Việt Nam News

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).

An increasing number of consumers are buying fresh food online, according to the Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade.

Shares showed a mixed trend at closing on Tuesday, higher on HCM City Exchange but lower on the northern bourse, although Monday witnessed a strong recovery.

Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will stop providing the VCB-iB@nking service on old browsers and operating systems (OS) from June 30.

TV reality show Shark Tank will be back from July to nurture start-ups in the country and connect them with investors.

Food and beverage company Masan Consumer will pay a high cash dividend rate in June despite a steep decline in business in 2017.

Construction of the Gelex Ninh Thuận solar farm project, which has a capacity of 50MWp, began on Monday.

Vietcombank has received SWIFT’s Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPI) certificate, becoming the first bank in Việt Nam to gain the accolade.

With strong support from authorities, co-operatives in HCM City have developed strongly and are making efforts to expand their trade on agricutral products even into international markets.

Việt Nam’s Government has demonstrated its willpower to develop special economic zones (SEZs) which it hopes will spearhead the country’s growth. This issue has been high on the agenda in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), at a time when Việt Nam is at a point where breakthrough institutional reform is necessary.