Việt Nam News

The agro-forestry-fisheries export turnover in April was estimated at US$2.97 billion.

The country welcomed approximately 3.25 million international visitors in the first four months of this year, up 17.8 per cent against the same period last year, according to the Việt Nam National Aministration of Tourism (VNAT).

The Việt Nam Saigon Plastic Association will focus on research to develop renewable raw materials replacing fossil-based materials for making plastics in the 2016-20 period, its president has said.

The Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh and 17 other new ministers were approved by the National Assembly in the meeting in April.

Vietnamese shares yesterday retreated on both local bourses as investors tried to look for profits in financial stocks.

The Vietnamese Government supports Russia’s Gazprom in expanding oil and gas production in Việt Nam, asserted Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at his reception for Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom in Hà Nội yesterday.

The capital city generated approximately USS3.4 billion from exports in the first four months of the year, marking a modest increase of 0.2 per cent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Việt Nam is committed to macro-economic stability and the best possible conditions for foreign investors in the country, including Goldman Sachs, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told head of the US-based multinational investment banking firm’s Asia division Andrea Vella, during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.

World Economic Forum (WEF) Managing Director Philipp Rösler met with young Vietnamese people and entrepreneurs in Hà Nội on Monday.

Vietnamese enterprises should foster their shrimp exports to the United Kingdom as exports to other markets were tending to slow down, the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep) has suggested.

The Credit Information Centre (CIC) under the State Bank of Việt Nam should use data from other industries instead of information just from credit institutions to bring customers to banks.

The fourth international precision engineering, machine tools and metalworking exhibition (MTA HANOI 2016) opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

The bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (VietinBank) and Viet Nam Prosperity Bank (VPBank), strategic investors of Sài Gòn Port JSC, asked to sell their holdings in the port at the shareholders general meeting last week.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ urged the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to strengthen operations for more effective use of state assets, during a working session in Hà Nội yesterday.

Vietnamese shares rebounded on both local markets from Monday falls, led by large-cap stocks in the insurance and property sectors.

The annual Vietnamese High-Quality Products Fair opened yesterday  in HCM City, featuring nearly 700 booths of over 200 exhibitors, including manufacturers of high-quality goods.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday chaired the first meeting with ministerial and sector leaders in Hà Nội seeking to remove obstacles to the enforcement of Laws on Enterprises and Investment.

Shareholders of Saigon Securities Inc yesterday approved the company’s expansion into derivatives trading, which has yet to begin in Việt Nam, however.