High-speed boat between Vũng Tàu and Côn Đảo

The trip from Vũng Tàu City to Côn Đảo Island in the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu will now take only three hours compared to the previous 13 hours of slower boats, thanks to a new high-speed boat service that began yesterday by Phú Quốc Express Joint-Stock Company.

Việt Nam to look at non-observed economy in 2020

Việt Nam will officially measure the non-observed economy in 2020 to take stock of economic activity taking place unlawfully or at an unregistered household level, under a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Rubber industry enjoys good start in 2019

Việt Nam earned US$220 million from shipping 175,000 tonnes of rubber abroad in January, up 10.8 per cent in value and 28.9 per cent in volume compared to the same month last year.

Supermarkets dominate essential product sales

Supermarkets are the top choice for consumers seeking to buy essential products, stationery or household goods followed by convenience stores (including groceries), a survey by the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association has found.

Bình Dương investors’ meet discusses FDI policy

Việt Nam needs to update its legal framework related to foreign investment amid the new context of the fourth industrial revolution and capital flow changes due to the trade war, a conference heard in Bình Dương yesterday.

How to pop your cherry in Việt Nam’s stock market

You’re ready to start investing. It might seem like a small step, but years from now you’ll look back and realise how meaningful this moment was to your financial future. This could be the defining decision that helped you achieve your financial dreams.

Banks hold auctions to cut bad debts

Some banks are putting assets secured with non-performing loans worth hundreds of billions of Vietnamese đồng up for auction in the first days of the Lunar New Year to speed up the resolution of bad debts.

Gov’t eases conditions for offshore indirect investment

The Government has issued a new decree to facilitate business conditions for offshore indirect investment, credit information activities and intermediary payment services under the management of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

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