Việt Nam News

The Vietnamese OCOP (One Commune One Product) – Đà Nẵng Goods Connection Programme 2020 opened on Thursday.

Japanese firm J-Power is taking necessary steps to invest almost US$3.2 billion into the Vân Phong Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Plant project in Vân Phong Economic Zone in the south-central province of Khánh Hòa.

HCM City should learn from other countries’ experiences in building a world-class science and technology park so that it can shift to a knowledge-based economy, speakers said on November 12 at a conference in the city.

Applying risk management in customs operations will not only enable trade security and facilitation but will also allow the General Department of Customs to focus its resources on high-risk trade, heard a workshop held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Đà Nẵng Business Incubator (DNES), in co-operation with the Accelerator Lab (AccLab) in Việt Nam, which is also part of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) global network of 90 AccLabs, has launched the Đà Nẵng Circular Economy Hub and Boot Camp to support innovative projects in the city and central Việt Nam.

Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam, Ministry of Industry and Trade, decided to review new exporters in the case of the application of anti-dumping duties on some colour-coated steel products originated from China and South Korea.

Amid the troubles caused by the pandemic, individual investors in the whole world have find themselves in a handful of cash and investment opportunities in financial and equity assets.

Shares extended rallies on Thursday on the two national stock exchanges, led by the banking group, but liquidity declined on investor caution ahead of earning reports of companies.

The Government’s recently-issued Decree 132/2020/NĐ-CP would help prevent transfer pricing and limit thin capitalisation to develop a healthy investment market, Deputy Director of the General Department of Taxation Đặng Nọc Minh said.

A proper mechanism was needed to attract investors to infrastructure projects implemented following the public private partnership (PPP) practice, experts have said.

The southern province of Bình Dương attracted about US$1.7 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the goal set for the whole year by 19 per cent.

The Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 is taking place in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ, featuring 250 stalls from 100 Vietnamese and foreign companies.

Providing a sufficient source of energy to facilitate Việt Nam’s industrialisation and modernisation while also ensuring national energy security remained a challenge as Việt Nam and the region are importing more and more energy.

Việt Nam should not legalise the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heated-tobacco-products (HTPs) immediately but conduct a pilot phase allowing the production, import and trading of this new-generation cigarettes in the country, officials have said.

As digital transformation was vital for the development of Việt Nam's economy, local businesses had no other choice than joining to benefit from the trend, a top economics journalist has said.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has founded a working group to inspect and handle violations of land regulations at farm stays in the capital city.

Wood industry business groups nation-wide have signed a commitment to promote the development of the industry in a “sustainable and responsible” manner.

The Government should review and supplement regulations and conditions to attract foreign investment and also choose effective FDI projects. That is more important than the attraction of FDI for economic growth, especially in the period of resuming the domestic economy after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Economic expert Nguyễn Bích Lâm, former head of the General Statistics Office, talked to Vietnam News Agency about this issue.