Việt Nam is seeking more private investment to finance infrastructure projects, but it also needs to generate higher returns on those investments. Naoyuki Yoshino, dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB Institute), spoke to Việt Nam News reporters Bồ Xuân Hiệp and Nguyễn Việt Dũng about ways to attract private funds for infrastructure development.
Financial-banking companies drove Vietnamese shares up for a second trading day on Wednesday.
Real estate-retail-technology giant Vingroup plans to sell 250 million private shares to a maximum of five foreign investors in the remaining months of the year.
Vietnam Airlines will shift the operation of its flights to and from Moscow from Domodedovo Airport to Sheremetyevo Airport as of July 2 this year.
Vietnamese firms should increase their awareness of environmental protection to achieve sustainable development amidst rapid global integration, heard a forum in Hà Nội on Tuesday.
A joint venture between Hà Nội Export-Import Company (Geleximco) and International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC) has proposed building a logistics centre and Cái Mép Hạ habour in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province’s Phú Mỹ Commune.
The Ministry of Construction has asked provinces and cities to report on home ownership by foreigners and Việt kiều (overseas Vietnamese) in Việt Nam.
Standardised repurchase agreement (repo) contracting frameworks will be implemented in the second half of this year to increase liquidity in Việt Nam’s bond market.
New-age carrier Vietjet is giving away 670,000 promotional tickets priced from zero đồng between now and Friday in a move to celebrate its two newest international routes.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a conference on Tuesday in Singapore to introduce the National Innovation Centre (NIC) and call for investment in Industry 4.0 projects.
Google has recently announced a programme to help Vietnamese start-ups go global.
Samsung Life Insurance is seeking to make inroads into Việt Nam through an equity investment in Bảo Việt Life, the country’s largest life insurer, Koreatimes reports.
The Việt Nam Maritime Administration has requested that associations, seaport companies and shipping companies be exempted or allowed to pay reduced service fees for containers stored at seaports for a long time.
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has recently issued the working regulations of the Steering Committee for Việt Nam’s Industrialisation Strategy within the Việt Nam – Japan co-operation framework until 2020 with a vision to 2030.
Việt Nam’s aviation market is forecast to increase rapidly, fuelled by new growth from the participation of more private carriers and improved infrastructure.
The Government will soon issue a decision to allow a pilot implementation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in the country before officially developing laws for the new form of business, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said.
About 2,500 delegates are expected to participate in the Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019 in three major cities of Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng and HCM City this month, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM).
Businesses must step up to the plate and obtain green product certification as more and more people are eating healthier around the world.