Việt Nam News

Nearly 70 per cent of surveyed firms planned to expand their businesses in the upcoming time as most of them were optimistic about business results in 2018.

Vietnamese shares recovered from a short-lived decline as investor confidence turned positive ahead of the start of the DPRK-USA Summit.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines and Sabre, a leading technology provider from the US, on Wednesday signed a strategic co-operation expansion agreement on aviation technology worth US$300 million.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc received Kevin McAllister, Executive Vice President of the US’s Boeing Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Việt Nam’s capital earned an estimated US$2.24 billion from exports in the first two months of this year, up 21.3 per cent year-on-year, according the municipal Statistics Office.

Two Vietnamese airlines signed deals worth a combined US$15.7 billion to purchase airplanes from Boeing on the sideline of the USA-DPRK Summit in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The price of pepper in the southern province of Bình Phước has sharply fallen, making local gardeners worried they could face a season of losses.

Việt Nam gained a trade surplus of more than US$250 million with Canada in January.

All 5-star luxury hotels in Hà Nội have run out of room ahead of the second DPRK-USA Summit, taking place Wednesday and Thursday in the capital city.

Việt Nam is listed among nine countries where the US dollar is strongest in 2019, according to a report from Smart Travel.

Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, need greater awareness of the importance of brands and developing them to competitiveness, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.

The Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) has witnessed some 300 businesses reportedly exceeding their 2018 business plans in a spectacular way.

Hosting the global political event of the year will be a good opportunity for Việt Nam and Hà Nội to show its strengths to foreign investors and attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) this year.

Diplomats at the Việt Nam – Russia Conference organised by the Valdai Discussion Club yesterday (Feb 26) agreed to closely coordinate the Viet Nam Year in Russia and its counterpart activity in Việt Nam in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Foreign investors have poured US$8.47 billion into Việt Nam this year as of February 20, 2.5 times higher than the same period of last year, data from the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment revealed.

Vietnamese banks are forecast to gain in profitability this year, but raising capital will be a key focus for banks to meet the State Bank of Việt Nam’s strict Basel II requirements.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked South Korean firms, including electronics giant Samsung, to continue playing a leading role in pushing Vietnamese support enterprises for joint development.

Vietnamese shares corrected on Tuesday following recent rallies as investors tried to offload more stocks in order to gain short-term profits.