Việt Nam News

The Government and the banking sector are paying more attention in enabling those involved in the agricultural sector to obtain loans from the bank, but the number of farmers and agricultural cooperatives able to access bank capital remains modest, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City yesterday.

Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.02 per cent this year, fueled by a robust expansion of the processing and manufacturing sector and service sector, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Kiên Giang Products Week in HCM City kicked off in HCM City on December 27 at the Phú Thọ Indoor Sport Stadium in District 11, aiming to promote and introduce the province’s safe and high quality products to consumers in the city.

Military telecom group Viettel is the only Vietnamese business to make it into the list of the world’s top 50 fastest-growing brands in 2014-19.

This is the 7th consecutive year that CJ Group has given scholarships to students in Lâm Đồng Province. Since 2013, the group has granted more than 700 scholarships to poor students from elementary to university levels in the locality.

Apple’s bestselling wireless earphones, AirPods, could be soon manufactured in Vietnam, as component suppliers look to expand away from their production hubs in China.

The 14th National Assembly on November 26 approved the amended Law on Securities during its eighth meeting. The new law will take effect from 2021.

The European Commission’s (EC) inspection delegation has acknowledged recent improvements made by Việt Nam in the fight against illegal, unreported an unregulated fishing (IUU).

The disbursement of FDI capital also saw a yearly increase of 7 per cent to $20.38 billion, the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in its latest report.

The rice export value will hardly reach the target of US$3 billion as set out earlier this year, according to the Việt Nam Food Association.

Việt Nam was in urgent need of policies to develop a transparent and sustainable agricultural land market to attract more investment in the farming sector, according to the Việt Nam Real Estate Association.

Safe agricultural products and foodstuff from Tây Ninh Province are on display during a promotion week for the province's goods at the Big C An Lạc supermarket in Bình Tân District in HCM City.

Việt Nam’s foreign reserves have surged 2.5 times against 2015, Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Lê Minh Hưng said.

The newest route will be the 19th service operated by Vietnam Airlines between Việt Nam and China.  

Vietnamese shares failed to maintain their rally on Thursday, witnessing struggles with differentiation in pillar codes.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam has been forecast to hit an all-time high this year, said Đỗ Nhất Hoàng, head of the foreign investment department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Shopping website lotte.vn is going offline, with the company merging their e-commerce platform with another of their online shopping portals.

Phúc said the EVN must find solutions to deal with water shortages for hydropower reservoirs, especially during peak dry season.