Việt Nam News

“Việt Nam: The Emerging Asian star from a war-stricken nation,” a book covering aspects of the Southeast Asian country’s economy, was launched at a ceremony in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday.

Đông Á Bank has delivered a steady performance under the State Bank of Việt Nam's special supervision, since August, recovering nearly VNĐ4.2 trillion (US$185 million) of its non-performing loans.

Việt Nam was named the nation facing the second-highest level of cyber security risk in Asia Pacific markets by a Microsoft Asia report yesterday.

Convenience stores and minimarts have become increasingly popular in the country, with more than one third of households shopping there regularly, according to some analysts’ estimates.

Việt Nam was named the nation facing the second-highest level of cyber security risk in Asia Pacific markets by a Microsoft Asia report yesterday.

Co-branding is now a growing international trend and offers Vietnamese businesses the easiest way to join the global market.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk plans to increase the proportion of  processed coffee such as instant coffee and powdered coffee from less than 10 per cent to 15 per cent in total coffee output by 2020 and up to 30 per cent by 2030.

The Finance Ministry (MoF)’s proposal to almost triple the environmental protection tax on oil and gas consumption would reduce businesses’ competitiveness against foreign firms, according to the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

Shares edged down yesterday on the HCM Stock Exchange as leading stocks lost growing momentum on the back of a lack of support information.

The second meeting between Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and the Vietnamese business community is due at the end of March in Hà Nội.

Vietcombank has submitted to the State Bank of Việt Nam’s governor a plan to support the restructuring of an ailing bank.

The Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang has devised numerous comprehensive measures to fully explore local industrial parks (IPs) and industrial clusters (ICs).

The capital city plans to collect VNĐ10 trillion (US$444.5 million) from auctioning land use rights this year.

Việt Nam’s import value for steel and iron products continuously surged sharply in the first month of 2017 to US$710 million, the General Statistics Office reported.

Shares increased marginally yesterday after swaying several times during the session on heightened investor prudence.

Investors should improve their knowledge of the stock market as a lack of experience and knowledge could make their investments suffer, securities experts said at an online conference held by news site cafef.vn yesterday.

Technological and financial limitations are major development constraints for the local supply industry, Bùi Quang Chuyện, Chairman of the Việt Nam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corporation (VEAM), tells VietnamPlus.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) to focus all resources on supplying higher quality and more reliable power for socio-economic activities and people’s daily use.