On Tuesday, the People’s Committee of the central province of Quảng Trị held a ceremony to announce the Prime Minister’s approval of the construction of Mỹ Thủy Port to the project’s investors.

Shares ended down on Wednesday due to cautious market sentiment on the movement of regional and world markets.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said the Government has agreed to pilot the use of mobile phone accounts to pay for goods and services.

HCM City and Hà Nội remained among the global Top 10 most dynamic growing cities in JLL’s Short-Term City Momentum Index (CMI) 2019, which tracks socio-economic and commercial real estate growth in 131 cities over a three-year period.

As part of its promotion campaign ‘Love connection – Fly for love’, the budget airline is offering discounted airfares from noon to 2pm for all domestic routes.

New financial sources, especially from the private sector, will help Việt Nam further develop its energy industry, according to a new World Bank report on Việt Nam’s energy development.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has set 22 targets for socio-economic development in 2019, focusing on State budget restructuring, improvement of its investment and business environment and promotion of the innovation and startup ecosystem.

An entrenched cash using habit and safety concerns are the main reasons for people not to switch to non-cash payments, a workshop heard in HCM City on January 15.

The prices of imported automobiles in the Vietnamese market may not reduce as much as expected after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) came into effect on Monday, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The seventh Buôn Ma Thuột coffee festival will be held in March in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk with a wide range of activities featuring local specialties, including locally produced coffee beans.

A campaign urging local people to buy “Made-in-Viet Nam” products has helped develop businesses across the country.

The Vietnamese Government has hastened reforms but more renovations in State management are needed to facilitate businesses and effectively manage new business models, Chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vũ Tiến Lộc said.

Shares rebounded on Tuesday thanks to the remarkable performance of seafood and textile sectors after the official launch of the CPTPP.

The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has initiated a preliminary investigation on the application of safeguard measures on the import of ceramic floor and wall tiles from various countries, including Việt Nam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced its pre-tax profit in 2018 rose 11 per cent year on year to VNĐ9.62 trillion (US$414 million).

Minh Phú Seafood Corporation (MPC) reported it had exported 67,646 tonnes of products last year, 107 per cent of its target for the year.

VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) had the biggest market share out of futures brokerages on the derivatives market in 2018, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

Japanese firms consider Việt Nam the most attractive investment destination in Asia due to the country’s high economic growth, its position as a production hub and its large consumer market, according to a News Network Asia (NNA) survey conducted from November 26 to December 9, 2018.