Việt Nam News

The World Bank in Việt Nam announced on Monday that the bank’s board of executive directors had approved a US$102 million loan to the Vietnamese Government to support enterprises in adopting energy-efficiency technologies and practices.

The southern province of Vĩnh Long’s Department of Industry and Trade on Monday officially launched e-commerce platform www.trade.vinhlong.gov.vn.

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.

The number of delayed and cancelled flights decreased in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The central city’s Sông Hàn Incubator has launched the first ever tourism start-up programme.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Hồng Trường asked authorities of provinces where Uber and Grab were providing services to develop a comprehensive evaluation of the operation of the car-hailing services firms.

The InterContinental Phú Quốc Long Beach Resort & Residences, an original, cutting-edge complex, goes on the market next Saturday, April 22.

The various components of the woodworking industry’s supply chain need to establish close links to ensure the industry’s sustainable development, an expert has said.

The State Bank has coordinated with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to prepare a handbook on social and environmental risk assessment for 10 economic sectors serving credit operations of commercial banks.

The steel industry is forecast to continue double-digit growth this year, fuelled by the recovery of the property market, but the pressure from the application of trade defense instruments by import markets as well as competition from cheap steel is weighing down.

Shareholders of PV Gas (GAS) has approved the company’s plans to lower its business targets in 2017 by 15-27 per cent year-on-year, given the global instability and volatile oil market.

Vietnamese shares dropped further on the two local markets yesterday on investor concerns about geopolitical conditions.

Sales of air conditioners and fruit in HCM City soared in recent days as a heat wave hit the area.

Vietinbank has not completed acquiring PGBank as the two sides have not finished all required procedures and got approval from the authorities.

Saudi Arabia has urged Vietnamese exporters of meat and seafood products to register their companies with product information on its Food and Drug Authority website.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will ink a deal with the Saigon Newport Corporation this April to build two inland container depots (ICDs) in Bình Dương Province and Hà Nội.

Outstanding loans in HCM City totalled around VNĐ1.5 quadrillion (US$65.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2017, a 3 per cent rise over the end of 2016.

A project to exploit and process granite has kicked off in the south-central coastal Ninh Thuận Province’s Phước Dinh Commune, in Thuận Nam District.