Việt Nam News

Hậu Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (DHG)’s Board of Directors (BOD) has appointed Nguyễn Chí Thành as the new chairman of the company, starting October 26.

The Ministry of Finance is drafting regulations on e-bills and will ask the Government to set a deadline of July 2018 for businesses to switch over from paper. But local businesses say they don’t have the information technology resources to meet the proposed deadline.

Lâm Đồng Province would like to attract investment in green energy and technology, a conference on investment promotion held by the Central Highlands province in HCM City on Thursday heard.

Việt Nam has spared no effort to take various solutions synchronously and soon report to the Prime Minister for approval for the national action plan to prevent, minimise and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by 2025.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index fell slightly on Thursday as large-cap stocks traded in the negative territory on strong investor selling.

The Minister of Industry and Trade, Trần Tuấn Anh, on Thursday asked the Department of Market Watch to look into the origin of products of the Khaisilk Group — a top Vietnamese silk brand — following a complaint that it was selling products made in China.

The MoU was signed on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and India.

Việt Nam’s export goods can compete with products of other countries in the South Korean market, local enterprises in South Korea said at a meeting between a delegation of Vietnamese enterprises and their partners in Seoul, Korea, on Tuesday.

HCM City’s business climate and business development strategies were introduced at an Investment-Trade-Tourism Promotion conference in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.

The food and beverage market is expected to see potential for further development in the 2017-18 period, according to the Việt Nam Report Company (VNR).

Public Private Partnership (PPP), a funding model for public infrastructure projects, is significant in the development process of Việt Nam, in general, and HCM City, in particular.

The tanker, named Vispring 3668, was built under a contract signed between the two companies last year. It is 60m long, 4.5m high and 11m wide, and is capable of carrying 1,200 cu.m of gas. 

Việt Nam and Italy agreed to enhance co-operation in financial supervision activities and to exchange information in the sector and securities market.

The Lao Government and the Vietnam Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO) on Thursday signed a contract for exploitation and processing of iron ore.

Japan remains the second-biggest investor in the southern province of Bình Dương with a total of 249 projects, worth US$5.2 billion, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The north-central province of Hà Tĩnh on October 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta City of Cần Thơ and Tiên Giang Province to promote tourism cooperation.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta would like to promote tourism as a key sector of their economy but needs more investment in tourism infrastructure, a conference heard on Wednesday in the delta city of in Cần Thơ.

Shares rose for a second day yesterday on the two national stock exchanges but cautious sentiment still lingered as the market trend was highly dependent on large cap movement.