Việt Nam News

Samsung SDS said Thursday it will enter the Vietnamese market in joint venture with Aviation Logistics Service, a leading air freight terminal operator there.

The European – Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) would promote the flow of high-quality investments from the EU into the country with commitments on goods and services market access, the opening of Government procurement, investment policies and policy transparency.

Demand for IT security experts is increasing while there is already a short supply, resulting in increasing cyber attacks around the world.

Exporters should carefully check the background of new customers and the terms before signing export contracts, a conference on risk management in international trade heard from bitter business executives.

Việt Nam should enhance clean and renewable energy resources as well as promoting energy saving, said Lê Tuấn Phong, deputy director of the General Directorate of Energy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese shares were volatile yesterday while energy stocks extended losses on lower crude prices.

The HCM City government yesterday ordered an investigation into a complaint by a businesswomen that US$1.17 million from her account in Viet Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VP Bank) went missing last year.

Currently, Austria ranks seventh among the 10 largest importers in the European Union of Vietnamese goods such as footwear, smart phones, electronics and garments, with a turnover of US$2.2 billion in 2015.

Investment and asset management company VinaCapital Group has tied up with Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management (Shinhan) to provide Vietnamese investment products to the latter’s clients in Korea.

Vietnamese businesses should focus more on ASEAN markets to make use of the advantages created by the establishment of the ASEAN Community, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyễn Tất Thành said.

Vinamilk, Việt Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company, expects to reach its target of becoming one of the top 50 global dairy firms in the next three years after it has shown strong development over the past 40 years.

Vietnamese shares struggled to stay positive yesterday while foreign investors’ confidence remained low prior to the US central bank’s meeting.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has great demand for advanced technologies to improve its agricultural production and farm and seafood processing for exports, and so seeks to tie up with countries with technological strengths, according to the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Cần Thơ chapter.

The Việt Nam’s General Statistics Office reported yesterday that the national consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, has recorded a seven-month lowest increase since February this year and the lowest level on a monthly basis over the past 10 years.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on all provinces and cities to set up a centre to support businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) of about US$14.4 billion was registered for new and existing projects in Việt Nam in the first eight months

The domestic agriculture industry should restructure and make transparency to develop clean food products, experts said at a seminar on developing clean food held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Hà Nội’s consumer price index (CPI) in August marginally dropped 0.17 per cent from the previous month, the city’s statistics office reported yesterday.