Việt Nam News

Vietnamese and Israeli experts, businesses, officials and researchers discussed policies on innovation for Việt Nam during a conference in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

In Hà Nội, most major supermarkets such as Vinmart, Co.opmart, Hapro and Big C sell many supermarket-branded products.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has recently made public a draft circular on safety limits for banks and called for public comment on the proposed changes. The circular would tighten regulations on loans, especially in the high-end real estate segment. Nguyễn Quốc Hùng, director of the SBV’s Credit Department, talked with the media about the issue during a meeting last week

The Việt Nam Asset Management Company is planning to develop a new strategy for buying and selling bad debts in Việt Nam this year, in which it will play a central role to promote the development of the debt trading market.

The Vietnamese Government will work to remove bottlenecks and create the best conditions for enterprises from the Republic of Korea to operate in Việt Nam, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ stressed on Wednesday.

Grab’s acquisition of Uber in the country did not violate Việt Nam's competition law, the Việt Nam Competition Council (VCC) has said.

Vietnamese shares gained slightly on Wednesday as the market sentiment was buoyed by positive news from the US-China trade war but investors were still aware of the key events ahead.

Việt Nam's domestic bond market has rebounded in the first quarter of this year, marking an increase of 0.7 per cent in value of the domestic currency to US$51.4 billion after falling 5.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s latest issue of Asia Bond Monitor.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in June was certified with a 4-star airline rating by the international air transport rating organisation Skytrax.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh on June 18 discussed measures to speed up the signing of the Europe-Việt Nam economic agreements with European business associations.

Demand for credit information is increasing as the financial market and the digital economy continue to expand, speakers said at a workshop on "Credit Information Services for Better Financial Inclusion" held on June 18 in HCM City.

Only 32 per cent of consumers in Việt Nam believe their personal data will be treated in a trustworthy manner by organisations offering digital services, according to a study recently released by Microsoft and IDC Asia Pacific.

PV Power reported positive business results in the first five months despite difficulties the company faced in generating power this year.

Supporting industries not only played a very important role in the industrial development process but also helped improve the added-value and competitiveness of major industrial products, the department’s director Nguyễn Văn Dành told online newspaper congthuong.vn.

The agricultural sector has maintained growth in the first half of this year despite facing difficulties, especially the African swine fever epidemic which had a heavy impact on the domestic animal husbandry sector.

Covering 60ha in the province’s Hoàng Mai 2 Industrial Zone, the factory has a designed production capacity of three million tonnes of cement per year.  

Trade between Việt Nam and Myanmar reached US$860 million in 2018, making Việt Nam the 9th largest trade partner of Myanmar, it was reported at a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ and Myanmar Minister of Planning and Finance Soe Win on Tuesday. 

Vietnamese shares slid on Tuesday as investors remained quiet ahead of key events that focus on the global economy, finance and trade issues.