Việt Nam News

Vietnamese shares almost were mixed on the two local exchanges yesterday, while energy stocks suffered from a recent decline of global crude prices.

While unsafe food was a growing threat, it was critical to develop a food supply chain to improve control quality from the farm to table, experts said yesterday.

Vietnamese shares may continue to rise this week with improving investor confidence after they received positive news from the government and global markets, brokerage securities wrote in their weekly forecast.

While many real estate firms reported higher revenue and profits in 2015 and the first quarter, their share prices rose slowly or not at all in the local market.

The purchasing power in the total national retail value of goods and services until April 2016 reached nearly VND1.14 trillion, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

Education is an attractive sector for foreign investors. However, investors should be aware of the opportunities and the challenges in investing in the sector.

The combined equity of all lenders in the domestic banking system reached nearly VNĐ580.3 trillion (US$25.8 billion) ending January, an increase of VNĐ2.3 trillion over the end of 2015.

The Property Report Congress Việt Nam 2016, the country's most exclusive real estate conference where Asian real estate leaders meet, will be held in HCM City on June 10.

The Asian Banker Summit will take place at the JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel in Hà Nội from May 10 to 12.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked for approval of the city People’s Committee for the Bình Triệu No2 project’s second phase by the HCM City Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company (CII).

The Việt Nam Post Corporation (VNPost) will build a logistic and e-commerce centre in Đà Nẵng's Hòa Khánh Expansion Industrial Zone at a cost of VNĐ196 billion (US$8.7 million) in the third quarter of this year.

The Republic of Korea’s (RoK) consumer goods firms are shifting their overseas focus to Việt Nam, increasing investment and aggressively opening new branches, Yonhap news agency quoted industry watchers in an article on Monday.

Vietnamese bananas have marked their official presence in Japan’s market with the first bunches hitting the shelves of the discount chain Don Quijote on April 30.

As many as 10,954 enterprises were formed in April with total registered capital of VNĐ62.2 trillion (over US$2.7 billion), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The combined equity of all lenders in the domestic banking system reached nearly VNĐ580.3 trillion (US$25.8 billion) ending January, an increase of VNĐ2.3 trillion over the end of 2015.

The domestic garment and textile industry wants to revise a development plan to 2020 with vision for 2030, to match the progress of the country.

Auto importers in Việt Nam petitioned Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and relevant sectors to consider problems related to some revised articles and supplements in the Law on Special Consumption Tax, which will become effective on July 1.

The central city will start construction of two green urban projects – Dragon City and Bầu Tràm Lakeside – in Liên Chiểu and Hòa Vang districts in the second quarter this year.