A moderation in Vietnamese banks’ credit growth is a positive for their asset quality and capitalisation, Moody’s Investors Service said in a recent report.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Finance-Budget Committee led by Chairman Nguyễn Đức Hải has paid a visit to Germany to learn from the country’s experience in State budget and tax management.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has called for investment from Singapore to build a 33km tram line connecting the city and Hội An by 2025, vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Đặng Việt Dũng said in a working session with Tan Keng Hwee Seth, Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia (IA) of Singapore.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, demand for dried foods and confectionary is surging in HCM City’s traditional markets.

The assessment of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction must be realistic and systematically in order to tackle shortcomings and meet new domestic and global context, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ.

A majority of credit institutions in the country expect an upward trend in their business in 2019 after gaining good results last year, according to a State Bank of Việt Nam’s survey released late last week.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) shares jumped 4.7 per cent following the company’s debut on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on Monday.

Sacombank and Japan’s JCB International Co., Ltd on Monday (January 14) signed an agreement to deploy the latter’s QR code payment system and launch the Sacombank JCB platinum debit card.

The Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông should streamline administrative procedures to create the most favourable conditions for investors, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

The State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) will focus on auditing large projects this year with the aim of preventing losses and improving the efficiency of State capital use, General Auditor Hồ Đức Phớc said.

The Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade will work with Amazon to help Vietnamese SMEs join the Amazon e-commerce system.

The CPTPP coming into effect on Monday pushed up many stocks in the textile sector but failed to help the market recover.

The HCM City Department of Taxation has approved a proposal from Ahamove regarding the way the on-demand delivery service company calculates value added tax (VAT).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the project of establishing Việt Nam Stock Exchange based on the restructuring of the two existing bourses with an aim to ensure securities market to operate with efficiency and transparency.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) takes effect in Việt Nam today. The impact of the CPTPP on the economy depends greatly on the country’s ability to obtain opportunities and overcome challenges.

Fruit and vegetable exports, which have been growing at around 15 per cent annually for the past five years, are a highly attractive business activity for enterprises, which are increasingly investing in large and modern processing plants.

The car rental market has become very active in the capital city as the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches.

On the first day of the new year the Government issued Resolution No 01/NQ-CP/2019 for the robust development of the securities market, especially the derivatives segment.