CAN THO – Can Tho City will attend more to the quality of economic growth and development of the services sect…
VN airline signs strategic agreement with Japanese finance corporations
VietNamNet Bridge – Private airline Vietjet and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL)…
Seven additional investment projects roll into Binh Thuan
Seven additional investment projects will be carried out in the central province of Binh Thuan, as agreed betw…
Toshiba extends backing for higher education
Toshiba Corporation last week announced its continued commitment to granting scholarships for eligible individ…
Food, beverage markets thrive
The food and beverage sectors have enormous potential for development with a stable annual growth rate of 7-8 …
Ministry proposes increase to special consumption tax
HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Finance has proposed to increase special consumption tax on imported goods to …
Private investment needed in infrastructure
Demand for transport infrastructure is increasing, so the Ministry of Transport must review transport system p…
Plan proposes increase in pension
HA NOI — A new proposal to increase pension for the elderly who are receiving less than VND2.5 million (US$111…
Regional minimum wage to rise 12.4 percent next year
The regional minimum wage in 2016 will be raised by 12.4 percent as approved at the third meeting of the Natio…
80,000 Vietnamese labourers work abroad within 8 months
HA NOI (VNS) — Nearly 80,000 Vietnamese labourers went to work abroad from January to August this year, markin…
Vietnam becomes fourth largest importer of RoK products
Vietnam has usurped Japan for the first time to become the fourth largest importer of products from the Republ…
Hanoi opens new waste treatment plant
The People’s Committee of Hanoi held a ceremony on August 27 to inaugurate and put the Phuong Dinh waste treat…
Hanoi, Fukuoka forge links in investment, trade, tourism
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son has called on businesses from Japan’s Fukuoka prefec…
Minimum pay increase for 2016 yet to be fixed
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) fel…
HCM City’s August CPI drops 0.12 percent monthly
The August consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City declined 0.12 percent from the previous month, contr…
Da Nang airport to have capacity improved
Da Nang International Airport, one of Vietnam’s three major airports, has asked the government for permission …
List of banks providing property guarantees released
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has released a list of 33 commercial banks that are able to provide bank guara…
Binh Duong attracts over 1.2 bln USD in FDI in seven months
The southern province of Binh Duong attracted over 1.2 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) from Jan…
HCM City prepares for travel expo in September
The 2015 International Travel Expo in Ho Chi Minh City will take place from September 10-12. Vietnam’s m…
経済： オーストラリアは、ベトナムの鋼のダンピング防止の調査を終え
The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has concluded its investigation into of zinc-coated (galvanised) …
Seven-month overspending estimated at 4.6 billion USD
Budget overspending reached an estimated 100.7 trillion VND (4.6 billion USD) in the first seven months of thi…
Income of Da Nang’s poor three times higher than VN average
The new standards were approved by the municipal People’s Council on July 9, for the period 2016-2020. The hou…
1.73 billion USD spent on livestock feed and material imports
Vietnam splashed out 1.73 billion USD on livestock feed and material imports in the first two quarters of the …
Japan opens market to Vietnamese mangos
Japanese authorities recently gave the go ahead for importing Vietnamese mangos cultivated in Xuan Loc distric…
Vietnam to create a strategy for developing cultural industry
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has been asked to map out a strategy for developing Vietnamese cul…
HCM City: ODA disbursement on the rise
The 2011-2015 disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) in Ho Chi Minh City achieved 99.5 percent …
WB report: Vietnam’s GDP to grow 6.5 percent
Vietnam’s gross domestic product growth is forecast to reach 6 percent this year, gradually increasing t…
Domestic gold drops to new lows
Domestic gold prices have fallen to a four-year-and-a-half low while the exchange rate between the dong and th…
Hanoi spend 952,000 USD a year on aquaculture
Hanoi has spent up to 20 billion VND (952,000 USD) a year on developing centralized aquaculture breeding areas…
Hanoi, Fukuoka step up bilateral cooperation
Hanoi will organise a cultural exchange programme in Fukuoka with a view to introducing the culture and people…