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu has favourable conditions for renewable energy.

Đất Xanh Real Estate Service and Construction Corp (DXG) plans to conduct initial public offering (IPO) for its real estate services segment in late 2019, early 2020.

Ba Huân Joint Stock Company and Japan’s Ise Foods Inc last week signed a co-operation deal on the production and distribution of fresh eggs, vietnamplus.vn reports.

Việt Nam now ranks fourth globally, first in Southeast Asia and second in Asia in terms of exports of seafood, and its products are now available in over 170 countries and territories worldwide.

Investors may keep betting on bank stocks this week, securities firms said, but selling pressure may weigh on the market’s overall performance as local stocks are considered as being overbought in recent days.

The city of Đà Nẵng has issued a document requesting the management and supervision of real estate brokerages and land transactions be enhanced to prevent unusual price hikes caused by the spread of false information.

Many banks have recently announced they will recruit a large number of personnel to meet their business expansion plans in 2019.

More foreigners are buying apartments and investing in real estate in Việt Nam, especially in HCM City, with most of them coming from mainland China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân lauded efforts and achievements by the Sai Gon Newport Corporation (SNP) over the past three decades when attending its 30th traditional day yesterday.

Việt Nam needs a strategy to promote the development of private firms with a focus on quality, as their contribution to the economy remains modest, attendees heard at a conference in Hà Nội on Friday.

Fruit is a key produce of provinces around the Mekong Delta. However, small-scale production and poor links from production to purchase, from process to export, are hindering the development of orchards, attendees heard at a workshop held yesterday in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Việt Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has offered to purchase more than 116 million shares of GTNFoods Joint Stock Company (GTN) as GTN indirectly holds shares in Mộc Châu Milk.

Vietnamese shares fell on Friday, ending a three-day rise, as investors continued seeking short-term profits on the last day of exchange-traded funds’ review.

VinaCapital Ventures, the technology investment company of VinaCapital, yesterday (March 15) announced the appointment of Dr Philipp Rosler, former German vice chancellor, as the chairman of its advisory board.