Việt Nam News

The central province of Bình Định introduced its potential to South Korean businesses on Monday, aiming to lure investment from the Northeast Asian nation.

A group of sugar producers has asked for Government intervention as the industry struggles to compete with corn syrup imports.

The central city will host the third International Start-up Conference and Exhibition, or SURF 2018, on June 29, with the aim of attracting participants in technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

Thừa Thiên-Huế province attracted 11 projects worth nearly VNĐ2 trillion (US$87.1 million) in the first five months of this year.

Telecom provider Viettel has unveiled plans to officially inaugurate its mobile phone network in Myanmar under the trade name Mytel on June 9, 2018.

The domestic building materials market has remained stable and is growing well in the first months of 2018, meeting consumer demand, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said.

The State Bank of Việt Nam set the daily reference exchange rate for May 28 at VNĐ22,596 per US dollar, up seven Việt Nam đồng from May 25.

With a market of 93 million people, Việt Nam has seen rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering great opportunities for the sector to expand, experts have said.

Cross-ownership in banks has decreased sharply after the banks recently changed their top leaders at the 2018 annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) to meet the central bank’s new regulation.

The Vietnamese Government on May 15 issued a decree stipulating that Vietnamese traders are allowed to process legal goods for foreign merchants, excluding the commodities banned or temporarily suspended from export and import.

The Government plans to develop three special economic zones, which it hopes will spearhead the country’s growth. They will be located in the coastal district of Vân Đồn in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, Bắc Vân Phong in the central province of Khánh Hoà and Phú Quốc Island.

Vietnamese stock markets is forecast to stay on a down-ward trend in the coming week due to caution philosophy among investors and accelerated selling pressure from foreigners, analysts said.

The top 10 Vietnamese architectural and property developers and firms of 2018 were honoured at an annual ceremony held on Friday (May 25) in HCM City by Asia’s leading construction solution provider BCI.

Economies in the ASEAN+3 region should enhance their connectivity, boost the service sector and develop skilled human resources in order to meet global demand, participants were told during a seminar held in Hà Nội on May 25.

The development of Việt Nam’s automobile industry depends a great deal on its supporting industry, which needs to be developed comprehensively, experts have said.

Gaining the trust of customers is still a challenge to the development of the e-commerce industry despite its huge potential.

Blockchain is increasingly taking centre stage in the IT industry and is expected to help develop Việt Nam’s economy, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Firms are potentially missing out on key opportunities available beyond their immediate borders by focusing on trade policy developments on a regional scale, and showing lack of awareness when it comes to the broader global trade policy environment, according to an HSBC report.