Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has decided to apply anti-dumping duties on some colour-coated steel products originating from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China in the Vietnamese market.

Việt Nam attracted US$29.11 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first ten months of 2019, up 4.3 per cent over the same period last year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency said on Monday.

Measures must be taken by Vietnamese companies to adapt to changes in China’s import regulations for agricultural products, business leaders and Government officials have said.

Chinese Xiamen Port Group met with Hà Tĩnh province’s People's Committee recently to explore opening a container line between Vũng Áng and Xiamen ports as well as invest in local logistics.

The VN-Index failed to hit 1,000 points on Monday as selling increased in the afternoon, causing the index to dip slightly.

The number of 5G subscribers in Việt Nam could hit 6.3 million by 2025, according to a  Cisco Việt Nam’s report on 5G in Southeast Asia. 

Twelve Vietnamese start-ups will compete in the regional finals of the ASEAN Rice Bowl Start-up Awards (RBSA) in Malaysia in January 2020, according to the organisers.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened a new route linking HCM City and Bali, Indonesia via Tân Sơn Nhất and Ngurah Rai airports on Sunday.

It is also the second year the Southeast Asian economy’s ranking has declined despite achieving a higher score. Việt Nam scored 69.8 in this year’s report, higher than the previous two years’ figures of 66.77 (2018) and 68.8 (2019).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt organised a seminar in the coastal tourist city of Sharm El Sheikh on Saturday to seek measures to boost cooperation between the two countries in various fields, especially economy, investment and tourism.

With about one-third of the top 30 largest companies by market capitalisation and trading liquidity having released Q3 earnings reports, there is still room for growth.

More than 35 leading Vietnamese manufacturers of garments, textiles and fashion accessories as well as garment-related industries are showcasing their goods at Hong Kong’s biggest fashion show that opened on Sunday. 

Vietnamese logistics companies need to improve their competitiveness to stay afloat when the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, experts have said.

PhD Doctor Bùi Đức Thụ, a member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs (the 13th legislature), talks to Lao động (Labour) newspaper on how to facilitate the development of Vietnamese enterprises.

UK based Workthere, a website listing platform and brokerage services, has entered the Vietnamese market to help businesses find flexible, co-working and serviced office spaces in a country where co-working has expanded rapidly.

On October 24 Sacombank held the lucky draw for its promotion programme “Hunting for good deal, winning Japan tours with Sacombank JCB" to identify the winners of the two first prizes of Japan tour vouchers worth VNĐ50 million (US$2,157) each and 14 winners of second prizes of travel coupons worth VNĐ5 million each.

A group of investors from Huy Vietnam Group Limited have initiated legal proceedings against the founders of the Món Huế restaurant chain after the firm closed its eateries due to heavy debts.

Việt Nam has taken various measures to handle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing since it received a “yellow card” warning from the European Commission (EC) in October 2017.