Vietnamese firms should increase their awareness of environmental protection to achieve sustainable development amidst rapid global integration, heard a forum in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

A joint venture between Hà Nội Export-Import Company (Geleximco) and International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC) has proposed building a logistics centre and Cái Mép Hạ habour in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province’s Phú Mỹ Commune.

The Ministry of Construction has asked provinces and cities to report on home ownership by foreigners and Việt kiều (overseas Vietnamese) in Việt Nam.

New-age carrier Vietjet is giving away 670,000 promotional tickets priced from zero đồng between now and Friday in a move to celebrate its two newest international routes. 

Standardised repurchase agreement (repo) contracting frameworks will be implemented in the second half of this year to increase liquidity in Việt Nam’s bond market.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a conference on Tuesday in Singapore to introduce the National Innovation Centre (NIC) and call for investment in Industry 4.0 projects.

Google has recently announced a programme to help Vietnamese start-ups go global.

Samsung Life Insurance is seeking to make inroads into Việt Nam through an equity investment in Bảo Việt Life, the country’s largest life insurer, Koreatimes reports.

The Việt Nam Maritime Administration has requested that associations, seaport companies and shipping companies be exempted or allowed to pay reduced service fees for containers stored at seaports for a long time.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has recently issued the working regulations of the Steering Committee for Việt Nam’s Industrialisation Strategy within the Việt Nam – Japan co-operation framework until 2020 with a vision to 2030.

Việt Nam’s aviation market is forecast to increase rapidly, fuelled by new growth from the participation of more private carriers and improved infrastructure.

The Government will soon issue a decision to allow a pilot implementation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in the country before officially developing laws for the new form of business, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said.

About 2,500 delegates are expected to participate in the Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019 in three major cities of Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng and HCM City this month, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

Businesses must step up to the plate and obtain green product certification as more and more people are eating healthier around the world.

Commercial banks lifted Vietnamese markets on Tuesday as investors got a boost from positive changes on global bourses.

Capitalising on the advantages and opportunities brought by economic integration to achieve a breakthrough in economic development and promote the business community and institutional reform will be Việt Nam’s focus in the near future, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A conference was held in Toronto, Canada on Monday to help small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country study the Vietnamese market and take advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Wyndham Hotel & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company, officially launched its first hotel in Việt Nam with the opening of Wyndham Garden Hanoi.