According to Government-issued Decree 94/2017/NĐ-CP, to take effect from October 1 this year, up to 20 types of public goods will be traded and monitored solely under State monopoly with clear direction from the Prime Minister’s Office.

The Mekong Enterprise Fund III under Mekong Capital has invested US$4.9 million in YOLA Education JSC (YOLA) for a minority stake.

The two-day event will showcase medical equipment, health care products, pharmaceuticals, food supplements, cosmetics, processing equipment and dental facilities, among others.

Turkey’s General Directorate for Imports has issued a notice on applying temporary anti-tax avoidance measures on Partially Oriented Yarn (POY) imported from China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Việt Nam, according to the Việt Nam Competition Authority.

Samsung Việt Nam announced on Tuesday the top 10 contestants from Việt Nam who would participate in the final round of the Samsung Collegiate Programming Cup (SCPC) 2017 in South Korea on August 17.

The Mekong Delta is thought to have a number of specialities that can be exported, but the authorities have not paid enough attention to them.

The southern province of Trà Vinh on Tuesday launched an e-commerce website at http://travinhtrade.vn.

The Ministry of Finance has appointed Lê Hải Trà as new acting chairman of the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), starting August 14.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Trà Vinh has granted a licence to the Đông Đô Southern Construction and Investment Joint Stock Company to build the Cổ Chiên Industrial Zone.

Algeria is now Vietnam’s second largest importer in Africa, after South Africa.

Việt Nam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drawing up a report summing up 30 years of foreign direct investment (FDI) since approval of the national Law on Foreign Investment, looking back at the impact of opening the country’s doors to multinational companies.

The development of high-tech agriculture in Việt Nam remains sluggish due to unplanned and small-scale production, and is not commensurate with the country’s comparative advantages and efforts.

According to the National Financial Supervisory Commission, many supporting factors in both the domestic and international markets could help an interest rate cut until the year-end.

Shares rebounded yesterday after four consecutive downturns on the two national stock exchanges last week, boosted by recovery of large-cap stocks.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will complete the reduction of administrative procedures in the third quarter of the year, with two-thirds out of 443 being removed.

The central city has listed 68 Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, of which 22 in High-Tech industries, for calling investment from domestic and foreign businesses in 2017-20.

Outstanding loans of credit institutions in the northern Bắc Giang Province touched VNĐ34.4 trillion (US$1.52 billion) in the first seven months of 2017, up 10 per cent since last December.

 Seven State-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) equitisation plans were approved in July, bringing the total number for the first seven months of 2017 to 26.