Cần Thơ commits support to Singaporean firms

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Cần Thơ Trương Quang Hoài Nam vowed to provide all possible support to Singaporean firms to do business in the Mekong Delta city, during a Singapore-Cần Thơ trade and investment promotion seminar on Wednesday.

EC pushes for approval of FTA with Việt Nam

The European Commission has submitted a free trade agreement with Việt Nam for approval, the first comprehensive open market deal between the EU and a developing Asian country.

Ministries exhorted to cut red tape faster

The ministries that are lagging behind in efforts to cut red tape for businesses must submit draft decrees on their reforms to the Prime Minister before the end of October, ordered the Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng as the Prime Minister’s working group visited nine ministries over the last two days to check their progress on administrative reforms.

VN announces new standards for chilled meat

Việt Nam announced national standards on chilled meat and technical requirements to meet expectations of markets at home and abroad at a press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hà Nội on October 17.

Livestock, feed expo opens in HCM City

More than 368 exhibitors from 46 countries and territories are taking part in the annual Vietstock Expo and Forum which opened yesterday in HCM City.

VN stocks extend gains for 2nd day

Vietnamese shares extended gains for a second day, despite investors’ concerns about the upcoming US central bank meeting this weekend.

SBV adds $1.75 billion to the market in October

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) injected more than VNĐ41 trillion (US $1.75 billion) into the monetary market in the first half of October to boost the liquidity of the banking system.

HortEx Việt Nam to draw int’l experts

 HortEx Việt Nam 2019, the second international exhibition and conference on horticultural and floricultural production and processing technology, will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) from March 13 to March 15 next year.

Soft skills need to be improved

Students aspiring to become entrepreneurs should improve their soft skills and seek mentors in their fields, speakers at a conference in HCM City said on Oct 16.

Stocks rebound over global fears

Vietnamese shares rebounded on Tuesday but the market’s short term outlook remains gloomy over concerns about the global equity markets.

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