Việt Nam News

Vietnamese and Cambodian officials, business executives and experts discussed measures to enhance co-operation in the trade and management of timber and timber products at conference in HCM City yesterday.

The State Audit of Việt Nam (SAV) has carried out 222 audits out of total 232, equivalent to 95.7 per cent of its yearly plan, recovering nearly VNĐ8.4 trillion (US$360.5 million) for the State budget in the last nine months.

 Hà Nội has implemented solutions to facilitate the sustainable development of e-commerce activities, which have grown rapidly recently, though problems persist in the quality of goods traded online.

Viettel Group’s online charging service called vOCS 3.0 won the gold winner for best new product or service of the year in telecommunications.

Giant food producer Kido Group has announced its third quarter results and those of its subsidiaries.

Vietnamese shares ended on a negative note for the third session in a row on Monday as profit-taking pressure rose in the closing minutes.

Nearly 80 per cent of the 1076 fresh fruit stores in the downtown districts of Hà Nội met food hygiene, safety and quality control standards, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

Dung Quất Biofuel Plant in the central province of Quảng Ngãi produced its first batch of E100 ethanol fuel on Friday five days since restarting, company officials announced.

As per the data, the bank's pre-tax profit in nine months accounted for 86 per cent of the target set earlier for the whole year. 

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 fell by VNĐ224 to a maximum of VNĐ20,682 (US$0.88) per litre at 3pm on Monday, the ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced.

The Việt Nam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) and Việt Nam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) won a bid last week to sell 14,000 tonnes and 15,000 tonnes of rice, respectively, to the Philippines.

More than 60 per cent of Vietnamese consumers gave priority to buying domestically-produced goods and 54 per cent would recommend their relatives and friends to purchase made-in-Việt Nam products.

About 500 enterprises in HCM City have been trained to use the 24/7 e-tax payment scheme by the city’s Customs Department.

Vietnamese startup travel company Ecohost beat 110 competitors to take second prize in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge.

Four wind power projects were scheduled to be completed in the south central province of Ninh Thuận by the end of 2018, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

As worries grow about additional US rate hikes, investors may now turn to the earnings season in which they hope to find something extraordinary to drive overall sentiment up.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked Viettel and VNPT to complete applications for submission to the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) to participate in e-payment mechanisms in Việt Nam.

More than 300 domestic and foreign enterprises will display their products at 1,500 pavilions during the 2018 Việt Nam International Real Estate Exhibition (Vietbuild 2018) in HCM City from October 25 to 29.