Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Lê Minh Hưng has recently directed the entire banking industry to strictly control foreign currency lending to better minimise dollar speculation and fight against dollarisation in the economy.

The Ministry of Finance will collaborate with relevant ministries and agencies to review legal regulations to establish a customs bond system to facilitate customs clearance in Việt Nam in the 2018-19 period.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh confirmed that the diplomatic sector had completed the major tasks set by the 12th National Party Congress at the 30th Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hà Nội yesterday.

With a rapidly aging population and declining fertility, Japan had to adopt a more open-door approach towards foreign workers to staff its labour-strapped industries, with Vietnamese workers among the fastest growing groups.

The central city plans to build a logistics complex  to position Đà Nẵng as an international-standard logistics centre for Việt Nam, ASEAN and the Asia Pacific region by 2030.

Việt Nam gained strong growth in lychee exports and the number of enterprises exporting lychee this year against the figures of last year, according to the General Department of Customs.

Vietnamese guest workers in foreign countries have contributed to reducing poverty in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long but the number of workers abroad still remains low, according to the provincial People’s Committee.  

Dr Trần Thị Cúc Hòa and her colleagues have researched and developed two rice varieties that have been widely planted by Vietnamese farmers.

While chilled meat has grown in popularity among consumers in developed markets, Vietnamese consumers still hesitate to add it to their shopping carts.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on August 10 that Cần Thơ City has the potential to become the Mekong Delta’s IT hub and centre for high-tech logistics and agriculture.