Việt Nam News

The legal status and progress of properties would be made available to the public in order to reduce the risks for home buyers, according to an HCM City official.

Việt Nam seemed to have adopted a loose monetary policy - an expanded national monetary supply easilly accessible to citizens to encourage economic growth. But it has not done so. 

Viettel has invested US$50 million in an AAE-1 sea fibre-optic cable offshore station at Vũng Tàu that is set to operate by the end of the year.

The National Office of Intellectual Property has granted protection under geographical indication for Long Khánh rambutan, which is grown in the southeastern province of Đồng Nai.

Vietnamese shares may continue to fall this week as local markets have not understood fully how Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) could affect Việt Nam’s economy, threatening to pull down investor confidence, securities analysts warned.

Early alarm bells have been rung about the potential imbalanced development in supply and demand in the realty market.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted a draft decree on conditional business lines. According to the draft, a new airline must have capital of at least VNĐ100 billion (US$4.66 million).

The Ministry of Finance is drafting a proposal on corporate income tax applicable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the next five years.

VinaTrucking, the first Vietnam Transport Trading Floor has been operational for more than five months, but it has failed to meet expectations and attract transporters and freight operators.

Remittances to HCM City in the first half of this year rose 3 per cent year-on-year to US$2.1 billion.

Nearly 2.2 million hectares of forest land across the country is at high risk of being exploited and having its designated use changed illegally, a workshop heard yesterday in Hà Nội.

Chinese dealers are dominating the market for dragon fruit, manipulating supply and prices in Bình Thuận Province, provincial authorities have said.

The local hospitality market has continued its strong recovery in the first half of this year.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) will receive technical and information support from finance and business information provider StoxPlus Corp to promote Việt Nam’s stock market from a frontier to an emerging market.

Coffee tree recultivation in the Central Highlands provinces made notable progress, but a number of obstacles still demand more research and measures, agricultural experts said at a recent conference on the issue.

The southern province of Đồng Nai attracted US$1.01 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of the year, surpassing its US$1 billion target set for the year.

Vietnamese shares advanced yesterday as investors were upbeat on expectations that Vietnamese economy will suffer little from Britain’s exit of the European Union (EU).

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vũ Văn Tám has instructed the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng to expand its shrimp breeding models that have proved successful.