The trading of garlic disguised in Lý Sơn garlic brand has been destroying the original major crop in the Lý Sơn Islands, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quảng Ngãi in recent years.

A total of VNĐ104.2 trillion (US$4.46 billion) has been raised this year as of August 22 by the State Treasury of Vietnam via auctions of Government bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

To sustain their rice exports to China, a large buyer, Vietnamese firms need to focus on meeting food safety and traceability requirements and carry on official instead of border trade, according to experts.

Two way trade between Việt Nam and India experienced a significant yearly increase of 50 per cent to US$6.36 billion over past seven months of this year, statistics from the General Department of Customs revealed.

Cần Thơ City has completed its plan for smart-city development, which is divided into three phases, the local People’s Committee announced last Friday (Aug 24) at a meeting in the city.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stressed the importance of tourism in the central province of Quảng Bình, saying it should be the number one target of sustainable socio-economic development in the province.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of HCM City Nguyễn Thành Phong received entrepreneurs from some multinational groups on Friday to brief them on investment opportunities in the city.

The affordable apartment segment will be the star of the property market in the coming years, but its supply is increasingly scarce while the demand for this type of apartment remains high, according to an analysis by property services firm CBRE Việt Nam.

MobiFone has reported a year-on-year decline of 42 per cent in post-tax profit in the second quarter of this year, falling to VNĐ947 billion (US$41 million).

The traceability of goods is crucial to firms’ production and trading activities, but public awareness of the importance of traceability remains low, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đặng Hoàng An during a seminar held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Friday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam is becoming an attractive destination for foreign investors in innovative and creative start-ups, attendees said at a workshop in Hà Nội on Friday.

The central province of Quảng Bình will hold an investment conference on August 26 and 27 at the Sun Spa Resort in Đồng Hới City.

Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in developing wind power in Việt Nam.

Property transactions have not been beset by the usual gloom in this year’s “Ghost Month” as both local developers and home buyers have gradually changed their attitudes.

The Government will continuously fine-tune legal regulations to encourage and popularise the payment of public services through banks, deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Nguyễn Kim Anh said at a forum on accelerating the payment of public services via banks held in Hà Nội on Friday.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development opened a safe farm produce market at the District 2 Children’s Cultural House on August 24, the seventh in the city.

The property market in Biên Hoà city in Đồng Nai Province has been booming in the last few months.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index ended its six-day rally as investor confidence was dampened by negative developments of the US-China trade dispute but strong purchases helped offset some of the losses.