Việt Nam News

Around 90 delegates from 21 APEC member economies met at a workshop today to discuss ways to enhance regulatory expertise as it relates to WTO’s agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT).

Thành Thành Công Tây Ninh Joint Stock Company (TTCS) will fully acquire Biên Hòa Sugar Joint Stock Company (JSC), becoming in the process the biggest sugar producer in Việt Nam.

Stock analysts remain cautious on the market outlook this week in the context of a deficiency in supporting information as well as the weakening participation of foreign traders.

The imposition of temporary safeguard duties on DAP and MAP fertiliser imports into Việt Nam, which came into effect on August 19, is an effort to help protect the domestic fertiliser industry but might push up production costs for farmers.

In a recently released conclusion to a meeting on tax law adjustments, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ asked that the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) controversial new amendment drafts to tax laws be adjusted to meet both the national growth plan and the current economic climate.

The TTC Group on August 18 signed a memorandum of understanding with two prestigious international organisations in the sugar industry, Mitr Phol Group (Thailand) and Vasantdada Sugar Institute (India).

The domestic retail price of RON 92 petroleum increased by VNĐ461 to trade at a maximum of VNĐ17,486 (77 US cents) per litre, as of 3pm on Saturday.

The first-instance hearing of Hà Văn Thắm, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Ocean Bank, and his accomplices will reopen on August 28, according to the Hà Nội People’s Court. 

Experts from APEC member economies on Saturday afternoon spoke about the need to invest in quality infrastructure at a workshop hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) in HCM City.

Amending provisions on competition policy in free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs) should be a top priority, participants said at the first working day of APEC’s Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) at the third Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) now being held in HCM City.

Improved transport efficiency and port connectivity are essential to advancing economic integration in the Asia Pacific region, participants said at a transport working group meeting at APEC’s 3rd Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) held in HCM City on Aug 18. 

Members of APEC’s Sub-committee on Customs Procedure (SCCP) met this morning (Aug 19) in HCM City to discuss ways to ensure trade security in the supply chain, with a focus on prevention of smuggling, commercial fraud, and counterfeit and imitation products, as well as border enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF)’s proposal to tax second and additional homes to restrict property speculation and oversupply would face challenges, experts have said.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) and the South Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) held a workshop in Hà Nội on Thursday to review implementation of the Green City Planning Decision Support System (GDSS) in Việt Nam. 

During the official visit to Thailand, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Việt Nam’s high-ranking delegation yesterday attended and cut the ribbon opening the second Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the press about the on going APEC agriculture week in Cần Thơ Mekong Province

Japan’s Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd expects to make a long-term strategic investment in Sài Gòn Beer-Alcohol-Beverages Joint Stock Corporation (Sabeco), Việt Nam’s leading beer producer.

The People’s Committee of Đồng Nai Province has suspended the licensing of construction projects in residential areas around the planned Long Thành International Airport in an effort to prevent speculation and higher land prices.