The changes in tax policy and investment incentives are the issues of greatest concern for foreign investors in Việt Nam, said Bùi Ngọc Tuấn, deputy general director of the Audit and Advisory firm Deloitte Việt Nam at a workshop on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

The HCM City customs department informed South Korean firms about new trade regulations and resolved problems faced by the latter in carrying out customs procedures at a dialogue held on Tuesday.

The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact the structure of the world economy in the future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where the economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.

The Department of Farm Produce Processing and Market Development has forecast that pepper prices will struggle to recover in July and the rest of the year.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index ended on a negative note for the second day in a row as profit-taking pressure rose in the last minutes to limit the growth of large-cap companies.

The International Finance Corporation and Tiên Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank have inked a deal following which the financial arm of the World Bank will provide a syndicated loan of US$100 million to help TPBank extend long-term funding to mirco, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and individual borrowers through digital delivery channels.

The Government has agreed to accede to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Agreement on Port State Measures, the first binding international agreement to specifically target illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) on Tuesday directed commercial banks not to increase ATM fees after some commercial banks announced plans to hike fees from the middle of this month.

The power sector would strive to overcome difficulties to meet the rising demand over the next two years, which is estimated at more than 10 per cent, according to the Việt Nam Electricity

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will source about VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$74.1 million) from its development capital to build the T2 passenger terminal at Phú Bài International Airport in the central coastal province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.

Vietnamese businesses have not yet taken full advantage of the potential to create high added value with low cost in the production chain, said Deputy Regional Managing Director of the US-ASEAN Business Council in Vietnam, Vũ Tú Thành.

Covered warrants is a new investment tool that on the face of it, appears to be an effective hedging and investment instrument.

After two months postponing the increase in service fees for ATM cash withdrawals as required by the central bank, some commercial banks have now resumed the plan, announcing that a new service fee framework will apply from the middle of this month.

The country’s industrial sector posted high growth of 9.28 per cent in the first half of the year, surpassing the rates of 7.01 per cent and 5.42 per cent reached during the same periods in 2016 and 2017.

Việt Nam needs breakthrough reforms in the national foreign direct investment (FDI) approach to sustain the country’s rapid economic development, competitiveness and inclusive prosperity, according to a report launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) yesterday.

Vietnamese shares fell in the last minutes of trading on Monday as selling pressure weighed down large-cap companies after they grew strongly in the last two sessions.

European firms continued to be optimistic about the business environment in Việt Nam, according to the EuroCham’s latest Business Climate Index (BCI).

More Vietnamese consumers are preferring cashless and contactless payments to make the process faster, according to Visa.