Việt Nam News

 Hà Nội Trade Corporation (Hapro) has signed contracts for exporting agricultural products worth about US$2 million at the world’s largest food innovation exhibition SIAL Paris.

Most thermal power companies have reported lower earnings in the third quarter of 2018 as increasing rainfall reduces demand for heat energy.

Project management unit number 2 (PMU2) has urged the Ministry of Transport to approve a pre-feasibility study it has done for the HCM City – Mộc Bài Expressway.

Long Thành International Airport of Việt Nam is listed as one of the 16 most exciting airport projects under construction or redevelopment in the world, according to CNN Travel.

More than 200 booths are displaying products at an exhibition of industrial and consumer goods that opened in the northern province of Hòa Bình on Thursday.

The Prime Minister recently gave approval in principle for the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to set up an ICT Industry Department to promote the production of made-in-Việt Nam terminal equipment and boost the electronics industry.

Việt Nam’s expansion has charged ahead despite the recent financial and trade turmoil, which has affected many emerging Southeast Asian markets, Moody’s Investors Service has said.

The Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Việt Nam Mobile Telecom Services Corporation (Mobifone) have prepared full dossiers to be transferred to the Committee for State Capital Management (CMSC) this year.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) and Military-run telecoms group Viettel have decided to offload their entire stakes, collectively at 79 per cent, in the Việt Nam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex).

Liquidity in the banking system is getting tighter, causing interest rates on the inter-bank market to surge.

HD Mon Holdings and Indochina Capital on Thursday in Hà Nội signed a strategic partnership agreement.

The 25th International Medical, Hospital & Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Việt Nam MediPharm Expo), slated to take place in Hà Nội from December 6 to 8, promises to showcase new products and technologies.

Co-operation between Kazakhstan and Việt Nam in transport and logistics has great potential, said Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Việt Nam Beketzhan Zhumakhanov.

The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang will continue working with the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) organisation for agricultural technology transfer and trade (FACT) in forming agricultural production value chains, said Trương Cảnh Tuyên, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee at a working session with FACT representatives and some Korean businessmen on Thursday.

The southern province of Đồng Nai has drawn approximately US$1.6 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) as of October 23, 60 per cent higher than the goal of $1 billion set for this year.

HCM City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) has announced that its pre-tax profit in the first nine months of 2018 rose 50.8 per cent year on year to nearly VNĐ2.9 trillion (US$128.2 million).

HSBC Vietnam has received the top honour from the Visa Global Service Quality Performance Awards for having the highest international authorisation approval rate for consumer credit in 2017.