Vietnamese automakers and importers have been racing to reduce the price of many models in recent months ahead of the zero-tariff policy for car imports from ASEAN nations that goes into effect on January 1, 2018.
The second International Conference on Information Technology Outsourcing/Business Process Outsourcing in Việt Nam will be held in HCM City next October.
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Vietnamese shares fell slightly on both local markets on Tuesday as investors tried to take profits from the exchanges’ three-day rallies.
Businesses should co-operate closely with the Government to usher in a second export wave featuring products with higher added-value and promotion of brands, an export forum heard in HMC City on Tuesday.
Japanese companies are focused on the Vietnamese market and seek wider, deeper co-operation with Vietnamese firms, Eiichi Tani from SME Support Japan said in Hà Nội on Monday.
Although the temporary safeguard tax on imported DAP fertiliser is effective from August 19, the market price of this product has already increased sharply by a range of VNĐ1.5 million-VNĐ1.9 million (US$66-84) per tonne.
Low-cost Jetstar Pacific Airlines will launch the first flight from Đồng Hới City in central Quảng Bình Province, to Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, on Friday.
Việt Nam’s derivatives market will start official operations on August 10 with the VN30-Index futures contract set to launch first.
The Philippines’ Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (AEV) has acquired majority stake in Việt Nam’s Europe Nutrition Joint Stock Company (Eurofeed), in a move to expand its animal feed business.
Việt Nam’s stock market has 23 companies valued at over US$1 billion and most of them have reported higher business results in the first half of this year.
Tiền Giang Province will invest VNĐ1.204 trillion (US$52.8 million) to build a high-tech agricultural park on a 197ha area in Tam Hiệp, Long Định and Tân Lập 1 communes in the 2017-30 period.
The Việt Nam Steel Association (VSA) is calling on the Government to maintain a series of quality and management controls in the steel industry since trade fraud in steel imports is still high.
The 17th International Medical, Hospital & Pharmaceutical Exhibition will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Conference Center in HCM City from August 17 to 19.
Việt Nam is taking part in an international aucton being held today by Bangladesh on bids to import 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice.
Vietnamese shares extended gains on Monday for a third session as positive investor confidence lifted sectors such as energy and banking-finance industries and several individual large-cap stocks.
Listed coal producers recorded profits during the second quarter and first half of 2017, but the the second half of the year may not be so promising due to large stockpiles, adverse weather and technological and geological barriers.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has demanded that all corresponding government departments, agencies and institutions to adjust policies as part of an “action-minded” government, to unburden Vietnamese firms of unnecessary business regulations, namely redundant business permits and categorisation.
Quảng Nam Province has put into operation the Chu Lai Port as a key logistics hub for the central and Central Highlands region after a one-year upgrade and expansion.
The Bangladeshi Embassy in Việt Nam has sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Việt Nam announcing it invitation to both domestic and foreign tenders for its country’s rice import.
Thailand’s Siam City Cement Group wants to expand investment in the production and supply of construction materials and waste treatment in Việt Nam’s southern province of Đồng Nai.
Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research)
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