Việt Nam News

The HCM City-based Dream Home Corporation announced it has signed a comprehensive cooperation contract with The Global Group, a Japanese real estate developer, vietnamplus.vn reported.

New land lots of smaller size are available at the Hiệp Phước Supporting Industrial Zone for supporting industry start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises, the Hiệp Phước Industrial Park Joint Stock Company has said.

Vietnamese businesses’ spending on environmental protection remains modest compared with their total investment and operation expenses, according to a survey released on Wednesday. 

Shares tumbled for a second day yesterday as investors increased selling to avert downward risks caused by uncertainties on the global markets.

The Vietnamese Government has created favourable conditions for Amata to operate in the country for more than 20 years, said Vikrom Kromadit, Chairman of the Thai-based industrial estates group. 

With the current increase in trade between ASEAN and Korea, the goal of increasing it to US$200 billion is expected to be achieved before the 2020 deadline, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Avoiding wasted investments, speeding up administrative reforms and improving social conditions are needed for sustained development, National Assembly deputies said yesterday at a session devoted to socio-economic progress.

Plastic firms in Việt Nam face fierce competition and risk being acquired by foreign companies, experts said Wednesday at a conference in HCM City.

The Việt Nam and EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) offers tremendous opportunities for both Vietnamese and European producers to find growing markets for higher quality products, said EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan at a seminar held in Hà Nội yesterday.

Researchers have urged that the legal framework on specialised checks on imports and exports be improved for compatibility with commitments to the European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

State budget revenues amounted to VNĐ821 trillion (US$36.5 billion) in the first ten months of 2016, a year-on-year rise of 6.1 per cent.

Masan Group Corporation (MSN) plans to buy all outstanding common shares in Masan Resource Corporation (MSR), the largest tungsten  firm in the world, through its wholly-owned subsidiary.

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Nguyễn Kim Anh has asked the banking sector to enhance efforts to improve access to banking services for the economy.

Việt Nam News reporter Ngọc Bích talks to Nguyễn Thị Nga, who has been honoured to be one of only two business people from the ASEAN region receiving the “ASEAN Entrepreneur Award”. She is now the chairwoman of the BRG Group JSC and the Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank).

Vietnamese firms, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises, should take advantage of the power of digital technology to boost sales and improve competitiveness, delegates said at a workshop held in HCM City yesterday.

Việt Nam continues to be an attractive investment destination for Indian companies, Sanjay Kirloskar, chairman and managing director of Kirloskar Brothers Limited, told a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

Sài Gòn Jewellery Joint Stock Company (SJC)’s gold price experienced a sudden rise of VNĐ650,000 (US$29.07) per tael (1.02 ounces) compared with the previous session, pushing the selling price to VNĐ36.65 million ($1,639) per tael.

Việt Nam can enjoy increasing commercial transactions and exchange in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).