Việt Nam News

The Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) plans to earn a revenue of nearly VNĐ13.3 trillion (US$583.6 million) in 2017, up 25 per cent year-on-year.

Nguyễn Đình Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) urged accelerating state owned enterprise (SOE) restructuring and equitisation soon, calling it one of three three pillars of national economic restructuring, at a conference held on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Executives from 12 companies and business associations in China’s Shandong Province yesterday met with more than 50 Vietnamese counterparts in HCM City to discuss the possibilities of collaboration.

The Ministry of Transport has asked ride haling platforms Uber and Grab to stop providing carpooling services.

The Prime Minister has issued Directive (16/CT-TTg) on strengthening capacity to tackle challenges posed by the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0).

High import taxes on auto components and parts, packaging and logistics expenses are major reasons behind locally-assembled cars costing 10-20 per cent higher than imports from Thailand and Indonesia.

Vietnam Report has announced the top 10 commercial banks in Việt Nam in 2017, based on an evaluation of reputation, financial capacity and growth potential in the 2016-17 period.

The first direct flight from the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ to Bangkok, Thailand, took off from Cần Thơ International Airport on Tuesday morning, carrying 179 passengers.

As of June 2017, the city was home 240 traditional markets, 201 supermarkets, 42 trade centres and over 900 convenience stores, the department’s statistics revealed.

The total outstanding loans in Hà Nội was estimated at VNĐ1.6 quadrillion (US$70 billion) in the first half of this year, according to the State Bank of Việt Nam’s Hà Nội branch.

Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SHB) has received approval from the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) to open its branch in Myanmar.

Liên Việt Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LienVietPostBank) has announced that Him Lam JSC is no longer a shareholder of the bank.

 Key advantages that have driven national growth will not lost much longer, and policy breakthroughs are needed to unleash the nation’s ‘inner potential,’ a senior Party official said yesterday.

In order to transform household businesses into enterprises, it is necessary to use “economic levers” rather than “administrative orders”, said Phan Đức Hiếu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in a Hà Nội based conference yesterday.

The State Securities Commission of Việt Nam (SSC) will tighten the supervision of the securities transaction activities of both domestic and foreign investors in the national stock exchanges to ensure the market's transparency and efficiency in operating.

Shares fell in both local markets on Tuesday as large-cap stocks were hit by strong profit-taking from investors.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam on Monday worked with Hậu Giang to study investment opportunities in the southern province.

The country has seen an estimated 6.2 million international visitors in the first half of this year, up 30.2 per cent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.