Việt Nam News

Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises on Wednesday signed agreements in principle on watermelon trade in 2018 and the following years, at a conference in the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

Rạng Đông Plastics Joint Stock Company (RDP) and Sojitz Pla-Net, a Japanese corporation, signed a strategic partnership on December 5, taking a new step towards co-operation between the two sides.

Việt Nam’s Housing Development Bank (HD Bank) will be the fifth bank to list its shares on the country’s stock exchanges after VIB, Kienlongbank, VPBank and LienVietPostBank.

Enterprises from Việt Nam and South Korea are encouraged to tap unexploited potential to foster co-operation based on common interests and individual strengths of each country in the face of opportunities and challenges arising from the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Businesses in Beijing and Tianjin and Hebei provinces in China want to promote investment and trade with Vietnamese partners, according to the Tianjin Foreign Economic and Trade Promotion Association.

The average electricity retail price officially increased by 6.08 per cent, from VNĐ1,622 (7.1 US cents) to VNĐ1,720 per kWh (7.6 cents), on December 1 after three years being kept unchanged.

With a growing economy, sophisticated market, innovation, together with business-friendly infrastructure and a comfortable living environment, Japan is attractive destination for Vietnamese enterprises to invest in.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on Tuesday announced preliminary affirmative rulings on corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) and certain cold-rolled steel flat products imported from Việt Nam and produced from substrate originating in China.

The benchmark VN-Index declined for a second day on Wednesday, dropping 0.59 per cent to close trade at 947.64 points.

Bilateral trade between the two countries experienced a positive increase of 20 per cent annually from 2012 to 2016, after the two nations established a comprehensive partnership in 2010.

 Although the fine art and handicraft industry has great potential to grow, poor quality design and low competitiveness are hindering the industry, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Quốc Khánh on Tuesday.

Việt Nam Register (VR) has announced the recall of 3,073 Nissan Navara pickup trucks, imported from Thailand, manufactured from September 20, 2010, to December 1, 2014, due to airbag faults.

Long An Border Gate Economic Zone in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An is identified as an economic, cultural-social centre in the province, an official said.

The first-ever Maekyung Korea-Việt Nam Forum will kick off in Hà Nội on December 6, as part of activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Việt Nam-South Korea relations.

Việt Nam and South Korea are celebrating 25 years of friendly relations. The Maekyung Korea-Việt Nam Forum today will review the long-term co-operation. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Việt Nam has been the biggest foreign investor in Việt Nam. Shim Won Hwan, president of Samsung Việt Nam Complex, talks with Việt Nam News reporter Vũ Hoa about the operation.

Experts at a wind energy workshop on December 5 recommended sustainable solutions for development of the wind power sector in Việt Nam.

Vietnamese firms should study their trade partners carefully, choose suitable payment methods and buy exchange rate insurance to avoid risks when making international payment, a seminar heard in HCM City on Tuesday.