Việt Nam News

Thanh Bình Phú Mỹ is the developer of the Phú Mỹ 3 Specialised Industrial Park in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu. Việt Nam News speaks with Toshio Kazama, the company’s managing director, about the investment environment in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu and the park’s efforts to attract more tenants.

More than 14,000 people are expected to visit VIETWATER 2017 and RE & EE VIETNAM 2017 exhibitions, two leading international events on water supply, sanitation, water resources, purification and energy, which opened yesterday in HCM City.

The Việt Nam-China trade relationship has seen strong development. China is now Việt Nam’s key export market and its biggest trade partner, said Bùi Huy Sơn, director of the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Đà Nẵng has drawn more than 2,000 CEOs from leading groups and businesses in the Asia-Pacific. Việt Nam News reporter Hoài Nam reports on the positive impacts of the meeting on Vietnamese business from the perspective of attendees.

Việt Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) is issuing 20,000 bonds in phase 1 of its public offering from October 25 to November 13, 2017.

The 2017 APEC CEO Summit is an event of the largest scale for the regional business community, President Trần Đại Quang said in his speech marking the opening of the three-day event at Đà Nẵng’s Ariyana Convention Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

Việt Nam and Mexico were looking to enhance trade and investment cooperation at the first meeting of the Joint Committee of Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation.

Japanese Kyoei Steel Company officially became strategic shareholder of Việt Nam-Italy Steel Joint Stock Company (VIS).

MPOS Việt Nam Technology Joint Stock Company and Malaysia’s payment service provider GHL Systems Berhad on Tuesday signed a strategic co-operation agreement on electronic payments.

Many banks, especially small- and medium-sized ones, are offering high interest rates and promotion programmes to compete for the mobilisation of deposits.

Twenty eight out of 63 provinces and cities approved their urban development programmes, to date, under the Decree 11/2013/NĐ-CP about management and investment in urban development.

Rising capital demand in the last few months of the year has put pressure on the liquidity of the banking system.

Total value of stock market capitalisation in the first 10 months was equal to 61 per cent of Việt Nam’s gross domestic product, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reported.

Ride-sharing services, which allow two or more passengers to share a single trip, could significantly help alleviate congestion and contribute to unlocking a city’s potential.

Telecom group Viettel has topped the list of the biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2016.

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).

The General Department of Customs has asked the management of origin and labels of imported products to be enhanced.

HCM City plans to put projects under the Build-Transfer (BT) investment model under more scrutiny by auctioning land instead of offering it in exchange for infrastructure.