Việt Nam News

The world’s leading e-commerce player, Amazon, is planning to enter the Vietnamese market, announced the Việt Nam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

National carrier Vietnam Airlines will open a new route linking the southern province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City with Seoul in South Korea.

Việt Nam is an important part of a new "Asia-centric" strategy which Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is pursuing to strengthen its business in Asia, said Shosuke Mori, SMBC’s Asia Pacific Division.

Facing a large amount of outstanding late payments in the taxation and customs branches, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is working on a draft resolution on handling tax arrears and irrecoverable fines to submit to the National Assembly.

Trading of covered warrants will be suspended if their issuers, or securities companies, do not follow regulations on hedging activities recently issued by the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE).

Enhancing trade promotion and market research and providing information to businesses are among the tasks the Việt Nam Food Association will focus on in the next five years.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has rejected the proposed Cái Cùng thermal power plant project, saying that it wants to become a national centre of renewable energy and a large producer of shrimp farming

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFS) to enhance the quality of analysis, assessment and forecast of macroeconomic developments and financial markets to complete its task of counseling the Prime Minister.

 In Việt Nam, as in other parts of the world, the private sector has been more receptive to the much-buzzed-about rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), while the public sector and the government have been slow to adopt these technologies.

Vietnamese shares recovered on Tuesday as blue chips performed well on bottom-fishing following the previous sharp falls.

The asset quality and profitability of 14 Vietnamese banks rated by Moody’s improved moderately year-over-year, driven by robust macroeconomic conditions and growth in core income, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday.

Việt Nam will promote its investment activities in Bangladesh, especially in the areas of mutual cooperation such as telecommunications, information technology, agriculture, food processing, petroleum and infrastructure development.

Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) is co-ordinating with relevant agencies to take timely measures and minimise the risks of the new proposal of the United States on import duties for steel.

Việt Nam has been the second-largest partner of Japan in software and service outsourcing since 2014.

Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company has hired Japanese-owned JGC Vietnam Co., Ltd as the contractor for the construction of a solar power plant in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highland) province of Gia Lai Province’s Krong Pa District.

Route Inn Group from Japan has launched its first five-star beach resort project – the Grandvrio Ocean Resort Đà Nẵng – in Điện Bàn town of central Quảng Nam province, adding 96 hotel rooms and 54 villas to the provincial hospitality industry.

The Municipal People’s Committee here will put up 6.7 million shares of Thống Nhất Electromechanical Joint Stock Company (Vinawind) for public auction on Hà Nội Stock Exchange on March 30.

Statistics from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) showed that the mining industry has posted a record slump since 2011, with the growth rate dropping by 7.1 per cent in 2017 and 4 per cent in 2016.