The national industrial production index (IIP) in February was estimated to decrease by 16.8 per cent over the previous month due to the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The HCM City Real Estate Association has proposed social housing lending rates to be lowered to 3-3.5 per year to create favourable conditions for low-income earners to afford homes.
Economic experts and scientists gathered at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội Saturday to work on documents on socio-economic development strategies to be summited to the 13th National Party Congress.
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Vietnamese shares are forecast to advance in March as investors may seize the chance to invest in companies that are about to provide clearer visions for 2019 at their annual shareholder meetings.
Việt Nam is in the early stages of developing renewable energy sources and needed to introduce more incentive policies to attract more investment, experts have said.
The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has urged credit institutions to ensure adequate funds to meet the capital demands of rice exporters for the winter-spring crop this year.
A series of co-operation agreements were signed during a conference on marketing to promote Vân Đồn International Airport in the northern province of Quảng Ninh last week.
Thái Bình Xanh JSC and the Finnish group Poyry on Friday held discussions with Quảng Trị provincial People’s Committee on a paper mill project, worth VND11.6 trillion (nearly US$500 million).
The Fourth Industrial Revolution could increase Việt Nam’s GDP by between US$28.5 billion and $62.1 billion – equivalent to a rise of 7 to 16 per cent – by 2030, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyễn Đình Cung said at a seminar in Hà Nội on Friday.
Việt Nam saw a trade deficit of US$84 million in the first two months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The largest specialised event on processing, packaging and preserving food and agricultural products in Việt Nam will take place on July 24-27 in HCM City.
Unofficial exports over the border to China will face technical barriers since the two nations have agreed to limit them and increase official exports, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.
Banks and insurance companies are ramping up co-operation in selling life insurance products (bancassurance) to cash in on the high growth segment as some have posted annual triple-digit growth rates in the business.
The central city aims to accelerate economic growth from 7.68 per cent to 12 per cent, while more drastic measures and administrative reforms are needed to turn the city into an as a destination to investment and tourism.
Distance is no longer a problem for property investors in and around HCM City thanks to improved transport infrastructure.
Demand for shophouses is soaring in HCM City with the mushrooming of small service establishments, experts said.
The national consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in February, the General Statistics Office announced on Thursday, marking the biggest February increase since 2014.
Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index bounced back strongly on Friday from the previous massive sell-off on improved investor confidence and purchasing power.
Hoàng Huy Investment Financial Services JSC (TCH) on Thursday issued VNĐ1.2 trillion (US$50 million) worth of convertible corporate bonds to South Korean investors.
The first VinFast cars would be tested in Europe on March 6 this year, reported Vietnam News Agency.
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 Mr Varis Chirayus, Deputy Managing Director of VLC Group and NLCS Phuket; Mr Ali Aliev, Director of Business Development of NLCS International
(Bottom row,from left to right) Mr Naruj Chirayus, Managing Director of VLC Group and NLCS Phuket; Mr Daniel Lewis, Managing Director of NLCS International.)
