Việt Nam’s coating and printing ink industries have had annual growth of 13-14 per cent in recent years and are expected to grow further, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The charter capital of consumer finance company FE Credit, which accounts for some 50 per cent of Việt Nam’s consumer finance market share, surged sharply to nearly VNĐ7.33 trillion (US$313 million) from the previous VNĐ4.47 trillion.

Consumer finance companies have been cutting credit growth to focus more on tightening internal governance and selecting solvent customers to target a safer and healthier development.

This May, Việt Nam will welcome experts and researchers from 20 countries across five continents to participate in the International Conference on Rice Bran Oil (ICRBO) 2018. The conference will discuss strategies for the promotion of the global rice bran oil production industry.

Credit institutions and foreign banks will be allowed to grant loans to some prioritised borrowers in excess of lending limits regulated by law beginning next month.

Petrol smuggling and trade fraud continues to be a big problem in Viet Nam, with several cases of fake and poor quality gasoline discovered by Government agencies.

The world of information technology has come into farming in the central region. Nguyễn Quốc Phong has brought those skills with him to farm in a way that soil is not used to grow crops.

An IT engineer in central Việt Nam is demonstrating the value of hydroculture as an effective way to build climate change resilience in the storm-prone region, Hoài Nam reports.

The New York Philharmonic, long saddled with uncertain finances, announced on Tuesday that its new leadership had secured $50 million to keep the leading US orchestra solvent for at least several seasons.