Việt Nam News

Prices of steel products are forecast to continue rising in the latter months of the year due to a hike in the prices of steel ingot and steel scrap.

Over the last five years, Hải Phòng has developed a strategy to attract investment from corporations across ASEAN and build sustainable cooperative ties with them. Lê Trí Vũ, director of the Hải Phòng Investment, Trade, Tourism and Tourism Promotion Centre speaks to the Vietnam News Agency about the issues.

After a year of investigation of anti-dumping and anti-subsidisation charges against Vietnamese galvanised products, including steel, the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has terminated all proceedings on the matter. No further anti-subsidy duties will be imposed on the products..

Agencies that support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to keep up with business trends and formulate measures to promote SME development, Đặng Huy Đông, deputy minister of Planning and Investment, said at the 45^th Meeting of the APEC Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG) now taking place in HCM City.

Information-communication-technology (ICT) giant FPT Corporation (FPT) has sold 47 per cent of its stake in distribution arm FPT Trading to US-based ICT product company Synnex.

The first event of its kind in Việt Nam, Cotton Day 2017, is promoting connections between garment and textile companies and partners, suppliers and experts in the cotton sector.

Bank stocks cooled down on Wednesday but the benchmark VN-Index still hit a new 10-year peak at 802.78 points, equivalent to an increase of 0.36 per cent over the previous session.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Trà Vinh has decided to call for investment worth VNĐ710 billion (US$31.5 million) to develop the local food processing sector.

Following an improvement in the first half of the year, the positive trend would continue for the banking industry in the second half thanks to high credit growth and supporting policies on settling non-performing loans (NPLs).

The second batch of made-in-Việt Nam ship-to-shore cargo container cranes is headed to India.

HCM City has attracted US$3.23 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of 2017, reported the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.

Nearly 40 Vietnamese and South Korean information and technology companies took part in the  2017 Việt Nam - South Korea ICT Partnership Program.

Shares rebounded on the two stock exchanges on Tuesday after many heavyweight stocks recovered following experts’ predictions of a positive market outlook.

The southern province of Bến Tre will promote investment to provide value addition to key industrial products and increase the capacity of industrial production.

Rushing to replace paper bills with e-invoices is expected to pose a challenge to many businesses.

More than 420 exhibitors are showcasing advanced technologies, machinery and equipment in the plastics and rubber industry at an international exhibition that opened on September 13 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7.

The digital economy and e-commerce are opening up opportunities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to connect to global value chains, allowing access to regional and global markets, experts said at a workshop held on Tuesday in HCM City.

As stated in Resolution 84/NQ-CP, the Government has instructed corresponding administrative authorities to aim for a 0.5 per cent decrease in lending interest rates from now until the end of 2017, while keeping taxes, fees and other charges unchanged.