The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement will be vital deal to expanding free trade and ensuring sustainable development in Việt Nam, said Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Trần Tuấn Anh. The deal was scheduled to be inked in Chile on Thursday (local time) by ministers from its 11 member countries. 

The Ministry of Finance has asked people’s committees of provinces and cities under central administration to not increase the prices of goods and public services in the first quarter of 2018.

Việt Nam’s woodworking industry can expand exports but to expand market share and increase value, it needs to keep pace with market trends and capitalise on opportunities, experts have said.

The vice chairman of Lotte, Hwang Kag-Gyu, met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội on March 8 to explain Lotte’s business strategy in Việt Nam and discuss investment, expansion and cooperation plans.

Increasing input prices, rise of competitors and administrative procedures will be the three biggest barriers affecting the growth of businesses this year.

The HCM City Stock Exchange (HoSE) has removed the shares of Việt Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPB) from the list of securities not eligible for margin trading.

The Saigon-Hanoi Bank (SHB) successfully increased charter capital to over VNĐ12 trillion (US$528.6 million).

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has issued record high bills worth some VNĐ92.1 trillion (US$4.05 billion) until Monday to withdraw money from the banking system.

Cửu Long Joint Operating Company (Cửu Long JOC) is developing the second phase of Sư Tử Trắng (White Lion oil field) for exploitation in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The northern province of Vĩnh Phúc and Mizuho Bank from Japan will co-operate to promote Japanese investment in the locality, following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked between the provincial People’s Committee and the bank on Wednesday.

The Việt Nam International Arbitration Centre and the International Finance Corporation organised a workshop on trade mediation in HCM City on Wednesday.

Tasks detailed in Resolution 19/2018 must be assigned to each ministry, sector and locality and ensure that follow-up inspections are conducted, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Shares of steel companies have been volatile in recent days following the information that the US may impose steep tariffs on steel imports, but market insiders say this, if it happens, would have a moderate direct impact on domestic steel producers.

Vietnamese shares ended in negative territory as large-cap stocks continued to suffer from an increase in investors’ profit-taking to re-direct money into speculative stocks.

The packaging industry is expected to grow at a minimum of 10 per cent on average in the coming years, according to experts.

The Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development (DCRD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and non-government organisation Good Neighbors International (GNI) signed a cooperation agreement yesterday, hoping to introduce new farming methods and the agricultural products value chain to remote areas.

A wide range of furniture, handicrafts, interior décor products and support services are on display at the Việt Nam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair, VIFA Expo 2018, which opened in HCM City yesterday.

Revisions to the country’s plan for the aviation industry up until 2020, with a vision towards 2030, were recently approved by the Government. The new plan aims for the aviation market in Việt Nam to be among ASEAN’s top four in terms of shipping volume by 2030. Đinh Việt Thắng, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the implementation of the plan.