Minister of Information and Communication Trương Minh Tuấn visited France from November 26 to 29, aiming to strengthen cooperation between Việt Nam and France in information technology and communications.
Once the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT) comes into force, there will be opportunities for Việt Nam to export more wooden products to Europe and other new markets as well as get higher prices, according to the EU Delegation to Việt Nam.
The Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo) opened yesterday (Nov. 30) in HCM City with 520 companies showcasing their products at nearly 600 stalls.
Lending of the banking sector as of November 22 had expanded by around 14 per cent against December last year, with đồng loans rising 15.3 per cent and foreign currency loans increasing 2.8 per cent, State Bank of Việt Nam Deputy Governor Đào Minh Tú reported.
As many as 18 banks and credit organisations agreed to implement a cashback policy to customers joining in Online Friday 2016 on December 2.
Việt Nam’s services market is significantly open to foreign investments under the commitments to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA),
Shares rebounded yesterday on the two exchanges after a four-day losing run as low stock valuations stimulated risk appetites and foreign investors started to buy back local shares after nine consecutive net selling streak.
President Trần Đại Quang urged businesses to engage in the global supply chains, maintaining growth in both revenue and profit, and securing their firm foothold at home and abroad.
The banking sector has been developing rapidly but it needs to do more, especially to ensure sustainable development of digital banking, a conference heard in HCM City Thursday.
Export turnover in November reached US$15.6 billion, up 1.3 per cent since last month, pushing export value in the 11 months of 2016 to $159.5 billion, an increase of 7.5 per cent year-on-year.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the first 11 months of 2016 rose by 7.3 per cent compared with the same period in 2015, according to the General Statistic Office (GSO).
The number of newly-established firms in the past 11 months hit a five-year record high of 101,683 thanks to the Government’s incentive policies, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.
Strengthening financial supervision of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is key to improving their performance and enhancing the efficiency of State investments, experts said yesterday.
Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will help reduce about 20 per cent of business expenses as well as promote investment and create more jobs for Vietnamese.
Ten leading Thai exhibition organisers will come to Hà Nội for a business-to-business forum to meet Vietnamese enterprises, trade promotion organisations and associations on December 2.
Shares tumbled again on the two local exchanges yesterday as foreign investors continued offloading local assets, putting pressure on market sentiment, and pessimism on an OPEC deal pulled energy sector down.
E5 bio-fuel will replace A92 petrol by June 2017 as many localities in the country are using the bio-fuel product, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.
More than nine million foreigners visited Việt Nam between January and November, up 25.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2015, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has revealed.