Both main Vietnamese stock indices lost ground Thursday amid profit-taking pressure on trade war fears.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade on July 4 released anti-dumping duties on imported cold-rolled stainless steel products after its second review for application of the duties.

Toyota Motor Việt Nam (TMV) has imported 200 cars through Hiệp Phước Port in HCM City after six months of suspending imports to Việt Nam.

Việt Nam’s economy can be re-defined by focusing on the effective exploitation of four megatrends affecting the country’s sustainable and competitive development.

Shares were volatile on Thursday morning as many large caps plunged, weighing on the two markets.

The Việt Nam Manufacturing Expo (VME) 2018 will return to Hà Nội in August, showcasing a wide range of machinery and industrial know-how from over 200 brands.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyễn Xuân Cường, stressed the significance of improving human resource training to meet the requirements of agriculture 4.0, which refers to farming practices that use technological advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to increase productivity and sustainability.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông is aiming to build a brand for its avocado by applying good agricultural practices and traceability of origin, local officials told a news briefing in HCM City yesterday.

A conference to review 30 years of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam will be held in the first week of October 2018, according to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Việt Nam’s exports to Germany hit US$2.85 billion in the first five months of this year, up 8.6 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Nearly VNĐ5 trillion (US$216.5 million) will be invested in building a solar power plant in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuận.

The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) has proposed the government use the medium-term public investment budget for the 2016-20 period to upgrade fisheries ports to meet European Commision (EC) requirements for the supervision of fishing vessels, traceability and management of fisheries products.

The northern province of Bắc Giang has sold more than 207,000 tonnes of lychees this year, including more than 1,000 tonnes shipped abroad.

Vietnamese shares bounced back on Wednesday after two days of sharp falls sent stocks to attractive prices, thus triggering investors to bottom-fish.

 Addressing a Việt Nam-Brazil trade and investment forum with the participation of representatives of about 100 enterprises from both countries, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ highlighted the potential for bilateral cooperation.

Việt Nam’s rice export value to Malaysia reached nearly US$122.4 million in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 177 per cent, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The midterm Vietnam Business Forum 2018 between the Government and the business community began in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has stepped in to steady the dollar-đồng exchange rate by selling the greenback on Wednesday at 1 per cent lower than the previous day’s rate.