WEF: East Asia, Pacific the world’s most competitive regional economy Economies of East Asia and the Pacific as a region together outperformed other regions of the world with the highest media score – topped off by Singapore which elevated as the world’s most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s 2019 Report.

Large-cap stocks drive VN-Index up in early earnings season As focus was put on those sectors, it meant the investors were still cautious when there was no other supportive news that could boost the market’s overall confidence.

Hà Nội hosts int’l industrial fair Thousands of people are expected at the 28th Việt Nam International Industrial Fair (VIIF 2019) which opened in the capital city on Tuesday.

Small firms fail to make use of plentiful assistance in HCM City: conference

HCM City has a number of organisations providing assistance and consultancy to small and medium-sized enterprises while banks offer loans on easy terms, but they do not make use of either the consultancy or loans, a conference heard in HCM City on October 3.

DHL Global Forwarding Sri Lanka consolidates operations at DHL Logistics Park DHL Global Forwarding Sri Lanka consolidates operations at DHL Logistics Park

Japan is one of two countries to exhibit trade growth Japan is one of two countries to exhibit trade growth

Saudi prince says war with Iran would gut world economy Saudi Arabia's crown prince said in an interview aired on Sunday that war with Iran would devastate the global economy and he prefers a non-military solution to tensions with his regional rival.

Việt Nam enters home stretch in fight against dollarisation

From October 1 lenders including banks will not be allowed to provide medium- and long-term foreign currency loans to businesses to pay for imports. Many market observers said this is the State Bank of Việt Nam’s final step in its fight against dollarisation.

Economy continues to maintain growth momentum: NA official Việt Nam’s socio-economic situation has shown positive signs with the economy maintaining growth momentum in the first months of 2019, according to Nguyến Đức Kiên, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Economics Committee.

Technological innovation and collaboration key for SDGs: forum Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of the United Nations, on Thursday called on more collaboration between corporations and the international community, as well as more use of advanced technologies to ensure no one is left behind.