Việt Nam News

Salary increases at multinational companies this year are expected to be marginally down from 2020 and rise slightly next year.

A proposal by the Ministry of Finance to impose a 2 per cent tax on the export of gold products, with a gold content of under 95 per cent, has come under fire as traders claim the tax will cripple their ability to compete. They fear the move will only encourage gold smuggling out of the country. 

No air-conditioners and no alcoholic drinks are among the COVID-19 prevention regulations that eateries in HCM City need to meet to be able to receive dine-in customers.

The VN-Index escaped from a fall after investors poured money into some heavyweight stocks, lifting the market.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab will co-chair the national strategic dialogue between Việt Nam and WEF on Friday, with the theme "Enhancing public-private partnership: Key motivation for comprehensive recovery and inclusive, sustainable development and innovation".

The General Department of Taxation has opened a series of electronic invoice deployment centres, located at its headquarters and the taxation departments in six localities. 

Vietcombank will issue millions of shares to pay for last year’s dividends and raise its charter capital to over VNĐ50.4 trillion (US$2.22 billion) under a plan recently approved by its board of directors.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh told an ASEAN business summit that companies must be both proactive and creative to adapt to the ‘new normal’.

Food companies in HCM City are feeling the pressure of the upcoming holiday season, after months of COVID-19 restrictions. Many have requested the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) put them on the list of businesses eligible for preferential loans, to help them prepare for Christmas and Tết holidays.

The Hòa Bình Construction Group (HBC) and Scotland’s Shire Oak International (SOI) have struck a strategic deal to develop rooftop solar power.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is to continue flowing in Việt Nam from Europe in the medium to long-term thanks to the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), which was ratified in August last year, experts said. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted the implementation of Việt Nam’s economic development plans, the National Assembly (NA) and Government have been proactively and urgently deploying stimulus packages to quickly restore the economy and leverage growth.

The Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) is increasingly attracting investors thanks to the potential of its stocks.

Foreign remittances to HCM City in the first nine months of the year were worth US$5.1 billion, a 22 per cent increase year-on-year.

Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces, HCM City and Bình Dương Province will organise a job fair on October 29 for workers who returned to their hometowns to escape the COVID-19 outbreak.

Mercedes Benz Vietnam has announced that 1,773 C200 cars manufactured from December 2014 to February 2018 will be recalled for inspection and a software update.