Việt Nam News

The State Audit of Việt Nam (SAV) has carried out 222 audits out of total 232, equivalent to 95.7 per cent of its yearly plan, recovering nearly VNĐ8.4 trillion (US$360.5 million) for the State budget in the last nine months.

Viettel Group’s online charging service called vOCS 3.0 won the gold winner for best new product or service of the year in telecommunications.

Giant food producer Kido Group has announced its third quarter results and those of its subsidiaries.

Vietnamese shares ended on a negative note for the third session in a row on Monday as profit-taking pressure rose in the closing minutes.

Nearly 80 per cent of the 1076 fresh fruit stores in the downtown districts of Hà Nội met food hygiene, safety and quality control standards, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

Dung Quất Biofuel Plant in the central province of Quảng Ngãi produced its first batch of E100 ethanol fuel on Friday five days since restarting, company officials announced.

As per the data, the bank's pre-tax profit in nine months accounted for 86 per cent of the target set earlier for the whole year. 

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 fell by VNĐ224 to a maximum of VNĐ20,682 (US$0.88) per litre at 3pm on Monday, the ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced.

The Việt Nam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) and Việt Nam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) won a bid last week to sell 14,000 tonnes and 15,000 tonnes of rice, respectively, to the Philippines.

More than 60 per cent of Vietnamese consumers gave priority to buying domestically-produced goods and 54 per cent would recommend their relatives and friends to purchase made-in-Việt Nam products.

About 500 enterprises in HCM City have been trained to use the 24/7 e-tax payment scheme by the city’s Customs Department.

Vietnamese startup travel company Ecohost beat 110 competitors to take second prize in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge.

Four wind power projects were scheduled to be completed in the south central province of Ninh Thuận by the end of 2018, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The southern region estimates that it will produce more than 26 million tonnes of paddy this year, up 1.1 million tonnes against last year, meeting its target for the year.

Ride-hailing firms like Grab should be managed like traditional taxi companies to ensure a fair playground for the passenger transportation market, Nguyễn Công Hùng, deputy director of the Việt Nam Auto Transport Association said.

More than 300 domestic and foreign enterprises will display their products at 1,500 pavilions during the 2018 Việt Nam International Real Estate Exhibition (Vietbuild 2018) in HCM City from October 25 to 29.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ urged leaders of HCM City on Wednesday to promote and arrange the equitisation of state-owned enterprises that operate in HCM City.

The HCM City Real Estate Association has recently proposed that the central bank should allow lenders to use 45 per cent of their short-term deposits for long- and medium-term loans next year instead of 40 per cent as it has mandated.