Many commercial banks raised deposit interest rates in recent months, triggering worries about the increasing pressure on the lending rates. But some insist this was only a short-term measure.

The Ministry of Finance aims to issue VNĐ200 trillion (US$8.78 billion) worth of Government bonds and develop green Government bonds in 2019.

Vietbuild Home, the annual exhibition on real estate, interior and exterior decoration and household appliances, opened on Wednesday in HCM City with many new products and brands on show.

Saigon Securities Incorporation (HOSE: SSI) changed its name to SSI Securities Corporation on its 18^th anniversary on Tuesday.

The Vietnamese Government will issue a resolution on solutions for promoting the development of part-supplying industry, heard a conference held by the Government Office in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The industry and trade departments of HCM City and 13 Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces signed an agreement on Wednesday to extend their market stabilisation programme by another year.

Regional connectivity and co-ordination is critical to the Mekong Delta’s harmonious and sustainable development, as is resolving conflicts in development.

Weak buying demand on Wednesday fail to rescue market from falling while the recover of the world stock markets on Tuesday could not helped the indices rally, neither.

Price of goods for the coming lunar new year (Tết) is expected to be stable as the prices of petrol and pork have declined in the recent time.

Vietnam Airlines and its member budget carrier Jetstar Pacific will supply 134,000 additional seats during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday from January 20 to February 19.

The 2018 Northern Industry and Trade Fair kicked off in the northern province of Nam Định on Tuesday.

PetroVietnam Power Nhơn Trạch 2 Joint Stock Company (HoSE: NT2) plans to finalise the list of shareholders liable to receive the firm’s second-round dividend payout on December 28.

Việt Nam Mobile Telecom Services Corporation (Mobifone) and multimedia company Audio Visual Global (AVG) signed an agreement on Tuesday to officially terminate the acquisition deal between the two companies.

Việt Nam lacks an overall strategy to promote the sustainable development of domestic trade in the context of deep international integration, heard a conference held in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

As Việt Nam heavily imported machinery and equipment from China, experts worried that Việt Nam might become a landfill of outdated technologies, urging measures to tighten the import of second-hand machinery and equipment.

The domestic cashew industry would continue to face difficulties processing and trading cashew nuts next year, according to the Việt Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

Shares continued to fall on Tuesday due to the uneasy global market and the worries among investors about the US Fed’s imminent interest rate hike decision.

HCM City has always taken on board suggestions from foreign businesses, including Japanese, for improving its investment environment and living conditions and adopting appropriate policies to enable foreign investors to operate here, according to its People’s Committee.