Việt Nam News

The capital city plans to collect VNĐ10 trillion (US$444.5 million) from auctioning land use rights this year.

Leading telecom service providers Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone are scrambling to put up base transceiver stations and pilot 4G services to be ready to officially offer them this quarter.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) to focus all resources on supplying higher quality and more reliable power for socio-economic activities and people’s daily use. 

Việt Nam’s import value for steel and iron products continuously surged sharply in the first month of 2017 to US$710 million, the General Statistics Office reported.

Shares increased marginally yesterday after swaying several times during the session on heightened investor prudence.

Investors should improve their knowledge of the stock market as a lack of experience and knowledge could make their investments suffer, securities experts said at an online conference held by news site cafef.vn yesterday.

Technological and financial limitations are major development constraints for the local supply industry, Bùi Quang Chuyện, Chairman of the Việt Nam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corporation (VEAM), tells VietnamPlus.

The planning and investment department of Bình Định Province has issued an investment certificate to Seldat Việt Nam Company Limited to build a garment factory in An Nhơn town.

Institutions and individuals deposited some VNĐ2.57 quadrillion at eight listed commercial banks by the end of 2016.

HCM City’s customs department has said that it will closely control prices of taxable consumer goods with high import value and high tax rates.

Việt Nam’s import value for steel and iron products continuously surged sharply in the first month of 2017 to US$710 million, the General Statistics Office reported.

The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has loosened its temporary suspension of the import of uncooked prawns and related products.

Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company will list 300 million shares on the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) in late February after it managed to retain an approval for the same.

Vietcombank Securities Co Ltd (VCBS) plans to issue 200,000 bond notes to 100 investors on February 15. The face value of the bond has been set at VNĐ1 million (US$44.44).

The 27th Việt Nam Expo will be held on April 19 at the Hà Nội International Exhibition Centre.

Domestic firms should make great efforts in the competition with foreign invested firms to contribute more actively to the global value chain and participate more effectively in the world’s production network, experts said.

South Korea’s Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) plans to construct a 1,200MW coal-fired power plant in the central province of Quang Tri in 2018.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked the Ministry of Construction in 2016-20 to speed up the divestment of the State’s stake in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in which it acted as owner representatives.