Việt Nam News

Australia will cut 90 per cent of import tariff lines in 2018 and 100 per cent of them in 2020 under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) roadmap, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Analysts expect the real estate market, especially the residential land segment, to continue to grow solidly this year thanks to huge infrastructure works in many places around the country accompanies by a raft of property developments.

The government has issued a resolution to adjust the land use planning of northern Quảng Ninh province until 2020.

The People’s Committee of southern Bà Rịa –Vũng Tàu province on Friday licensed eight new investment projects worth over VNĐ8.3 trillion (US$364 million).

Vietnamese shares posted a strong comeback on Friday after a slump on Thursday, thanks to strong cash flow poured into blue-chips especially during the ATC session.

Foreign investors registered to invest nearly $1.25 billion in Việt Nam in January, which will include funding for new projects, in addition to existing projects and buying stakes in projects, which will equal 75.9 per cent, compared to the same period last year.

Viglacera Corporation started construction of a power project and wastewater treatment facility at ĐồngVăn IV Industrial Park (IP) in the northern province of Hà Nam on Thursday. 

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HCM City will subsidise interest on bank loans by up to 100 per cent to support individuals and organisations who help transform its agricultural sector.

China has overtaken the US to become Việt Nam’s largest importer as of January 2018, accounting for 77 per cent of the country’s export market, official statistics show.

Vietnamese shares fell for the first time on Thursday, due to increased selling pressure during the ATC session, dragging oil-gas and bank stocks down.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked other ministries and localities to closely monitor the development of supply and demand in the market as well as prices of commodities.

The Khánh Hoà Province Department of Planning and Investment has decided to withdraw the licence it had issued for the US$33 million Nha Trang Star entertainment complex due to tardy progress.

After Tết the prices of vegetables and foodstuffs in HCM City have become higher than normal.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked Vietcombank to broaden its vision to become a large bank in the Asian region through its newly approved restructuring plan until 2020.

Total exports of squid and octopus from Việt Nam to the US reached US$ 9.7 million last year, up 94.7 per cent from 2016, reported the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc gave the green signal to a thin glass factory in Yên Khánh District in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

The closed-end VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) has spent US$45 million to purchase shares of Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR) and PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) at their initial public offerings (IPO).