Việt Nam News

Japan and Việt Nam should deepen bilateral cooperation, not only in investment and trade but also work to improve relationships in the future, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyễn Đình Cung told a forum yesterday.

The fisheries sector in Viet Nam should use seafood by-products such as bones, heads and skin to add value to the industry, experts said during an event held between Vietnamese and Norwegian fishery firms on Wednesday in HCM City.

Vietnamese shares extended losses for a third straight day as investor confidence remained weak and foreign selling surged.

FPT Corporation reported a net profit of nearly VNĐ2.66 trillion (US$114.2 million) in the first 10 months of this year, representing a growth of 19 per cent over the same period of last year.

A global start-up competition for Vietnamese innovators, VietChallenge 2019, launched on Wednesday evening.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has launched an iSCT app with information about department activities, including administrative procedures and business promotions.

Total post-tax profit of 72 securities companies reached VNĐ2.137 trillion in the third quarter of this year, up 59 per cent quarter on quarter (q-o-q), according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

With an increase of 10 to 12 per cent annually in wine consumption in the Vietnamese market, it is an appropriate time to promote the export of Argentina’s wine to this Southeast Asia country.

Belarus will be the guest of honour at the 16th Việt Nam International Trade Fair (Việt Nam Expo) 2018, taking place from December 5 to 8 in HCM City.

On Wednesday, the Hà Nội People Court opened the first-ever trial in the case of 15 people who were charged with stock trading document falsification, stock price manipulation and fraudulent asset transfers.

The Việt Nam Business Association in Malaysia (VMBIZ) and the Malaysia-Vietnam Commerce Chamber (MVCC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday which is expected to create new incentives for business partnerships and economic-trade ties between the two countries.

The expectation of German businesses in Việt Nam is quite satisfactory, according to annual AHK World Business Outlook made by the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad announced on Tuesday.

The use of technology is considered one of the most important factors to improve the yields and quality of agricultural products and enable them to join the global value chain, delegates heard at a forum in HCM City on Wednesday.

Banking apps on cell phones are helping people in rural areas manage their finances. That was the message from Phạm Xuân Hoè, deputy director general of the Banking Strategy Institute at the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

Authorities in HCM City and leaders of mould-making companies needed to use more advanced technologies and training, experts said.

Cấn Văn Lực, chief economist of the Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam, a member of the National Financial and Monetary Advisory Council, speaks to Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Linh Anh about the his concerns over the revised draft law on securities, released recently for public comments and consultation from ministries and market players.

The Việt Nam International Food Industry Exhibition opened in HCM City on Wednesday.

Progress on deregulation of business prerequisites was still much below the goal, requiring greater cost-cutting efforts for businesses, the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) told a conference on Wednesday in Hà Nội.