Việt Nam News

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines (UPCoM: HVN) has gained approval of the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) to list its 1.4 billion shares on the southern bourse.

Elimination of many tariff lines for goods under the CPTPP has helped Việt Nam’s exports to Japan increase sharply in the first quarter of this year, according to the General Department of Customs.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced on Tuesday that the firm will officially put its automobile manufacturing factory into operation in June this year, three months earlier than scheduled.

Việt Nam’s steel industry is facing 47 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations from importing countries, accounting for one-third of the total cases of Vietnamese goods, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Trade Defence Department.

Techcombank has targeted a pre-tax profit of more than VNĐ11.7 trillion (US$504.3 million) in 2019, representing a 10 per cent year-on-year increase.

Việt Nam’s aviation industry has seen its strongest growth in the past decades with double-digit growth set in five consecutive years, but it is still faced with sustainable development issues.

The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp is encouraging farmers to grow more fruits to good agricultural practice (GAP) standards to improve incomes and sustainability.

Việt Nam’s poultry industry needs to promote further development because of the forecast of growth in poultry and eggs consumption in the domestic and global markets.

Việt Nam’s recent growth has been driven by increased participation in trade. In 2017, Việt Nam’s trade as a percentage of GDP was close to 200 per cent, which made it the sixth highest in the world. Improving the efficiency and reliability of transport and logistics, which plays a critical role in supporting Vietnam’s export-oriented economy, will be vital to future economic competitiveness.

The textile and garment industry, aiming to take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) with a focus on green manufacturing, is upbeat about earning US$60 billion from exports by 2025.

HCM City will continue to try and auction 5,034 resettlement apartments and 43 land lots designed for building relocation housing following earlier unsuccessful attempts, according to the Department of Construction.

The handling of bad debt among credit institutions would be audited this year in order to formulate recommendations for effectively implementing a National Assembly resolution, according to the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV).

Retail podiums in fast-growing residential areas have performed well with high occupancy rate

The HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) on April 10 urged the city to speed up the inspections of suspended property projects to protect real estate enterprises’ legitimate rights and prevent losses.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Asian-African Markets will hold a trade promotion trip to South Africa to display goods at wholesale and retail supermarkets from May 8-16.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has assigned a credit growth limit to each commercial bank in 2019, with priority given to those who met Basel II’s capital safety and risk management standards ahead of schedule.

Local businesses should diversify their export promotion activities to increase turnover and expand markets, heard attendants at the Việt Nam Export Promotion Forum 2019 held in Hà Nội yesterday.