Việt Nam News

Travel and transportation services company WorldTrans announced its schedule for direct charter flights between Cần Thơ and Bangkok this year at a press conference in Mekong Delta city on Wednesday.

Experts and scientists discussed ways to promote the herbal medicine industry in Việt Nam at a workshop on March 28 in Hà Nội.

During the reviewed period, finance banking caught the most interest from the Vietnamese investors, accounting for 70.2 per cent of their total investments, or $105 million. 

After a year of thorough investigation into the anti-dumping and anti-subsidisation case of Vietnamese coiled steel rod, the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has closed the matter.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân held a working session with the Dutch Cooperative Organisation - Agriterra in the Dutch city of Arnhem on March 28 while visiting the World Horti Centre.

FPT Digital Retail JSC (FPT Retail) hopes its pharmaceutical unit will contribute 30-40 per cent of the company’s total revenue in the next three to four years, chairwoman and general director Nguyễn Bạch Điệp said yesterday.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng cut the ribbon during a ceremony in Paris on March 28 to deliver an A350 Airbus wide-body plane to the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government to cut and simplify 314 of the 500 business conditions and regulations related to transport operations.

The first Shop & Store Vietnam, a conference and exhibition on the retail and franchise industry, is being held in HCM City from March 28.

Shares dropped at the beginning of yesterday’s trading session but the increase in blue-chip stocks during the ATC session helped the market recover.

Việt Nam News reporter Phương Uyên talked to Nguyễn Thị Phi Nga, lawyer, licensed IP attorney and Counsel at Hogan Lovells International LLP, about the country’s future in IP protection and national brand establishment.

Many international and regional brands will enter Việt Nam’s retail and franchise sector in the coming years, according to experts taking part in Việt Nam Retail and Franchise Conference held in HCM City yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Tuesday asked Grab Taxi Company Limited to report on its acquisition of Uber in the Southeast Asian market, including Việt Nam.

The Vietnamese High-Quality Products Fair in HCM City early next month will have many new features, including a focus on introducing “Vietnamese High-Quality Products-Global Integration Standard” (GIS) certified products and others under the city’s food safety chain model.

Domestic cement consumption reduced in March, while cement exports had growth against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Safran Aircraft Engines will support Vietjet with fleet management services, training, R&D programs including fuel efficient usage, technical management and help in creating regional-level support maintenance capabilities.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines early this week opened a new route between Nha Trang and Seoul with two flights, numbered VN440 and VN441.

The consumer price index (CPI) in 2018 is predicted to rise by 3.41 per cent, 3.55 per cent and 3.9 per cent under three scenarios.