Provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works.

Foreign banks in Việt Nam have been expanding their transaction networks and increasing their charter capital in a bid to increase market share, especially in the retail banking sector.

Nguyễn Hồng Vân and her son bought a set of sixth grade books and notebooks and pens at the Thăng Long bookshop in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District.

Việt Nam’s exports of agricultural products are expected to face more challenges by the end of the year, so enterprises must follow market developments at home and abroad and improve the quality of their products, according to experts.

Shares struggled to maintain last week's upward trend on the two local bourses with a slight gain on Monday, experiencing strong volatility among big differentiation between large-caps’ prices.

The domestic steel production is expected to gain year-on-year growth of about 20 per cent this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Danang Centre complex in central Đà Nẵng City was one of 40 projects to have its licence revoked due to slow implementation.

Việt Nam’s Lilama Corporation has signed a contract to manufacture and install mechanical equipment for a fertiliser plant in Brunei.

Việt Nam’s budget carrier Vietjet Air has transferred its flight operations from Terminal T2 to Terminal T1 of Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport in order to meet the airport’s renovation requirements.

Siemens has won a contract to supply electrical equipment for the country’s largest solar plant, which is being developed by Trung Nam Group in the south central province of Ninh Thuận.

A Vietnamese company has won a bid to export 60,000 tonnes of Japonica brown rice to South Korea, defeating competition from rivals of China, Thailand and Australia.

 Suppliers of foods to pre-schools in HCM City are scrambling to join food distribution chains due to fears that unattached sellers would have their contracts terminated.

In the last 20 years Việt Nam has switched from being an agricultural economy to one of the brightest manufacturing hotspots in South East Asia, according to the latest report from Jones Lang LaSalle.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau will expand trade promotion activities in the second half of the year, with shrimp as its key export.

HCMC Securities Corporation (HSC) reported VNĐ325 billion in pre-tax profit in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 250 per cent.

Though Vietnamese shares bounced back strongly in the last two sessions of last week, analysts and brokerage firms remained skeptical that the stock market had actually overcome a difficult period and begun its consolidation.

Housing Development Bank (HD Bank) has unveiled a preferential loan package at 6.3 per cent interest meant for customers borrowing on their credit card with a limit of VNĐ300 million (US$13,016).

The HCM City’s District 1 Tax Department has sent instructions to banks to seize VNĐ148 billion (US$6.46 billion) from Nguyen Kim Joint-Stock Company for back taxes and fines the company owes.