Singapore firms seek suppliers of agricultural products in Viêt Nam

A delegation of firms from Singapore was expected to visit Việt Nam at the end of this month to seek fruit and vegetable suppliers, as imports from China were declining due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Việt Nam is proactive in fight against avian influenza

Phùng Đức Tiến, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to the Financial Magazine about the ministry's decision to fight African swine fever and avian influenza

Widespread disease slams the stock market The spread of COVID-19 outside China severely affected Asian financial markets on Monday and Việt Nam’s market was no exception.

Việt Nam records trade deficit in first half of February Việt Nam recorded a trade deficit of US$30 million in the first half of February, according to the General Department of Customs.

Export activities at border gates still slow: Ministry Export activities through border gates with China were still slow by February 23, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

What effect will COVID-19 have on Viet Nam's FMCG market? The COVID-19 epidemic is having an impact on Vietnamese consumer behaviour in the first quarter and will possibly continue in the second quarter, according to global data and consulting company Kantar Worldpanel.

2 State-owned banks allowed to increase charter capital The Government has decided to allow Vietcombank and Vietinbank to increase their charter capital by VNĐ10 trillion (US$434.8 million) in the first quarter of this year, but it has not said how they could do so.

Services sector to promote IT application The restructuring of the services sector would be hastened towards increasing the application of high technologies and artificial intelligence to improve competitiveness.

Two new expressways to be built in Cửu Long Delta The Ministry of Transport has directed the Cửu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (CIPM) to do a pre-feasibility study for two expressway projects in the Cửu Long (Mekong) delta.

State-owned Vinalines to divest capital from 13 firms in 2020 The State-owned Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to divest capital from 13 member companies this year.