Shares start new year on a positive note

Vietnamese started the first session of this year on a positive note, with the three major indexes notching solid yearly gains despite an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 as investors looked to a post-pandemic world.

It’s time to grow social impact businesses in Việt Nam

To achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the private sector is vital for Việt Nam.

Việt Nam expects imminent new wave of foreign investment In late July, news that 15 Japanese companies received support from their Government to move to Việt Nam from China became a hot topic in the media.

Revised enterprise law to not include household businesses, SOEs definition settled According to the Vietnam Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises Association, there are more than 5 million household businesses in the country with a total revenue estimated at VNĐ12.3 trillion (US$502 million) annually.

SMEs urged to have deep understanding on EVFTA

The EU - Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to bring both opportunities and challenges for businesses, especially small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This was why SMEs should fully understand the provisions of the EVFTA.

NA deputies bemoan Gov’t's capricious submissions of draft laws for review

National Assembly deputies aired their grievances about the Government's failure to submit draft laws for parliamentary review in line with the agenda, during a discussion held on Friday to look at legislative building for 2020-21. 

14th NA’s ninth session to discuss trade deals, COVID-19 impacts The 14th National Assembly’s ninth session that opens on Wednesday is set to adopt the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and discuss the country’s socio-economic landscape under the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conflicting policies, land issues and disease hinder equitisation of SOEs

The equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) was being hindered by troublesome policies, lack of transplarency in land management and the recent devastation inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts said.

City education authorities tell schools to negotiate tuition fees for closure period with parents The HCM City Department of Education and Training has told private schools to negotiate with students’ parents the tuition fees they need to pay for the closure period following complaints that many schools are demanding unreasonable amounts.

New policies, penalties come into effect this month A range of new policies will come into effect this month, including fines of up to VNĐ100 million (US$4,192) for business owners who fail to pay their employees.