The country’s exports are estimated to reach US$128 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 6.7 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest statistics from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Up till the end of August, more than 28 trillion (US$1.25 billion) was disbursed from the VNĐ30 trillion housing stimulus package, according to the Ministry of Construction.

US would remain to impose anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese frozen warmwater shrimp to the US market after the second five-year sunset review, reported the Việt Nam Competition Authority (VCA).

Furniture exporters should become more aware of import market regulations and standards in various countries, delegates said at a seminar held in HCM City yesterday.

The deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Trần Quốc Khánh speaks to the media about the ministry’s efforts in administrative reforms.

An increasing number of Japanese firms are interested in investing in Việt Nam, particularly in the agriculture sector, Tanoi Masahiko of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said at a meeting on Tuesday.

Stricter punishments were essential to prevent fake and poor-quality fertilizers which were now rampant and alarming in Việt Nam.

Vietnamese shares extended gains yesterday, driven by the banking sector on expectations that lower short-term deposit rates would boost lending for the economy and local businesses.

For the first time ever, the list of national Public Private Partnership projects in the 2016 - 2020 period was submitted to the Government late last week by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Việt Nam News spoke to Dharmendra N. Choudhary, who is counsel to CS Wind Vietnam, about the recent victory by the company in its appeal before the US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit (CAFC). Mr. Choudhary is a widely acclaimed surrogate value expert. Excerpts from the interview.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ has implemented measures like improving infrastructure and offering investment incentives to attract more investors, especially to its industrial parks.

Vietnamese firms were once again urged to pay special attention to improving product quality to utilise opportunities under the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).

Việt Nam plans to launch a new commodity exchange in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Singapore-listed logistics firm Straits Financial Group and the Việt Nam Commodities Exchange (VNX).

Vietnamese shares continued to rise yesterday, driven by large-cap stocks while investor confidence in local companies was bolstered by good prospects of higher quarterly performances.

The Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Co Ltd earned nearly VNĐ1.04 trillion (US$46.22 million) in profits in the first nine months of this year.

As a result of contractions in the agriculture and mining sectors in the first half of the year, the Asian Development Outlook Update 2016 forecast a downward revision in Việt Nam’s economic growth to six per cent in 2016 and 6.3 per cent in 2017, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a flagship report released yesterday.

Việt Nam’s agro-forestry-fisheries exports fetched an estimated US$2.5 billion in September, lifting the total nine-month turnover to $23.3 billion, up six per cent year-on-year

Commercial banks in the central city yesterday committed to set aside VNĐ150 trillion (US$6.7 billion) as a credit support package.