Deputy PM applauds JX NOEX’s cooperation proposals

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng highly evaluated proposals of co-operation in exploring and exploiting oil and gas made by President and CEO of the JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp (JX NOEX) Hiroshi Hosoi during their meeting in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

More needs to be done to improve business environment The Prime Minister's working group on Wednesday said that ministries had drastically cut business conditions and administrative procedures in order to facilitate businesses’ activities, but more still needs to be done.

Việt Nam is Asia’s bright spot amid trade tensions: UOB report

Việt Nam is Asia’s bright spot amid trade tensions, said the latest report on Việt Nam’s economy by the United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB), which forecast the country’s economy will expand 6.7 per cent in 2019.

Programme built to better use of trade remedies A report on the building of a general programme for the use of trade remedies in several production industries is being compiled by the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam (TRAV) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Study of Uncle Hồ’s thought, morality and lifestyle reviewed in teleconference The study of President Hồ Chí Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle has become a regular activity for officials, Party members and people nationwide, contributing to the country’s development in many aspects, said head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission Võ Văn Thưởng.

Shrimp exports recover in July Việt Nam’s export of aquatic products in July showed positive signs with an increase of 9 per cent in exports of shrimp and other products also rising, except for pangasius.

Top legislator meets Lao NA Vice President Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted a reception for Vice President of the Lao National Assembly Bounpone Bouttanavong in Hà Nội yesterday.

Vingroup to support science and technology projects Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF) on Monday announced a VNĐ124 billion (US$5.32 million) for 20 science and technology projects.

When a good policy turns into bad debts Five years after the Government issued Decree 67, which aimed at supporting fishermen to build bigger and more modern steel-hulled boats able to resist bad weather and venture further into the sea, the decree has hardly been a panacea for the country’s fishermen.

Raising labour productivity is the key in development Nguyễn Bích Lâm, director general of the General Department of Statistics, talks to Việt Nam News Agency about measures to improve labour productivity