Việt Nam News

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged seafood processors, importers and exporters to participate in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

 The Ministry of Construction will submit a plan to the Prime Minister on promoting stable and healthy development of the local real estate market in this year's fourth quarter.

Việt Nam has exported 3.87 million tonnes of rice worth US$1.66 billion in the first eight months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called on APEC member economies to accelerate efforts to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to capitalise on new trade opportunities created by digital advances.

With its favourable location, good infrastructure and moderate land prices, the southern province of Đồng Nai has become the focus of attention of property developers in recent years, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.

The Ministry of Finance’s intention to impose a so-called asset tax on second-home owners must be studied carefully to prevent negative impact on the real estate market, which still lacked transparency, experts said.

Việt Nam Post Corporation (VNPost) will auction its stake of 8.79 million shares in Post and Telecommunications Tourism Joint Stock Company, equivalent to 90.22 per cent of the charter capital.

The central province of Quảng Ngãi has called for new investors in six projects that had their investment licences revoked due to delays from 2010 to 2015.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is in the process of constructing a new resolution on artels across the country, in which these economic units would receive their own serial registration number and generally the same treatment as normal businesses.

The Government Inspectorate has found irregularities in the management of BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) and BT (Build-Transfer) projects in HCM City, including the use of inappropriate contractors.

Transactions in the domestic gold bar market dropped sharply as many gold holders selling their precious metal for Vietnamese đồng to reinvest in business, production and consumption.

Latest instructions from Lê Minh Hưng, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) require credit institutions and commercial bank offices in Việt Nam to strictly comply with the SBV’s regulations on foreign currencies capital mobilisation without going over the interest rates ceiling.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) protested a new US anti-dumping duty on tra frozen fillets from Việt Nam.

Shares maintained the uptrend on the HCM Stock Exchange on Thursday but declined on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

The National Assembly Standing Committee has not approved the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to almost triple the environmental protection tax on oil and gas consumption, citing potential harm to consumers.

The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế has attracted eight more projects with total registered capital of over VNĐ2 trillion (US$87 million) since the beginning of this year.

Khánh Hòa Sanest Beverage Company earned VNĐ222.7 billion (US$9.8 million) from the sale of nearly eight million shares at its initial public offering (IPO) , the HCM City Stock Exchange said.