The Prime Minister has approved the equitisation plan to offload the State’s capital in the Việt Nam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation (IDICO).

Though business ties between Việt Nam and the Czech Republic have seen dynamic development, there remains great potential to develop trade and investment ties between the two nations.

Even as Japan is the fifth largest importer of Việt Nam’s agricultural products, only three kinds of Vietnamese fresh fruits are being sold in the country.

Support provided to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will not be in cash, but rather take the form of favourable conditions in order for SMEs to grow, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Đặng Huy Đông has said.

The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) organised a workshop yesterday with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to promote the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods in the banking and finance sector.

The benchmark VN-Index overcame the threshold of 750 points on Tuesday, boosted by strong growth of the banking sector. Recently announced Government support policies have led to positive predictions for the sector this year.

Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) and Japan’s NYK Line Group will carry out a joint research on developing a transportation and logistics centre to serve industries in Cửu Long Delta.

The Politburo will let commercial banks keep dividends so that they can increase their charter capital, State Bank of Việt Nam’s (SBV) Governor Lê Minh Hưng was quoted as saying.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has successfully sold its stakes in 13 companies in the first five months of this year to collect VNĐ148 billion (US$6.5 million).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called for Japanese investments in high technology-based, environment-friendly and human development projects at a working session with 60 Japanese information technology (IT) companies on Tuesday.

The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang is planning to build a logistics centre at a cost of over VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$66.03 million).

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee, BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation Group on Monday signed a co-operation agreement to develop a US$4 billion smart modern city, the Nhật Tân-Nội Bài project.

Thai budget carrier AirAsia has launched a new route between the central city of Đà Nẵng and Bangkok, Thailand, seven days a week, starting from June 9.

A mega power project being built at a rapid pace will soon supply enough electricity to meet the needs of 45 million people and help Egypt effect more than $1 billion in fuel savings a year.

The fifth plenary meeting of the 12^th Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee in May issued an important resolution which acknowledges greater contribution of the private economy to the country’s socio-economic growth and asserts the role of the private economy as “an important driving force of the socialist-oriented market economy”.

Credit growth expanded 6.53 per cent in the first five months of the year, contributing significantly to the growth of domestic production and business.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc pledges hastened efforts in improving business climate to attract more Japanese investments, aiming at a new era in the economic cooperation between the two countries.

The three aircraft are part of the A320 family aircraft contract signed earlier between Vietjet and European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.