GSO attributed the impressive IIP growth to the fact that domestic firms have concentrated on producing goods to meet increasing demands of local people for the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday, which will be in February this year, unlike last year when it was in January.
The Việt Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) posted an after-tax profit of nearly VNĐ10.3 trillion (US$452.5 million) last year, an increase of 9 per cent year-on-year.
The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) issued a decree allowing special loans at zero per cent interest rates for credit institutions which were placed under the SBV’s special control.
The Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in the first month of this year rose to the highest level since April 2017, indicating solid conditions in the manufacturing sector.
The number of patented inventions increased sharply in 2017, according to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Việt Nam.
The Việt Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on Wednesday officially launched the Sao Khuê Awards 2018.
The Super Wind Energy Công Lý Sóc Trăng Joint Stock Company began building the first wind farm in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng on Tuesday.
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced its 2018 plans and last year’s results yesterday, focusing on implementing revenue management solutions, reducing tax collection losses and managing arrears and value-added tax refunds.
Trần Ngọc Mai of HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District bought two Tết hampers at a supermarket in District 2 to gift her relatives for Lunar New Year, which falls on February 16 this year.
Total revenue from retail trade and services reached VNĐ361 trillion (US$15.84 billion) in January, surging 3 per cent over December and 9.5 per cent over the same month last year.
Việt Nam's woodworking industry has registered significant growth in recent years. The industry earned US$8 billion last year, up from $7.3 billion in 2016. Huỳnh Văn Hạnh, standing deputy chairman of the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City, and Nguyễn Chánh Phương, director of Danh Mộc Co., Ltd, speaks to Việt Nam News about all this and more.
The number of workers in the electronics industry is on the rise, and e-businesses will be a critical source of employment in the future. However, up to 80 per cent of such firms say they find it difficult to recruit technicians.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said that 2018 will be the peak year for equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and State capital divestment.
PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) on Wednesday raised almost VNĐ7 trillion (US$311 million) for the Government by selling a 20 per cent stake at the initial public offering (IPO) held at the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.
Vietnamese shares ended Wednesday on a negative note, driven by the financial-banking, energy and brokerage sectors.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on January 25 conducted preliminary determinations on dumping and subsidising with respect to certain copper pipe fittings, originating in or exported from Việt Nam.
Việt Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) reported a pre-tax profit of more than VNĐ8 trillion (US$352 million) in 2017.
The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) on Tuesday announced a fee reduction for its local switching system service, interconnected by more than 170,000 ATMs nationwide.