Việt Nam News

Firms should attach special attention to corporate governance so as to improve their competitiveness and develop sustainably, experts said.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường yesterday called on large animal husbandry businesses to increase their purchase of pigs and keep them in frozen storage in order to help farmers reduce inventories and stop the resulting downward price spiral.

Shares dropped further in the two local exchanges on Monday as investors remained cautious about market conditions, pulling blue chips down.

Vietcombank and Indovina Bank have signed an agreement with Văn Phú Bắc Ái JSC to provide VNĐ1.46 trillion (US$64.32 million) to finance construction of a section of HCM City’s Ring Road No 2.

The southern province of Bình Dương on Friday put into operation a wastewater treatment plant in Thuận An Town, the second of its kind in the province.

Vietnamese airlines have drawn up plans to expand their international presence to serve the increasing demands of both domestic and foreign passengers.

Việt Nam's property market will see more sale launches and transactions in the second quarter of this year, the Việt Nam Real Estate Association has forecast.

Ministries, State-owned corporations, local authorities and Government agencies must publish a list of 578 equitised State-owned enterprises (SOE) that were not listed in the stock market by December 31, 2016.

The quality and value of paddy rice in the southern city of Cần Thơ is growing as its rice mill is switching from traditional farming practices to a technology-led production.

Việt Nam’s stock market outlook will likely remain negative this week as a lack of supporting business information and potential global risks drive investor confidence down, according to analysts.

There is a huge opportunity for Việt Nam and Taiwan to boost co-operation in the renewable energy industry, delegates told a seminar in HCM City last Friday.

The HCM City People’s Committee and the HCM City Food and Foodstuff Association (FFA) last Friday signed a co-operation programme to boost the development of the city’s food and foodstuff industry.

In late February Indian state-owned mining giant, the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), was in talks with Masan Resources Corporation(MSR) to buy a stake in the latter’s Núi Pháo tungsten mine.

Việt Nam spent US$338 million to import 1.22 million tonnes of fertiliser in the first quarter of this year, up 31.5 per cent in volume and around 24 per cent in value compared to the same period last year, reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Việt Nam’s largest producer of construction ceramics and tiles Viglacera Corporation will auction 120 million shares on May 25.

The State Treasury raised VNĐ6.34 trillion (US$281.78 million) by auctioning Government bonds (G-bonds) at the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) on Thursday.

Average occupancy of five-star hotels was up four percentage points quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 10 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) to 74 per cent, according to a quarterly report by Savills Việt Nam.

Đông Á Plastic Joint Stock Company in 2017 will increase its chartered capital to VNĐ500 billion (US$22.2 million) from the current VNĐ419 billion.