The 18^th International Co-operative Alliance - Asia Pacific regional workshop for managers opened at Saigon Co.op’s head office in HCM City on Monday.

The Government should reconsider its ban on the import of wheat infected with cirsium arvense, a kind of weed, participants told a seminar in HCM City on October 8, warning it would have an adverse impact on businesses.

Vingroup’s retail arm, VinCommerce, has completed the acquisition of the Fivimart supermarket system, according to a Vingroup press release published yesterday.

The petrol retail price saw its highest surge so far this year on Saturday, raising concerns over unpredictable impacts to the economy and the possible increase of goods prices during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) Holiday, experts said.

 CEO of Hanoi Transport Services Corporation (Transerco) Nguyễn Hoàng Trung was appointed the corporation’s chairman in Hà Nội on Monday.

Shares decreased significantly on Monday as selling pressure hit petroleum and real estate stocks.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will put its entire stake, equivalent to nearly 255 million shares, in the Việt Nam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) up for a public auction on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter.

Property developer Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation launched a new housing project called The Peak in HCM City last week.

Việt Nam were expected to receive around 105 million passengers passing through airports in the country in 2018, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam’s estimate.

Hotel room supply in HCM City in the third quarter of the year was down 4 per cent year-on-year to 15,800 rooms at 127 hotels, according to Savills Vietnam’s 3^rd Quarter Market Briefing.

Trading liquidity of the derivatives market fell in September despite the number of trading accounts rising 9 per cent from August, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

Non-performing loans (NPLs) of State-owned Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) kept at the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) have dropped by over VNĐ9.4 trillion (US$401.7 million) to VNĐ 9.59 trillion in the first half of this year, the bank’s latest audited financial statement showed.

Việt Nam imported 11,172 cars between January and September, up 5,142 units from the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said Việt Nam would likely approve the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) at the National Assembly meeting this month.

According to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) official, pork supplies will meet high year-end demand around the holidays and the New Year.

In a short time, foreign funds have sold millions of shares of Mobile World Corporation (MWG), one of the biggest mobile phone and accessory retailers in Việt Nam, with an estimated transfer value of up to hundreds of billions of Vietnamese đồng.

Overseas remittances to Việt Nam are expected to decline mainly due to global factors.

The People’s Committee in the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận targets increasing by 1.3 times the coastal economic growth rate by 2020 against the current total provincial rate.