More firms to export catfish to US

Food Safety and Inspection Service, the public health agency under the US Department of Agriculture, has allowed two more Vietnamese firms to export Siluriformes fish to the United States.

VN Index at ten-year high

The benchmark VN Index managed to hit a ten-year high on late buying after being pulled down below last week’s closing level by profit-taking.

SCIC to divest 9% stake in Vinamilk this year

State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will divest and sell its nine per cent stake in Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) this year, SCIC Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chi said.

HCM City revises plan for industrial development

The HCM City People’s Committee has adjusted its master plan for industrial development by 2020, withdrawing three suspended industrial park projects covering 675ha in outlying districts.

Shares increase for fifth straight day

Vietnamese shares completed a week of gains on both local exchanges yesterday as investor confidence was kept positive and market trading liquidity soared on advance-negotiation deals.

Cuba courts more VN investors

Cuba is calling for investment from many countries, including Việt Nam, in various sectors like agro-forestry, sugar, industry, tourism, energy, mining, biotechnology among others, a Cuban diplomat told a conference held in HCM City last Friday.

VN’s coal imports doubled this year

Việt Nam imported more than 9.7 million tonnes of coal valued at US$600 million over the past eight months, almost double the quantity in the same period last year, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Customs.

VN foreign currency reserves at record high

So far this year the State Bank of Việt Nam has bought over US$10 billion in foreign exchange, increasing the country’s reserves to a record high of more than $40 billion.

VN stocks may fall after five-day rally

Vietnamese shares may decline this week as investors reap profits from a five-day rally aided by unchanged US and Japanese interest rates, securities firms said.

Deputy PM Trịnh Đình Dũng visits Germany

The Vietnamese Government has taken a variety of measures to facilitate the work of foreign investors, including those from Germany, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng affirmed during his September 22-26 viisit to the European country.

CPI rebounds for first time in months

The consumer price index (CPI) in September has bounced back with an increase of 0.54 per cent from the previous month, ending the declining trend of the monthly CPI growth rate which has been recorded since May.

UP Co-working Space hosts startups conference

The Israel’s Guide for Startups Conference held Wednesday discussed key requirements for building a strong startup economy and how to apply these elements to Việt Nam’s startup ecosystem.

Sustainable development – an inevitable business trend

Sustainable development is an inevitable trend and is increasingly popular in the business community, both globally and in Viet Nam, said  VCCI’s vice chairman Đoàn Duy Khương at a Thursday conference on sustainable development and essential trends.

Ministry to set tra fish standards

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development expected to issue national technical standards for frozen fillet tra fish by this year end.

BKAV in network safety training course

BKAV Technology Group and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications’ Information Safety Department have completed the first training course in network safety for ministries, industries and localities under National Project No 99.

 

 

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