Ministry wants Uber to follow rules
Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa has announced that State management towards Uber solely aims to ensure that the transportation company’s operations in Việt Nam comply with regulations.
Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa has announced that State management towards Uber solely aims to ensure that the transportation company’s operations in Việt Nam comply with regulations.
Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd, a Singapore-owned real estate developer, yesterday saw its office tower in Việt Nam inaugurated by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Việt Nam Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.
Việt Nam is heading to the green growth model and seeking international experiences as well as finance for the innovative of green growth. Việt Nam News reporter Mai Hương interviews Tomaso Andreatta, chairman of EuroCham Green Growth Sector Committee, on this issue.
The Department of Animal Health under Việt Nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has proposed to suspend meat imports from some companies in Brazil after a scandal of expired meat from the companies.
Shares fell on the two local exchanges on Wednesday as investors increased sales to earn profits from the stock market’s recently growth.
The Trung Sơn hydropower plant’s second turbine, in the central province of Thanh Hóa, began generating electricity for the national grid on Tuesday.
Coffee prices in Việt Nam have reached the highest level in six years owing to the shortage of export-qualified beans after the harvest was hit by rains.
Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) and Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on Wednesday signed an agreement on evaluating the electricity-access index and customers’ satisfaction with EVN’s services.
The General Department of Customs has just asked its officials to strengthen checks on imported steel products after a series of reports on steel firms submitting incorrect declarations about product codes.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private equity arm of World Bank group, has sanctioned an additional US$80 million credit package to Việt Nam Prosperity Bank (VPBank).
The southern Bình Dương Province’s People’s Committee on Wednesday granted investment certificates to 21 projects worth US$1.3 billion, the first batch of projects to receive the go-ahead this year.
Products of Việt Nam’s Bình Điền Fertiliser Joint Stock Company (BFC) have contributed to modernising Cambodia’s agriculture, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An said.
The Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has proposed to raise its current charter capital from VNĐ2 trillion (US$87.6 million) to VNĐ10 trillion by 2020.
One of the government policies on the management, provision and use of internet services and online information, under Decree No 72/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 15, 2013, states that only information in accordance with Vietnamese laws may be transmitted to internet users within Việt Nam, even if it is cross-border transmission.
Investor flight from build-operate-transfer (BOT) traffic projects is triggering worries that the Government must rethink how to promote private investments in BOT infrastructure projects, experts said.
Singapore-based Keppel Land, through its subsidiary Krystal Investment Pte Ltd, has spent almost VNĐ846 billion (US$37.1 million) to acquire an additional 16 per cent stake in Keppel Land WATCO I to V, the joint venture entities to develop the mixed-use Saigon Centre complex in HCM City.
Vietnamese shares remained upbeat on Tuesday, driven by banks and food and beverage producers.
The Vietnamese legal framework and policies regarding transparency in the mining sector is "fairly comprehensive", however, implementation of such policies leaves a lot to be desired, according to a study by the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Quảng Ninh Province has permitted the FLC Group to study to invest in the high-end entertainment and services complex in Vân Đồn Special Economic Zone.
Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at a joint business forum yesterday to advocate mutual economic, trade and investment relations between the two nations as part of Rivlin’s state visit to Việt Nam.