The Government will reconsider the leadership responsibilities of officials who are yet to fulfill State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) privatisation and divestment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, Head of the Government Steering Committee on Corporate Renovation and Development.

A survey by the General Statistics Office has revealed that firms had positive outlook on the business climate for the third quarter of this year.

The annual growth goal of 6.7 per cent is likely to remain beyond reach despite an improved economic performance in the second half of the year, says Nguyễn Đức Thành, Director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

The 19^th International Shoes and Leather Exhibition opens today in HCM City, offering local and foreign firms in the leather industry a chance to explore business opportunities.

Shares rebounded on both local markets on Tuesday, driven by investors picking up stocks that had fallen to attractive price levels.

There were some 11 million active bank cards in HCM City until the end of June, up 3 per cent from December last year, according to a report from the State Bank of Việt Nam’s HCM City branch.

Vietjet will kick off its three golden-day promotion, offering 200,000 air tickets priced from zero dollars on Wednesday to celebrate its two newest international routes.

Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has submitted its value to the Ministry of Transport for approval so that it can go ahead with equitisation.

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) will organise a pilot trading session on Wednesday to test and demonstrate the trading system of the derivatives market.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) and FPT Information Systems (FPT IS) co-organised a launching announcement of the corebanking, accounting, budgeting applications and system integration in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

The Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Việt Nam (Agribank) is the second bank to be named on the country’s list of banks with total assets exceeding the threshold of VNĐ1 quadrillion (US$43.86 billion).

All batches of products made from Siluriformes fish that are to be shipped to the United States will have to undergo food safety tests from August 2, 2017, instead of September 1.

Following the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV)’s decision to cut the annual maximum short-term interest rate for đồng loans by 0.5 percentage points, several banks have announced rate cuts.

The State Audit Office of Việt Nam has issued a decision to audit financial reporting and State-asset management at the Việt Nam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation (IDICO).

Việt Nam, the world’s No1 exporter of cashew products, expects to import an aditional 500,000 tonnes of nuts from now until October to meet its annual export target, according to the Việt Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

Hà Nội collected over VNĐ93.9 trillion (US$4.1 billion) in taxes during the first half of this year, completing 50.1 per cent of its annual target and 18 per cent higher compared with the same period in 2016, the municipal Tax Department reported yesterday.

Nearly 70 per cent of 2,600 surveyed small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) had to seek loans on the black market as they were unable to access bank loans.