Việt Nam News

National carrier Vietnam Airlines, budget airline Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) are offering various tickets with preferential airfares at the 14th International Travel Expo (ITE) in HCM City’s District 7 from September 6 to 8.

Online Friday 2018 started at midnight and lasts for 24 hours on Friday, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VIB was the only bank in Việt Nam receiving the ADB’s recognition which aims to honour leading partner banks in ADB's Trade Finance Program (TFP) during the  TFP Awards and Partners Dinner on September 4 – the first day of the Global Trade Review's annual conference in Singapore,

Vietcombank sold all 1.47 million shares of Orient Commercial Bank (OCB) at an auction on Thursday.

Exports in the southern province of Đồng Nai hit US$12.2 billion in the first eight months of this year, up nearly 12 per cent annually, according to the provincial Statistics Bureau.

The Vietnamese Government is supportive of Lotte group’s expansion into business fields of strength, including consumer finance, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ assured Chairman and CEO of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Lotte Card Kim Chang-kwon during a reception in Hà Nội on Thursday.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of many cooperation agreements on Thursday, within the framework of the former’s ongoing visit to Russia.

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 rose VNĐ300 to VNĐ19,911 (85 US cent) per litre at 3pm today after two months of keeping unchanged, the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced.

Consumer finance companies are offering various promotions to customers, aiming to enlarge their share in an increasingly competitive market.

Chinese tourists are reportedly avoiding paying tax in Việt Nam, with the help of tourism companies.

A customs bond model for speeding up clearance of goods is required to deal with Việt Nam’s complicated administrative procedures and boost its competitiveness, experts told a conference on trade facilitation in HCM City September 6.

The event features 1,500 booths with new products and advanced technologies in real estate, construction and construction materials.

Việt Nam’s Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) will open its apple reseller store in HCM City on September 10, according to the news website cafef.vn.

The Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Abroad (BAOOV) and the People’s Committee of Cần Thơ City will jointly speed up the establishment of BAOOV’s representative office in the Mekong Delta region’s Cần Thơ City.

The Vietnamese banking system could face a capital shortfall of almost US$20 billion – equal to 9 per cent of the country’s GDP – to meet the requirements of Basel II, scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2020, and to increase allowance coverage to a level that reflects underlying asset-quality problems, Fitch Ratings said in a report released on Wednesday.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index fell for a fourth straight session, dragged down by large-cap stocks amid investors’ worries over the market short term prospects and international trade news.

Qatar Airways will launch direct flights to Đà Nẵng, starting on December 19 as the third Vietnamese destination on the award-winning airline’s rapidly expanding global network.

Vietjet is participating in the 14th International Travel Expo HCM City (ITE HCMC) being held from between Thursday and Saturday at the Sài Gòn Exhibition and Convention Centre.