Việt Nam News

Việt Nam is among the few ASEAN member countries to consistently improve its attractiveness to foreign investors due to its growing economy and improving business climate, experts have said.

Solar power has become an alternative to fossil energy in many places around the world, experts said.

The Vietnamese stock markets showed positive development in the past week with four strong gaining sessions.

The city of Leipzig has become the first German locality to open a representative office in Việt Nam, strengthening the trade and investment partnership between Germany and Việt Nam and connecting businesses of the two nations, according to the German Business Association in Việt Nam.

A major coffee processing factory, expected to become the biggest of its kind in Việt Nam, was inaugurated on Saturday in the southern province of Đồng Nai’s Nhơn Trạch 3 Industrial Zone

With unsafe foods becoming an increasing risk, it is important for people to know about safe and clean food to protect themselves, Nguyễn Thị Hồng Minh, president of the Association of Food Transparency, told a seminar in HCM City on December 7.

The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has been trying to commercialise research outcomes by linking demand and supply, investing to bring technologies to the market and helping register intellectual property rights.

 A “free and open” Asia is vital to achieve the mutual goal of all nations to ensure peace, stability and prosperity regionally and globally, speakers said on December 7 at a regional economic forum held in the city.

A support centre for co-operative development was opened in Hà Nội on December 6 to help Vietnamese co-operatives get more involved in agricultural value chains.

Highly capable and diverse boards of directors that adhere to social responsibility are crucial for corporate sustainability, experts said during a forum in HCM City yesterday.

Vietnamese wood and furniture firms need to improve their designs, distribution and brands to enable Việt Nam to become a global furniture hub, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.

The Vietnamese delivery market, especially food, is at a year long high with many new businesses and services profiting.

The Vietnamese logistics sector must take advantage of global integration to reach its full potential, deputy minister of industry and trade Cao Quốc Hưng said at a meeting on Friday.

Shares ended Friday up thanks to bottom purchasing increasing toward the end of  trading session as selling pressure lessened.

Việt Nam pledged to develop effective policies and create the most favourable environment for foreign investors, in general, and those from the Repulic of Korea (RoK), in particular, to successfully do business in Việt Nam, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said.

The HCM City Tourism Promotion Centre has tied up with Hong Kong-based Fayfay.com to attract travellers from Hong Kong and to promote Việt Nam's tourism.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh and Korean Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Sung Yunmo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Seoul on Thursday on an action plan to reach US$100 billion in bilateral trade by 2020.

The People’s Committee of the northern province of Hòa Bình will issue investment decisions on 11 projects at the provincial investment conference on December 11.