Việt Nam News

Foreign and domestic investment has led to an annual growth rate of 10 per cent for the food processing industry sector in recent years

The central bank is drafting a new circular regulating credit institutions’ trading and handling of non-performing loans (NPL) with the aim of forcing the institutions to focus more on bad debt settlement.

With trade protectionism increasing, Vietnamese companies should prepare for trade-related lawsuits and disputes but also capitalise on possible opportunities from the ongoing US-China trade war, a top trade remedy official has said.

In 2019 the State Bank of Việt Nam has set a credit growth target for the banking sector of 14 per cent, lower than the rates of 18 per cent in 2017 and 17 per cent in 2018.

HCM City has called on foreign-owned enterprises to further contribute to its development by sharing their experience, ideas and technologies as well as investing in large projects.

Investors should keep a careful watch over the market as price movements have been sensitive and showed no certain trends, analysts said.

TMS Group will organise a series of investment promotion events in Japan at the beginning of April to look for potential partners in the fields of real estate, health and high-tech agriculture.

HCM City need to keep overloaded trucks and drivers high on drugs off roads and reduce road maintenance and toll fees, transport companies told city authorities at a dialogue on March 22.

Vietnam News Agency’s Television Centre (Vnews), in collaboration with the Việt Nam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (VINASME), introduced a new programme to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at a ceremony on Saturday.

Electronic goods shops and supermarkets in HCM City are offering big promotions on air conditioners, refrigerators and fans as the hot season approaches.

Cần Thơ needs to develop logistics centres to meet increasing demand for the transportation of goods by international and domestic airlines. Four businesses have put forward proposals to develop such centres in cooperation with the city.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) on Thursday directed credit institutions to support their borrowers who raise pigs and are suffering losses due to African swine fever (ASF).

Vietnamese consumers are embracing digital payments as a faster and more convenient way to pay, with consumers using their credit and debit cards more often for in-store and online purchases, digital payment methods provider Visa said on Thursday.

Pig prices have gone up slightly in recent days in the south after falling for several weeks under the impact of African swine fever.

Việt Nam hopes that South Korean investors will participate more deeply in the equitisation process of Vietnamese enterprises.

ASEAN countries need to strengthen co-operation and share their experiences to ensure they can lead the way on next-generation 5G wireless technology.

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South Korean conglomerate SK Group plans to purchase US$1 billion worth of stocks in Việt Nam’s real estate-retail-tech giant Vingroup, according to Bloomberg.