Việt Nam News

The General Department of Taxation’s plan of taxing business households with annual revenue from VNĐ100 million (US$4,350) is causing controversy.

Analysts and securities firms are hoping Vietnamese shares will perform better in 2019, but there are still many challenges that will clearly weigh on market sentiment.

Many textile and garment enterprises has been improving operation to prepare themselves for the list on the stock market.

Việt Nam should promote trade more overseas to bring in new customers and boost exports to the ASEAN region.

The Government on Tuesday a resolution setting targets for improving business environment and national competitiveness for 2019 through to 2021.

The province was able to attract investment in big projects in 2018, many of which lined up with the province’s goals, according to Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Demand for bird’s nests in China is increasing, offering opportunities for Vietnamese firms, but new measures are needed to enable producers to export the product directly to China, rather than carrying it over the border, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông will introduce its investment potential and opportunities to more than 800 delegates and businesses at a forthcoming investment  promotion conference here next month.

Việt Nam will be short of 70,000 to 90,000 information and technology (IT) workers next year despite increasing salary and welfare, according to a TopDev, a recruitment network and ecosystem in mobile and IT, report on the IT market in Việt Nam.

A majority of firms in the manufacturing and processing industry were optimistic about their production and business activities for the first quarter of 2019, according to a survey by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The HCM City housing market showed signs of unsustainability in 2018 due to an imbalance between supply and demand, a property industry business group said.

HCM City sustained its industrial expansion in 2018, recording an estimated 8.15 per cent rise in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) from last year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the launch of the Vân Đồn International Airport, Hạ Long International Passenger Terminal, and Hạ Long-Vân Đồn Expressway in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on December 30.

The Securities Journalists Club on Thursday announced the top 10 biggest events for Việt Nam’s stock market in 2018.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index ended 2018 on a negative note due to cautious market sentiment, which increased selling pressure over the last 30 minutes of the day.

The real estate market in central Phan Thiết Province is set to boom thanks to upcoming transport upgrades, according to experts.

In 2019 South Korea will toughen rules related to use of pesticides for agricultural products it imports, and Vietnam is expected to be affected.

New policies promoting development of the domestic automobile sector will create opportunities for the industrial real estate market, according to a CBRE Việt Nam report released in December.