Việt Nam News

Đà Nẵng’s high-tech park has granted an investment licence to local firm QCM Technology company for an embedded software system development project.

Shares advanced steadily yesterday on the HCM Stock Exchange, boosted by strong large-cap stock growth. However, analysts have warned about volatility ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s next meeting.

Đà Nẵng maintained its status as the most competitive locality in the country, topping the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2016 for the fourth consecutive year and seventh year at the top position since the rank was announced.

While they remain focused on fattening their bottom lines, most leading businesses in the country also see exercising their social responsibility as a contributive factor.

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) on Monday began operating the country’s first organic dairy farm that meets European standards.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has decided to abolish a number of procedures for importers of unused cars with nine seats or less to simplify imports.

Liên Việt Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LienVietPostBank) will provide preferential credit of VNĐ3 trillion (US$131.8 million) to plant macadamia and cash crops (coffee and pepper) in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Nông.

The parliaments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) shared experiences in monitoring and managing State budget and public investment during a conference in Phnom Penh on March 13.

Việt Nam’s listed steel companies can achieve higher growth in 2017 despite a volatile and predictable international market if they optimise operations and exploit missing links in the sector’s supply chain, experts said yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and this city's People’s Committee hosted the launch of Vietnamese Consumer Rights Day 2017, themed "Enterprise for Customers," here on March 12.

With housing demand remaining strong, banks are optimistic 2017 will be a big year for mortgages.

Shares edged down on both national stock exchanges yesterday amid volatility caused by portfolio restructuring activity of exchange-traded funds, as well as possibility of an interest rate hike by the US federal reserve.

Property developer BIM Group and the AEON Việt Nam Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the leading Japanese retail and financial services corporation AEON, have signed a co-operation agreement to build a new shopping mall in Hà Nội’s Hà Đông District.

A forum was held in Hải Phòng City on Sunday to promote investment and tourism partnerships with Japan, one of the major investors in the northern port city.

As many as 110 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Việt Nam participated in a conference in Singapore last Friday to seek business and investment opportunities in this foreign market.

Representatives of tea-growing regions and tea companies in Việt Nam recently took part in a seminar in New York to seek opportunities to enter the US market.

Việt Nam has halted the import of poultry and poultry products from two US states, Tennessee and Wisconsin, which have been affected by avian flu.

Việt Nam’s industry is developing too slowly and is still reliant on many foreign-invested enterprises, said Nguyễn Văn Bình, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission of Economic Affairs.