Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Securities Joint Stock Co's managing board has approved a plan to issue bonds worth VNĐ600 billion (US$26.3 million) to raise capital to finance its margin lending business.

Representatives of Japanese enterprises met this week with Vietnamese officials to complain about difficulties in food imports.

Traditional demand for food in the region has changed drastically following rapid population growth and mass urbanisation in Asia in the last decade, speakers said at an international press conference held on Thursday in Bangkok.

The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to increase interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - to what is now between 0.75 to 1 per cent - has pushed down the Việt Namese đồng-US dollar exchange rate and elevated domestic gold prices in accordance with global market movements.

The Vietnamese Government has accused Australia of "causing serious damage" to its prawn farmers and exporters and has asked the Federal Government to reconsider the ban on uncooked prawn imports.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise several aviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise money for infrastructure development.

Shares edged up yesterday on the two national exchanges even though the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked the benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months. Property, securities and agricultural stocks were the market momentum.

The 2017 Africa-ASEAN Business Expo (AABE) will take place in Johannesburg City, South Africa, from November 6-8.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has launched the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SMEs) Development Fund for 2017.

Shares dropped slightly yesterday on the HCM Stock Exchange as investors remained cautious ahead of the results of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting.

Sale negotiation between the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) and the French corporation Aéroports de Paris (ADP) is still on going for ACV’s shares.

Việt Nam’s leather and footwear industry will maintain its strong growth even if the TPP does not materialise, the Việt Nam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) has said.

The central city of Đà Nẵng continues to top the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) for the fourth consecutive year. However, the secretary of the city’s Party Committee, Nguyễn Xuân Anh, is still not satisfied. Local media talk to him about the city’s efforts to reform administrative procedures to provide a favourable business environment for investors.

State-owned Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation (Vinataba) has registered to offload 8.4 million shares, or 51 per cent stake, of Hải Hà Confectionery after its share price hit an all-time high.

The purchase price of dried pepper dropped on Tuesday by VNĐ10,000 per kilo to VNĐ95,000-100,000 per kilo in Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai and Đắk Nông provinces against last week.

The Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) and South Korea’s association of energy storage industry development (KEIDA) on Tuesday jointly organised an international conference on new technologies in power and renewable energy.

The central highlands province of Đắk Lắk has granted licences and signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with several companies this month for the development of solar projects worth US$3.3 billion.