Việt Nam News

The benchmark VN-Index failed to hold on its morning rise on Wednesday as bank stocks dragged down the market.

Although Việt Nam is the world’s third largest exporter of natural rubber, businesses still have to import rubber raw material to meet the demand for production and processing.

The Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Cần Thơ office on Wednesday launched a start-up hub for the Mekong delta in the city.

The market research company Market Intello forecast that the average interest rate this year would reduce by 0.5 percentage points compared with 2016.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a decision to conduct a second review of anti-dumping duties on imported cold-rolled stainless steel.

EDoctor, a mobile app developed by a Vietnamese tech startup that connects users with medical professionals, has been selected to receive free mentorship and monetary support from Google.

With GDP totaling more than US$6 trillion and a population of more than 600 million, South America has great investment opportunities for Vietnamese companies.

Five brokerage firms have obtained permits from the State Securities Commission (SSC) to operate in the derivatives market.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh reaffirmed the Vietnamese government’s commitment to welcoming foreign investors, including those from Spain, with all possible support at the opening of the Việt Nam-Spain business forum in Madrid on Wednesday.

To achieve sustainable development, Việt Nam’s agriculture sector needs to improve productivity and quality as well as define the market structure for each farming product, experts said at the Việt Nam agricultural outlook conference in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The Government will focus on technology-based agriculture to resolve problems like the lack of value-added products for export, the low competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce in world markets and inconsistency in quality.

Operation of the banking system this year is expected to further develop as 16 banks have so far announced plans to increase capital totaling nearly VNĐ37 trillion (US$1.62 billion).

Shares bounced back on Wednesday as large-cap stocks, especially financial stocks, recovered on investors’ optimism about the market outlook.

Solutions to develop nearly 7,000 new enterprises by 2020 were top of the agenda of a meeting organised by Cần Thơ City’s People’s Committee and relevant agencies on Tuesday.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) met with the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark (MFVM) yesterday in HCM City at a conference on safety management of the value chain for pork products.

Demand for Government bonds has hit a seven-month high, helping the State Treasury successfully issue all 5-15 year bonds worth VNĐ4 trillion (US$175.43 million) set for bidding last week.

The southern province of Đồng Nai has attracted around US$483 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this year, which is funding 26 new and 38 existing projects.

Japanese businesses have expressed interest in investing in organic agriculture and agricultural tourism in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.