Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Finance has turned down proposals by the Vietnam Cassava Association (VCA) for preferential policies similar to those for rice and sugar to ensure its sustainable development.

Thành Công Group has officially signed a new joint venture with South Korea’s Hyundai Group to manufacture and distribute commercial vehicles in Việt Nam.

Some 3,000 businesses will participate in Online Friday 2017, the year’s largest e-commerce event scheduled for today.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will submit a draft decree to ease the entry of businesses into the gas trading market.

Nearly VNĐ2 trillion (US$87.8 million) was pledged to five projects in Hậu Giang Province at an conference held in Vị Thanh City on Thursday.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange recounded Thursday, but slowed at the end of the session as investors increased selling to make profits.

The Saigon Thương Tín Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) and the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) signed a co-operation agreement in HCM City on Thursday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has promulgated Circular 18/2-17/TT-BCT to remove some regulations on managing the quality of locally produced and imported steel.

Home sales have slowed down significantly in September due to Vietnamese’s psychology of avoiding buying property assets in July of the Lunar Calendar also called the Month of Lonely Spirits.

Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) has warned its investors against downloading scam programmes that could counterfeit the brokerage firm's applications and steal investors’ information.

Việt Nam witnessed a year-on-year increase of 21.4 per cent in total trade value from January 1 to September 15 to US$289.14 billion, according to the General Department of Customs.

The Customs Supervision and Management Department under the General Department of Việt Nam Customs (GDC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Việt Nam Logistics Association (VLA) on Tuesday.

The south-eastern region has grown rapidly and enjoys a number of advantages, but also faces many hurdles, especially to inter-provincial connectivity, a forum heard in HCM City on Tuesday.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest global competitiveness list, released on Wednesday, ranks Việt Nam 55th overall, up five places from last year and 20 from five years ago.

The Government should limit or temporarily stop issuing new Government bonds during the remaining months of the year while waiting for the improvement of public investment disbursement.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Việt Nam reached a record US$25.48 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 34.3 per cent year-on-year.

The latest products and services on the real estate, architecture and interior and exterior decoration industries are on display at the Vietbuild International Exhibition that opened in HCM City yesterday.

The Ministry of Finance said that the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) remained disappointing due to the lack of accountability as well as the bottle-necks in defining enterprises’ asset value.