Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has halted construction of the US$10.6-billion Hoa Sen Cà Ná steel plant in south-central Ninh Thuận Province, while requiring more studies to be completed on the consumer demand and the environmental impact of the plant.

The fall in Hải Dương’s Provincial Competitive Index for the second consecutive year has prompted the northern province to figure out ways to improve its investment and business environment.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) decided to make its initial public offering (IPO) this August, the electricity producer announced.

Derivatives products will be available for trading in the Việt Nam’s securities market in less than a month, and institutional investors seem highly interested in the new products, reported vtv.vn on Thursday.

Social networks now rival search engines as an effective online marketing and advertising channel, gaining a significant market share and raking in huge revenues in Việt Nam and elsewhere.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would need a transparent business environment for a fair competition rather than too much supports that would be impractical.

Việt Nam’s garment and textile exports may increase by 10 per cent this year if there are not adverse fluctuations in the global market, according to the Việt Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

Though the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Fund was established a year ago, so far only three firms have got loans from it, fund director Hoàng Thị Hồng said.

The Japanese J-Power Development Company plans to build a thermal power plant in Dung Quất Economic Zone in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, the director of the International Development Business Department of J-Power Electricity, Jahana Takashi, told provincial officials on Thursday.

A number of mobile stores in Hà Nội began removing Apple’s “half-eaten apple” logo from their shop banners following the US tech company’s request sent to Vietnamese mobile traders recently.

Three Vietnamese start-up teams of Drop Deck, Turing and BKIT have surpassed other rivals to win the Blockchain-based projects contest, local technology page ictnews.vn reported on April 14.

Shares sank further on Friday on the two national exchanges as investors became cautious over escalating global tensions.

The special preferential policies for Vân Đồn Special Economic Zone must make it superior to the country’s existing economic zones and on par with similar models in the region and world over.

Vicostone Advanced Quartz JSC will pay 33 per cent dividend in shares for its 2016 performance to increase its chartered capital to VNĐ800 billion (US$35.5 million).

Lenders in HCM City have complained that they face difficulties in disposing of mortgaged assets to recover unpaid debts.

The finance ministry has proposed to take over the management of the Enterprise Arrangement and Development Support Fund from the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to improve its efficiency.

Việt Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$455.5 million with Canada in the first two months of this year.

The State Capital Investment Corporation plans to sell its entire capital in 137 State-owned enterprises from now until 2020.