Việt Nam News

Substandard investment procedures and regulations hinder investors in major power plant projects.

Asian countries face numerous challenges on the path to development, such as poverty and inequality. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterised by new technologies like genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology, may make the task even harder if governments and businesses do not improve the quality of human capital resources.

Executives from around 20 companies in Eastern Germany met with authorities from five southern and central Vietnamese cities and provinces with the largest amount of German investment yesterday (Friday) to explore investment opportunities.

The ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) at banks in the first quarter of this year was varied, according to a daily report by Bảo Việt Securities Corp (BVSC).

An Giang Province and India have good prospects for co-operation in aquaculture and processing, a meeting between business executives from the two sides heard in HCM City yesterday.

Shares advanced in both local markets on Friday, driven by property developers and energy companies.

The southern province of Bình Phước called for Singaporean investment in 63 prioritised projects during an investment promotion conference in the coastal country on Thursday.

Trade Ministers and officials from the 21 APEC member economies have begun convening in Hà Nội to alleviate uncertainty about the future of trade in the Asia-Pacific.

The domestic building material market was stable in the first four months of the year and continued to meet demand, said the Ministry of Construction.

After a period of actively selling non-performing loans to the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC), banks are buying back the debts from the VAMC to self-handle.

The Vietnamese retail industry is on the cusp of great change, experts have said.

Việt Nam’s key VN Index inched up on Thursday as investors sought short-term profits in recently-gaining stocks.

Team MTA Racer from the Military Technical Academy overcame seven teams to win first prize at FPT’s Digital Race contest, held at Cầu Giấy Stadium on Wednesday.

The annual expo of Thai products opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City's District 7 yesterday (May 11).

A big development gap between APEC member economies is hindering the region’s auto industry from transferring technology and promoting linkages, said an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Tra (pangasius) fish prices skyrocketed last month, reaching a 10-year high, but experts warn that export of this seafood product could be unstable this year.

Việt Nam’s economic development and advantages in attracting investment were introduced to Belgian enterprises at a conference in Belgium’s southern Mons City on May 10.

Domestic steel consumption recorded a modest year-on-year rise of 2.7 per cent in April to some five million tonnes, according to the Việt Nam Steel Association (VSA).