Việt Nam News

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will inspect Việt Nam’s tra and basa catfish imported to the country since April 15 under its new regulations.

The Vietnamese banana industry has seen a relatively sharp increase in export prices since early this year due to surging demand on international markets.

National budget overspending reached VNÑ25.5 trillion (US$1.1billion) in the first two months of this year, representing 10.6 per cent of the annual quota.

Economic experts say enterprises in Viet Nam will face fierce competition under the ASEAN Economic Community, so they should establish relationships with large firms in the region and globally in order to better develop their businesses.

The Turkish government on March 4 terminated investigations into mobile phones imported from Việt Nam without safeguard measures, according to the Việt Nam Competition Authority (VCA).

The United States (US) venture capital firm 500 Startups announced an investment fund of US$10 million for Vietnamese start-ups at American Innovation Roadshow in HCM City on Tuesday.

The Việt Nam National Shipping Lines will make an initial public offering (IPO) in Q1 of 2016, Vũ Anh Minh, director of the Ministry of Transport’s enterprise management department said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Tuesday announced additional tariffs on imported steel products as a temporary safeguard against cheap imports that were allegedly threatening the domestic industry.

Domestic insurers have been offered great opportunities to expand their market share in the regional market thanks to the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

Vietnamese stocks ended mixed, while financial firms fell on low investor confidence and energy stocks suffered from profit-taking

Việt Nam’s major plastic manufacturer, Rạng Đông Plastic Joint Stock Company, and Japan’s Sojitz Pla-Net Corporation on March 9 signed a strategic business alliance agreement to provide new distribution solutions for the ancillary industries for the plastic sector.

After pushing long-term rates to a two-year high of 8.38 per cent, some commercial banks continue to raise short-term deposits to the 5.5 per cent cap.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn set goals for Việt Nam's international integration during a seminar in London on Monday.

Phú Quốc Island welcomed the first arrival of the premier nonstop flight on a B-787 Dreamliner from Sweden yesterday..

 Education, Cleantech and ICT have been on the top of the agenda during the visit of Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka between March 6 and 11 in Việt Nam.

Vietnamese shares retreated on both local bourses yesterday as energy stocks declined on profit-taking and a slide in crude prices.

Việt Nam Airlines Corp officially set up a new airline based on the restructuring of its subsidiary Vietnam Air Services Co (VASCO), the national carrier said in a press release on Monday.

Commercial banks offloaded a large volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) to the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) in 2015 to reduce the bad debt rate to below 3 per cent.