Việt Nam News

Local electronic firms have been urged to enhance compliance with established regulations, especially international labour standards, in order to improve competitiveness and to engage in the global supply chain, heard a conference on Tuesday.

Shares continued to climb Tuesday on the two stock exchanges, backed by strong gains of oil stocks after global oil prices recorded the strongest month of the year.

The new payment mode for transactions of Government bonds through the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) instead of through a commercial bank was launched in Hà Nội yesterday.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Government, the US Embassy and various ASEAN nations came together yesterday and addressed the importance of a growing ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and Việt Nam–US trade relations.

The 13th Việt Nam Motor Show has opened in HCM City. Showcasing their latest products are 12 renowned auto brands as well as leaders in transportation, components, technology, and related services.

HCM City has received more than 80 per cent of questionnaires from enterprises, the highest rate in recent years, after four months of gathering data for the first phase of the 2017 economic census.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will create great challenges but also opportunities for Việt Nam to take off, a seminar heard in HCM City on Sunday.

On the occasion of National Day on September 2, Vietcombank will offer its card holders free-of-charge services relating to debit cards and credit cards from August 1 to September 30.

Telemor, Viettel’s subsidiary in Timor-Leste, on July 30 became the first mobile service provider in the country to offer 4G services.

Inter-bank lending interest rates have continuously slipped to hit a new record low, according to the latest monetary report by Saigon Securities Incorporation’s (SSI) Retail Research.

The High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association will lead a business delegation that will participate in the 2017 ASEAN-India Expo and Forum to be held in August in Bangkok.

The price of gas in HCM City and the southern provinces spiked by VNĐ27,000 (US$1.18) for a 12kg canister of cooking gas with effect from August 1.

The private sector should be encouraged to do what it does well. This is the right way for Việt Nam to follow in transforming the economic structure and encouraging innovation to exploit its potential.

 Despite a stagnant period in the second quarter of 2017, Việt Nam’s steel industry managed to turn a profit after significant earning in the first quarter, with prospect in the last five months as construction and real estates demand bounce back.

Việt Nam has become known for its remarkable feat in becoming an agricultural powerhouse in a relatively short time, but it seems that the benefits accrued to farmers are not commensurate with the country’s comparative advantages and efforts.

Online transport services that connect inter-provincial transport companies have reduced costs and helped reduce pollution by having fewer trucks on the road.