Steel prices will remain stable on the domestic market this month but are expected to increase slightly soon, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Shares may rebound this week on high investor attention to annual shareholders’ meeting of listed companies, as well as their reports on estimated first-quarter results.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked the construction ministry to complete the privatisation of four enterprises under it this year.

HCM City plans to continue promoting the “Vietnamese give priority to using Vietnamese goods” campaign.

The competition between shopping websites has now switched focus from prices to rapid delivery.

The VCCI’s Institute of Information and Technology for Business (VCCI-ITB) launched the IoT Open Community for Việt Nam in Hà Nội.

The Ministry of Information and Communication urged enterprises to collaborate with the Government in efforts to build a healthy Internet society through advertising only on online channels which complied with established laws.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index fell back yesterday while exchange-traded funds accelerated trading on the last day of portfolio reviews for the first quarter of 2017.

“The country’s economy now looks like a train running on an inclined plane at a slow speed”, an economist from the National Economic University (NEU) has said, predicting two growth scenarios for this year, both of which are lower than targets approved by the National Assembly.

The police, army and customs are acting together against smuggling and counterfeiting, but the results fall short of expectations because the crimes are getting more sophisticated, officials say.

The Việt Nam High Efficiency Software Corporation (VHES) on Thursday (March 16) launched its Head End System (HES) software to be used to manage the city’s smart electricity grid.

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) plans to sell its Việt Nam retail business, a source close to the matter has told the Saigon Times Online.

Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Securities Joint Stock Co's managing board has approved a plan to issue bonds worth VNĐ600 billion (US$26.3 million) to raise capital to finance its margin lending business.

Representatives of Japanese enterprises met this week with Vietnamese officials to complain about difficulties in food imports.

Traditional demand for food in the region has changed drastically following rapid population growth and mass urbanisation in Asia in the last decade, speakers said at an international press conference held on Thursday in Bangkok.

The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to increase interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - to what is now between 0.75 to 1 per cent - has pushed down the Việt Namese đồng-US dollar exchange rate and elevated domestic gold prices in accordance with global market movements.

The Vietnamese Government has accused Australia of "causing serious damage" to its prawn farmers and exporters and has asked the Federal Government to reconsider the ban on uncooked prawn imports.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise several aviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise money for infrastructure development.