After the Tết (the Lunar New Year) break, employees of Intimex Group Joint Stock Company are scrambling to fulfil export orders.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the shrimp industry to strive for an export value of US$10 billion by 2025 during a conference on shrimp production held in the southernmost province of Cà Mau yesterday.
Hà Nội has presented investment licences for 43 new projects with total registered investment capital of US$31.7 million, the municipal Department of Planning and Investment said.
The People’s Committee of southern coastal Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province granted eight investment certificates to domestic and foreign projects with combined capital of US$470 million during a ceremony on Monday.
The Government has issued a long-awaited decree allowing Vietnamese citizens to bet on international football matches and on horse and dog races in Việt Nam. This follows a decree issued last month by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc lifting the ban on gambling by Vietnamese at local casinos.
The State Treasury of Việt Nam is targeting bond sales of VNĐ250 trillion (US$11.1 billion) this year, lower than last year’s level due to unpredictable changes on the global financial market.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) planning department has to submit solutions for each of the 12 major projects that have been delayed and/or are performing badly before Friday.
The US Department of Commerce said the revocation of anti-dumping (AD) order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Việt Nam would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping.
Gold price witnessed a gradual decrease following an initial high during Monday's session, eventually becoming constant at VND37 million (US$1666) per tael (1.2 oz).
The potential collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact may not impact Việt Nam’s sovereign credit quality as much as was projected earlier, Moody’s said.
The domestic vegetable and fruit industry in January witnessed a year-on-year increase of 14 per cent in export value to US$230 million, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The State Treasury of Việt Nam plans to issue bonds worth VNĐ65 trillion (US$2.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2017.
Shares may continue rising this week as investor confidence increases at the beginning of the lunar year, analysts say.
The State Securities Commission (SSC) has issued new regulations on which Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) shares on the Premium list will be allowed for margin trading from April this year. This decision will replace existing regulations on securities margin transactions.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Thursday to speed up the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOE) during the 2016-20 period.
Last year the VPBank-owned FE Credit-Consumer Finance Services added 2.7 million accounts to take its total number of customers to 3.3 million.
Domestic gold demand is expected to surge sharply on Monday as Vietnamese prefer buying the metal to mark God of Wealth Day – the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.
The Việt Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will divest capital from the Maritime Bank, it has announced.