Việt Nam News

Việt Nam wants to join global supply chains and management and governance systems to help businesses control the market, build confidence among customers and increase profits and connectivity with global partners, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Đỗ Thắng Hải said.

Smart travel is being promoted to improve tourism throughout Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has vowed that Việt Nam always supports and creates optimal conditions for foreign investors, including Samsung, to run their businesses in Việt Nam.

Shares rose on the HCM Stock Exchange on Friday, led by banks but liquidity remained low on weak market sentiment.

A number of companies which left the stock market several years ago have returned and traded on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

Improved public assets management has helped prevent losses, waste, corruption and other acts of infringement, experts said at a conference yesterday.

They also said that it has facilitated rational and effective exploitation of public assets and contributed to socio-economic development.

The 13rd ASEAN CIO/CSO Awards 2017 honoured 26 leading Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs) with outstanding contributions on information technology (IT) and information security in Việt Nam and Southeast Asia on Friday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam should promote information technology (IT) products and services with high added value capable of deployment on a regional and global scale, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Nguyễn Thành Hưng in the northern province of Lào Cai on Friday.

The central coastal region of Việt Nam has significant untapped potential as well as investment opportunities for Thai investors, speakers at a conference in Bangkok said on Friday.

Pork without identification rings to trace their origin will be banned from HCMC City’s Bình Điền and Hóc Môn wholesale markets from October 16, according to the city People’s Committee.

Salary increases this year at both multinationals and major local companies have in general been higher than inflation rates, a survey by Mercer, a global provider of human resource services, and Talentnet Corporation, its associate in Việt Nam, has found.

The government has decided to establish a board for private economic development research (IV Board).

The Vietnam Airlines Corporation earned VNĐ2.31 trillion (US$101.05 million) of pre-tax profit in the first nine months of the year, exceeding more than 40 per cent if its yearly target.

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on Friday increased its forecast for Việt Nam’s GDP growth rate for the whole year to 6.8 per cent, higher than the Government’s set target of 6.7 per cent.

The Summit Sơn Trà Apartment project has restarted in the central city of Đà Nẵng after a five-year delay caused by a shortage of funds.

The tra fish and Vietnamese seafood product fair kicked off on Friday at the Exhibition Fair, Economic Transaction and Commercial Area in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked relevant agencies and localities to strengthen management of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production and trading activities to ensure market stability.

Retail prices of RON 92 and E5 petrol dropped by VNĐ112 and VNĐ105 per litre, respectively, at 4:55pm on Thursday, according to a joint decision of the ministries of industry and trade, and finance.