Việt Nam needs breakthrough reforms in the national foreign direct investment (FDI) approach to sustain the country’s rapid economic development, competitiveness and inclusive prosperity, according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) yesterday.
Vietnamese shares fell in the last minutes of trading on Monday as selling pressure weighed down large-cap companies after they grew strongly in the last two sessions.
European firms continued to be optimistic about the business environment in Việt Nam, according to the EuroCham’s latest Business Climate Index (BCI).
More Vietnamese consumers are preferring cashless and contactless payments to make the process faster, according to Visa.
Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (BSR) in the central province of Quảng Ngãi officially changed to a joint stock company model on July 1, 2018.
ESMO Group from South Korea (formerly NEXEN TECH) has just started construction of ESMO VINA - its first wiring harness factory in Việt Nam.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai has proposed the Ministry of Transport construct an airport in Sapa with total capital investment of nearly VNĐ5.8 trillion (US$252 million).
The southern province of Kiên Giang has listed three projects in Phú Quốc island district that are in urgent need of investment.
More and more businesses are exporting livestock and poultry meat, opening up great prospects for the livestock sector.
The Vietnamese Business Club in the Republic of Korea (VBCK) made its debut at a ceremony in Seoul on July 7, drawing the attendance of hundreds of Vietnamese and Korean businessmen.
Many small, new businesses in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) province of Bến Tre have grown big and started to build value chains for local products thanks to the local government’s efforts to promote entrepreneurship.
A majority of credit institutions in the country expect an upward trend in their business in the remaining months of the year, after making improvements in the first half of 2018, according to a survey released on Thursday by the State Bank of Việt
The Vietnamese cashew sector is calling for an US$800 million credit package from commercial banks to better serve its exports, as heard at a seminar held in HCM City late last week.
Last month, Toyota Việt Nam unveiled the recommended retail prices for its first shipment of cars imported from Indonesia at zero tax, and most of them are higher than before the policy of zero tariffs took effect.
The derivatives market has grown strongly over the last three months as investors switch from stocks to derivatives to avoid short-term risks on the stock market.
Đà Nẵng Port handled more than 774,000 tonnes of cargo in June, the highest amount so far, according to Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).
Domestic businesses should closely monitor the market situation, prepare to adjust their operations and redefine export markets to avoid negative impacts and capitalise on opportunities from the US-China trade war, officials and experts recommended.
Market adjustments over the past few weeks has brought many stocks down to attractive price levels compared to the beginning of the year, but investors should remain cautious.
The province is now home to over 440 investment projects, including 23 foreign-invested, with total registered capital of US$763 million.
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