Việt Nam News

The ratio of individual animal farmers has significantly declined in the southern province of Đồng Nai in the last two years, with foreign-invested companies often replacing them.

Vietnamese shares ended Monday on a negative note as investor confidence remained weak on global geo-political risks and incoming new regulations on margin lending rate.

Real estate lending continued to remain high at more than 10 per cent of the total outstanding loans in several banks.

Steel maker Hoa Sen Group said on Monday that it would a unveil a new product this month: hot dip galvanised steel pipes.

More than 40 travel firms in HCM City sold 9,000 tour packages worth a total of VNĐ83 billion (US$3.64 million) during a four-day travel fair in HCM City that wrapped up on Sunday.

Việt Nam has changed dramatically in the last three decades, thanks to its dynamic economic growth, and is close to being called an industrialised country.

State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at VNĐ22,487 per US dollar on the first day of the week on April 16.

Many banks have recently reduced deposit interest rates by 0.2-0.4 percentage points against earlier this year due to good capital mobilisation amidst the credit slowdown.

Trà My cinnamon, a specialty of the central province of Quảng Nam, has received a timely boost in the form of plans to promote investment to preserve and develop cinnamon trees.

The global price of oil has increased from US$60 per barrel early this year to $70 now, and the uptrend is forecast to continue.

Finance Minister Đinh Tiến Dũng is chairing a conference in Seoul from 16-19 to promote investments from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Việt Nam, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC).

Garment and textile firms should understand the needs of their workers and invest in enhancing human resource management to sustain a productive and quality workforce, a seminar heard in HCM City on Saturday.

Việt Nam’s stock market is forecast to struggle due to uncertain market sentiment this week, as external factors increase volatility in the market.

Developing creative business models that help generate profit and at the same time help improve the life of the community and well address social issues is the new way of doing business in Việt Nam, the Impact Enterprise Summit heard in HCM City last Saturday.

Fifty-four businesses and projects were honoured with Việt Nam Property Awards 2018 in Hà Nội last Saturday in recognition of their significant contributions to the development of the real estate market in Việt Nam.

Ninety companies have signed up for HCM City’s price stabilisation programmes this year and the 2019 Lunar New Year, two more than last year, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

Many Czech firms are looking for investment opportunities in Việt Nam and Việt Nam could do more to show that it is looking to do business with them, the Czech Republic’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vladimir Bartl has said.

A campaign aimed at getting locals to buy locally produced goods has yielded positive results.