Việt Nam News

TUI Nordic, a charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden, has announced its plans and strategies for the southern island of Phú Quốc for this winter and next year.

Việt Nam has 718 State-owned enterprises, most of them big or medium-sized and in 19 key sectors, that help the Government manage the economy.

The total export value of agro-forestry-fishery products in the first ten months of this year reached US$26.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Hà Nội Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Habeco) will start its first trading day on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on October 28, eight years from its initial public offering in March 2008.

Viet Nam moved up nine notches in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report. The country climbed to 82^nd position from 91^st position last year, in the list covering over 190 economies.

The Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) will host the ASEAN Federation of Textile Industries (AFTEX) and an international conference related to the textile industry.

Cross-border e-commerce management should be integrated and synchronous to ensure equality and transparency, said Phan Đức Hiếu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

 The Government entrusted the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) to draft a law to foster revisions of business regulations in the future. MPI’s Deputy Minister Đặng Huy Đông talks to Vietnam News Agency reporter Quốc Huy about related developments.

Shares dropped for a fifth day on the two local exchanges yesterday, driven by energy stocks following another drop in oil prices while investors remained cautious after a four-day losing streak.

Commercial banks must continue to simplify their lending procedures to ensure that firms and individuals can get loans easily, State Bank of Việt Nam’s deputy governor Đào Minh Tú said.

Express delivery and fulfilment services do not yet meet the requirements of the fast development e-commerce sector in Việt Nam

A conference entitled "Hải Phòng City – North Việt Nam’s new manufacturing centre" took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 25 to attract more investments from Thailand and Japan.

A seminar on Việt Nam’s economic and financial future, outlining opportunities and challenges in corporate financial management in Việt Nam, with insights from experts in the field, was held yesterday in Hà Nội.

A Dutch business delegation with executives from 34 companies and knowledge institutions led by Vice Minister for Foreign Trade of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marten van den Berg ended a two-day visit to Việt Nam yesterday.

Vietnamese shares yesterday managed to decline at a slower pace as slight recovery of energy stocks helped offset losses made by blue chips on a strong selling trend.

The chairman of the HCM Securities Exchange (HOSE) Trần Đắc Sinh proposed HCM City to build a securities exchange for start-up enterprises to mobilise capital to support start-ups.

Tân Cảng Pioneer V1031S of the Tân Cảng Shipping Company has become the first commercial container ship to berth at the Tân Cảng – Cái Cui Port in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ, which was deepened recently to make it the only port in the region that can handle large vessels.

Vietnamese businesses should study the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to boost exports and reduce uncertainty related to export contracts, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.