The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu authorities have approved a master plan for tourism development by 2025 with a vision to 2030. 

The Việt Nam Rubber Group inaugurated its new rubber latex processing plant, worth VNĐ110 billion (US$4.8 million), in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La on Wednesday.

Gil Haskel, head of the Israeli international aid development agency Mashav, speaks to Vietnam News Agency on how to encourage more agro start-ups through bilateral internship and training programmes.

The building materials industry has grown at 8-12 per cent in the past three years and is expected to maintain good growth next year, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday.

The HCM City Department of Trade and Industry has launched a new programme called “Promotion of Vietnamese Goods” to support farmers’ produce, including vegetables, fruits, poultry, meat and seafood.

Vietnamese stock market dropped again on Wednesday as investors refused to buy in stocks when there was only two days left until the end of the year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is drafting a decree for imports of 56,284 tonnes of raw tobacco (HS code 2401) under a tariff quota in 2019.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) will cancel the trading of more than 467.8 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) this Friday, the Hà Nội Stock Exchange has announced.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has made inappropriate investments that led to inefficient use of State capital, according to the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV).

There will be no shortage of pork in the months approaching the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday despite an increase in demand, Nguyễn Xuân Dương, acting Director of the Animal Husbandry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Khánh Hòa People’s Committee has requested a tightening of the hotel rating system in an effort to enhance management of the hospitality market in the central province.

The National Committee for Management of State Capital (CMSC) has bought nearly 165 million shares of Vietnam Airlines, bringing its total stake to more than 1.22 billion shares, according to the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

HCM City will strive to ensure there are no increases in the prices of essential products during Tết (the Lunar New Year) in early February, according to the city People’s Committee.

The State Bank of Việt Nam has drafted a regulation which would create favourable conditions for foreign investors to join in the process of State-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) privatisation and capital divestment.

Việt Nam has been making efforts to foster organic farming, including a decree issued last August which should be implemented as soon as possible, experts told a forum in HCM City on Tuesday.

Disbursed foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam this year experienced a positive increase of 9.1 per cent to US$19.1 billion.

The Hà Nội Stock exchange (HNX) has improved its share, bond and derivatives markets considerably in 2018 and will continue to enhance the markets’ operation next year.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has warned local people and firms to consider carefully and be cautious before taking part in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending as there are many potential risks related to the service.