Việt Nam News

The MoU was signed on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and India.

Việt Nam’s export goods can compete with products of other countries in the South Korean market, local enterprises in South Korea said at a meeting between a delegation of Vietnamese enterprises and their partners in Seoul, Korea, on Tuesday.

HCM City’s business climate and business development strategies were introduced at an Investment-Trade-Tourism Promotion conference in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.

The food and beverage market is expected to see potential for further development in the 2017-18 period, according to the Việt Nam Report Company (VNR).

Public Private Partnership (PPP), a funding model for public infrastructure projects, is significant in the development process of Việt Nam, in general, and HCM City, in particular.

The tanker, named Vispring 3668, was built under a contract signed between the two companies last year. It is 60m long, 4.5m high and 11m wide, and is capable of carrying 1,200 cu.m of gas. 

Việt Nam and Italy agreed to enhance co-operation in financial supervision activities and to exchange information in the sector and securities market.

The Lao Government and the Vietnam Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO) on Thursday signed a contract for exploitation and processing of iron ore.

Japan remains the second-biggest investor in the southern province of Bình Dương with a total of 249 projects, worth US$5.2 billion, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The north-central province of Hà Tĩnh on October 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta City of Cần Thơ and Tiên Giang Province to promote tourism cooperation.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta would like to promote tourism as a key sector of their economy but needs more investment in tourism infrastructure, a conference heard on Wednesday in the delta city of in Cần Thơ.

Shares rose for a second day yesterday on the two national stock exchanges but cautious sentiment still lingered as the market trend was highly dependent on large cap movement.

With its steady economic growth, political stability, a youthful population, and equitisation of State-owned enterprises, Việt Nam’s securities market is attractive to investors, the Gateway to Vietnam Conference heard in HCM City on October 25.

The United Overseas Bank (UOB) has partnered with the Foreign Trade University (FTU) in Việt Nam to launch the finance industry’s first tertiary education programme designed for bankers that serve small businesses.

The 2017 Aquaculture Vietnam Exhibition and Conference (Aquaculture Vietnam) opened yesterday in Cần Thơ City, in response to increasing aquaculture production and rising demand worldwide for safe and high-quality seafood products.

Việt Nam News reporter Mai Hương speaks with Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) about this issue.

The annual Việt Nam International Motorshow opened on 25 October in HCM City with 13 leading automakers taking part.

The equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will hardly meet their target this year, as only 20 SOEs had completed the process by the end of September.