Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow 6.6 per cent in 2018, down slightly from 6.8 per cent last year.

The Vietnamese economy is witnessing a good growth momentum, marking a positive signal for the development of the automobile market, said deputy minister of Industry and Trade Đỗ Thắng Hải.

Technology 4.0 and market research are key to improving Việt Nam’s poor productivity, experts told a conference on in HCM City yesterday (June 6).

 Forbes Vietnam on Tuesday announced Vietnam’s 50 top listed companies for 2018, which account for 70.8 per cent of total market capitalisation on the HCM and Hà Nội stock exchanges.

Many Vietnamese firms are set to participate in the Vibrant Tamil Nadu Expo and Summit in Madurai city, India, to seek information and business opportunities, a meeting heard in HCM City yesterday.

Vietnamese shares extended gains Wednesday for a third session as positive investor confidence lifted sectors such as securities and banking-finance industries and several individual large-cap stocks.

The island district of Lý Sơn in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has exported 500 tonnes of purple onion – an unique farm product of the island – to Japan market.

The Vietnam Industrial and Manufacturing Fair (VIMF) 2018 opened at the Kinh Bắc Cultural Centre in the northern province of Bắc Ninh on Wednesday.

Bảo Việt Securities Joint Stock Company (BVSC) targets VNĐ504 billion (US$22.4 million) in total revenue and VNĐ134 billion in post-tax profit for 2018, the company has announced.

Enterprises from 20 provinces nationwide will showcase high-tech agricultural products and technologies at a fair themed, “High-tech and safe agricultural products in the Red River Delta Region in 2018.”

The Ministry of Construction will auction its stakes at Bạch Đằng Construction Corporation JSC on June 18. 

Despite possessing several well-known brands, such as Vodka Hà Nội, Lúa Mới and Bluebird, Halico has continuously reported losses since 2015.

New technologies are key to advancing the agriculture sector in Việt Nam, as they can boost products’ value to make them more competitive on the global market.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the Appraisal Council to revise the 2015 plan to limit the number of taxis in HCM City up to 2025.

Stock market statistics show that recently foreign investors have been net sellers, with sales reaching a total value of over VNĐ10 trillion (US$436.6 million) from February 2018 to now, in contrast with the strong net buying in January this year.

The Government will abolish administrative procedures for issuing investment registration certificates for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, according to the new governmental Decree 63.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed to temporarily halt the import of bitcoin mining machines to improve the management of bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions.

Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Australia is poised to grow with lower tariffs called for under free trade agreements, according to Võ Tân Thành, deputy director of Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).