Việt Nam News

Local enterprises and farmers needed more information about the origin of export products because importers and retailers overseas had higher demands for traceability of agricultural products, according to experts.

The new amended draft law on securities allowing full foreign ownership at public companies and investment funds would help Việt Nam’s securities market be included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)’s review list for a potential reclassification to Emerging Markets status.

Rising economic and trade tension between China and the US and a faster-than-expected US rate hike have dampened investors’ confidence in Vietnamese stocks.

The domestic market saw strong development in the landed property segment in the third quarter of this year, according to CBRE Việt Nam’s report on the Hà Nội property market.

Seafood producers are finding it difficult to get their products onto domestic supermarket shelves due to a lack of detailed regulations about the minimum required performance limit (MRLP) applied to prohibited substances.

A recent rise in anti-dumping lawsuits in the local steel industry has steelmakers worried.

The Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange has announced the list of 78 shares which are not eligible for margin trading in the last quarter of this year – with many of them under the radar of investors.

The uneven quality of rubber products from ‘Made in Viet Nam’ factories is why local rubber products are cheaper than those from other countries, according to an industry insider.

Việt Nam gained 84 points for the second quarter of 2018 in the Business Climate Index (BCI), up six points from the previous quarter, according to new data from the BCI survey released by the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham) on October 4.

On October 4, Nafoods Group JSC and the People’s Committee of Tây Ninh Province signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a complex of fruit trees and a factory to process fruit for export.

The price of dragon fruit in the central province of Bình Thuận, the country’s largest producer of the crop, has fallen significantly in the last two weeks.

Việt Nam and New Zealand agreed to enhance trade and investment co-operation and provide broader market access for agricultural products from the two countries.

The Thăng Long Logistics Centre opened on October 4 in Mỹ Hào District, Hưng Yên Province. This is the first modern multi-functional logistics centre in the province.

TTC Green Energy Investment Joint Stock Company and Vietinbank signed insurance and credit contracts for the TTC No 1 solar power plant on Thursday.

Vingroup and national carrier Vietnam Airlines agreed to work together to provide products across the two companies’ networks of flight routes and tourism accommodations.

Nearly US$1.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) landed in the southern province of Đồng Nai in the first nine months of 2018, 30 per cent surpassing the yearly target, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

A lack of competitive local suppliers causes foreign firms to look elsewhere for companies that can provide consistent and timely inputs needed to finalise production, a senior economist at the World Bank said yesterday at the AmCham Supplier Day 2018 held in HCM City.

Better supplier-buyer relations with multinationals located in Việt Nam would help small- and medium-sized enterprises gain access to electronics global value chains, experts have said.