Việt Nam News

A number of industrial and agricultural product groups have been identified as the city’s key products in the 2018 – 2020 period, giving them special priorities in terms of growth promotion.

The CMC Corporation from Việt Nam signed a strategic co-operation agreement with Approxima, a partner from Denmark on October 20, within the framework of the Việt Nam - Denmark Business Forum.

Hà Nội’s property market will have more supply of social housing products for low-income people by 2020 in order to address the paucity of those products on the market combined with the over-supply of commercial houses.

GIC Pte, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has made huge investments in large Vietnamese firms such as VinHomes, Vietjet, Techcombank and Masan.

HCM City is seeking better solutions to fight against counterfeit goods and smuggled products that are traded online.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is considering a proposal from telecom providers to remove the ceiling promotion rate of 20 per cent for pre-paid subscribers.

Việt Nam will need to import more than 300,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in the remaining months of the year for processing to meet the demand of exporters, according to processing companies.

Housing prices in Việt Nam lack stability and are inflated beyond most citizens’ ability to afford them, according to the Ministry of Construction’s report submitted to the 14th National Assembly.

Most Vietnamese enterprises lack awareness about free trade agreements (FTAs) the country plans to sign with other countries, especially the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to a survey.

Apartment rental yields in HCM City have declined slightly due to excessive supply, property consultancies said.

Banks have cut service fees in response to the Government’s push to improve the business environment, deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Đào Minh Tú said on Thursday.

Worries over global economic growth and tensions pushed Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index down for a second day.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and Samsung Electronics Vietnam organised in HCM City the closing ceremony for the third training course for Vietnamese consultants in supporting industries.

Bến Tre Province’s Farmers’ Association is working with Nông thôn Ngày Nay newspaper and its departments to organise an agricultural fair in November.

Vietjet and Japan Airlines (JAL) announced on Friday that the two airlines will begin a codeshare agreement starting from October 23.

The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu shared information about its investment opportunities and attraction policies at the Republic of Korea (RoK) Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul on October 18.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to remove and simplify 202 business conditions under its management, accounting for 36.1 per cent of the total, said Nguyễn Anh Sơn, director of the ministry’s Legal Department at a press meeting held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Shopee has beat Lazada to become the top e-commerce platform by traffic in the third quarter of this year, according to the Map of E-commerce in Việt Nam recently published by Iprice Insight.