The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) will enhance the supervision on the country’s key payment systems, according to a newly-issued regulation of the SBV.

Only one State-owned enterprise (SOE) was approved of the equitisation plan in August, lifting the total number of approved businesses this year to 10 (nine companies and one civil service unit), latest data of the Ministry of Finance showed.

The Japan External Trade Organistion (JETRO) on Wednesday held a conference to connect Japanese enterprises with Vietnamese businesses in the field of hi-tech agriculture in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Centre of Supporting Industries Development (CSID), HCM City Mechanical – Electrical Enterprises, Korea Association of Machinery Industry and the Korea-based Coex Company on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to organise the Việt Nam International Machinery Fair and Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair.

he northern province of Ninh Bình will focus its investment in projects with high value and welcome investors with new ideas or breakthroughs in technology to promote its vast development potential.

Over 100 entrepreneurs from Việt Nam and South Korea gathered at a business conference held in the capital on Wednesday to seek new co-operation opportunities.

Việt Nam highly values and has made active contributions to ASEAN – China cooperation, stated Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ at the opening ceremony of the 15th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) and China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Nanning city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, on September 12.

ASEAN Unity and economic integration are the key factors that can help its members as the trade tensions between the United States and China escalate, participants in a panel on the geopolitics of trade agreed at a session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN yesterday.

Share prices on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchanged rose for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday thanks to the activity of foreign traders and strong growth from oil and gas stocks.

Asia had strong fundamentals for growth in the long-term despite trade tensions, dollar strenthening and demographic challenges were casting a shawdow on the outlook for strong global growth.

Vietcombank has decided to pay shareholders a cash dividend at a rate of 8 per cent after last year’s business results.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc expressed his delight at the growing co-operation between Việt Nam and the WEF, which has met interests of both sides, at a meeting on Wednesday with the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, who is in Hà Nội to co-chair the WEF on ASEAN 2018.

The growth of entrepreneurship within Bến Tre Province and the Mekong Delta has been flourishing in recent years, officials said during a conference on start-ups held in Ben Tre City on Tuesday.

More than 1,000 participants joined the open forum: ‘ASEAN 4.0 for All?’, which officially kickstarted the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018, on Tuesday morning in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam was classified as an outperforming emerging economy together with 17 others, according to a report of the McKinsey Global Insitute released on Tuesday at the ongoing ASEAN World Economic Forum in Hà Nội.

The Vietnamese Government has doubled the credit limits for farmers who seek loans without mortgage assets, as part of efforts to boost rural and agriculture development.

Trường Hải Automobile Joint Stock Co (Thaco) recorded VNĐ27.75 trillion (US$1.18 billion) in revenue in the first half of this year, marking an increase of 9 per cent year-on-year.

The Vietnamese people bought more than 20,500 cars in August, decreasing 4 per cent compared with the previous month, according to a report from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.