Việt Nam News

Two thousand people took part in the first ever Việt Nam Blockchain Week, a global conference on blockchain technology and development, held in HCM City yesterday.

Huge investments have been flowing into the agriculture sector in recent years, making it increasingly competitive.

Property developer FLC Group, which owns Việt Bamboo Airlines Company Limited (Bamboo Airways), will buy 24 A321NEO aircrafts worth US$3 billion from French manufacturer Airbus.

Vietnamese fruit is making its presence felt in the Japanese market, with the country registering a turnover of US$170 million in 2017 through the export of fruits and vegetables, a year-on-year increase of 70 per cent.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has officially issued Decision No. 686/QĐ-BCT to apply safeguard measures on DAP and MAP fertiliser products imported into Việt Nam.

The world’s leading e-commerce player, Amazon, is planning to enter the Vietnamese market, announced the Việt Nam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

National carrier Vietnam Airlines will open a new route linking the southern province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City with Seoul in South Korea.

Việt Nam is an important part of a new "Asia-centric" strategy which Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is pursuing to strengthen its business in Asia, said Shosuke Mori, SMBC’s Asia Pacific Division.

Facing a large amount of outstanding late payments in the taxation and customs branches, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is working on a draft resolution on handling tax arrears and irrecoverable fines to submit to the National Assembly.

Trading of covered warrants will be suspended if their issuers, or securities companies, do not follow regulations on hedging activities recently issued by the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE).

Enhancing trade promotion and market research and providing information to businesses are among the tasks the Việt Nam Food Association will focus on in the next five years.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has rejected the proposed Cái Cùng thermal power plant project, saying that it wants to become a national centre of renewable energy and a large producer of shrimp farming

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFS) to enhance the quality of analysis, assessment and forecast of macroeconomic developments and financial markets to complete its task of counseling the Prime Minister.

 In Việt Nam, as in other parts of the world, the private sector has been more receptive to the much-buzzed-about rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), while the public sector and the government have been slow to adopt these technologies.

Vietnamese shares recovered on Tuesday as blue chips performed well on bottom-fishing following the previous sharp falls.

The asset quality and profitability of 14 Vietnamese banks rated by Moody’s improved moderately year-over-year, driven by robust macroeconomic conditions and growth in core income, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday.

Việt Nam will promote its investment activities in Bangladesh, especially in the areas of mutual cooperation such as telecommunications, information technology, agriculture, food processing, petroleum and infrastructure development.

Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) is co-ordinating with relevant agencies to take timely measures and minimise the risks of the new proposal of the United States on import duties for steel.