Firms in the wood industry enjoy a great advantage with the rising preference of green lifestyles, experts said at a seminar on environmentally friendly lifestyles and wooden products in HCM City on November 12.

The Ministry of Finance on Monday transferred its ownership of State capital in the State Capital Management Corporation (SCIC) to the State Capital Management Committee.

Barcelona Port’s president Merce Conesa said she looked forward to connecting with Vietnamese businesses, especially in the field of logistics for mutual development, at a conference held on Monday in Hà Nội.

An analysis conducted by online shopping aggregator iPrice found that Việt Nam’s interest in November 11 Singles’ Day sales skyrocketed this year.

The National Assembly (NA) on Monday morning passed a resolution adjusting the middle-term public investment budget for the 2016-20 period, increasing total overseas borrowing to VNĐ360 trillion (US$16 billion) from VNĐ300 trillion.

Viet Nam has officially become the seventh member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after all National Assembly (NA) deputies on Monday approved a resolution on the agreement.

The SunRice Group has completed the acquisition of a rice processing mill in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp, the Australian business’ first direct financial investment in Việt Nam.

Cuba was among the top five countries attracting Vietnamese investment in the first 10 months of this year, according the Foreign Investment Agency.

Việt Nam has many opportunities to increase white-leg shrimp exports to the European Union (EU) in the future, according to the Việt Nam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has relinquished its role as supervisor of State capital in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the Committee for State Capital Management.

In recent days, buyers have been accounting for 80 per cent of all customers at Bảo Tín Minh Châu Jewellery and Gemstone Company, one of Việt Nam’s biggest gold trading companies.

The Government should offer preferential policies for property firms which develop green urban areas, said Đỗ Viết Chiến, general secretary of Việt Nam Real Estate Association.

The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said a delegation from the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on Fisheries visited Hà Nội and coastal provinces from October 28 to November 2 to examine Việt Nam’s efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

Weak market sentiment may continue to weigh on investors, causing stocks to consolidate at current price levels this week, as increasing political and economic risks rattle global markets.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told the banking sector to make it easier for businesses in key sectors of the national economy to access capital.

Renovating its growth model and improving productivity are among the key requirements to improve Việt Nam’s economic competitiveness, a seminar heard in HCM City on Friday.

Customs inspections paperwork will be reduced, while procedures and services will be improved to aid firms’ operational activities, experts said during a November 9 conference in HCM City.

Vietnamese shares joined the global market downturn tumbling in two main stock exchanges on Friday.