Foreign institutional investors traded nearly 3.9 million shares of tech firm FPT Corporation on Friday, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD).

Investors have pledged to invest more than VNĐ36.1 trillion (US$1.5 billion) into 19 tourism projects in the central and Central Highland regions.

Japanese investment firm Advantage Partners has acquired Elise Fashion Limited, one of Việt Nam’s top fashion brands for women, and its affiliate companies.

Some banks have been given the green light from the State Bank of Việt Nam to enlarge their network size in the first days of Lunar New Year.

Việt Nam’s pepper output this year would reach around 200,000 tonnes, according to the International Pepper Community

Việt Nam faces a possible return to a trade deficit this year after three years of enjoying surpluses, experts said pointing to the sharp rise in imports and increasing difficulties facing exports.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) is planning to change its policy on reserve requirement ratios for credit institutions and foreign banks' branches for the first time since 2011.

Many enterprises have started moving into the chilled meat sector, as it is expected to become a new consumer trend in the future domestically, according to experts.

The fisheries sector has set itself an export target of US$10 billion this year, the target set by the Government only for 2020, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).

The Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh is resolved to revoke licences of delayed projects, while rolling out measures to attract more investment in the locality.

The Central and Central Highlands Region has been told to work harder to make tourism a key economic sector of the whole region.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long pledged to work with enterprises during a gathering with local businesspeople last Friday.

After performing quite well in the first trading week after returning from a week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, market volatility is in focus this week with strong profit-taking possible following the rallies of local stocks.

Việt Nam is expected to receive more foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan in the coming years as part of its strategy to shift investment attraction towards high-quality capital.

The balance of the petrol price stabilisation fund at Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) was VNĐ1.72 trillion (US$73.8 million) as of Friday, the group said.

Localities in the central region need to pay special attention to enhancing regional connectivity in their development policies, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a meeting of the Council for the Central Key Economic Region in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on February 15.

A Singaporean company will invest in a textile project in the Việt Nam-Singapore Industrial Park in Nghệ An Province (VSIP Nghệ An).

The central city’s construction department has listed 17 commercial housing projects that allow foreigners to own homes, including eight in Sơn Trà peninsula and six in the downtown Hải Châu district.