Business

Vietnam's ambition to elevate its stock market from "frontier" to "emerging" status by 2025 faces two key hurdles, including pre-trade margin requirements for foreign investors and foreign ownership ratios in certain sectors.

Nearly 20 commercial banks have adjusted deposit rates since the beginning of this month, with most lowering rates.

SK ecoplant company has signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation and development for renewable energy business in the nation with BCG Energy- a member of Bamboo Capital.

The real estate market in HCM City is expected to recover in the second half of the year driven by factors such as foreign direct investment inflows, consumer demand and infrastructure development, experts said.

The Department of Planning and Investment of the southern central province of Ninh Thuan wants to inspect major tourism projects behind schedule.

Businesses must start taking measures to protect themselves from highly volatile exchange rate fluctuations, approaching the VNĐ25,000/US$1 mark since the beginning of the year, said economists and business experts.

Vietnamese and Dutch experts compared notes on scientific, technological and financial solutions to boost sustainable agricultural development and respond to climate change in the Mekong Delta at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

Vietnam will experience a breakthrough in foreign direct investment attraction to the fields of technology, renewable energy, health, banking and real estate, according to world media.

The ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance sharply raised retail petrol prices to their highest rates in five months on Thursday afternoon.

Vietnam earned nearly USD30 million from exporting lobsters in the first two months of this year, up 19-fold on-year.

The sustainable bond market of member economies of the ASEAN, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea expanded 29.3% last year, outpacing the 21% growth of the global and euro-area sustainable bond markets.

Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Nguyen Ba Hoan and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski signed a plan on March 1 to implement the Memorandum of Understanding between the two Governments to support

The Government has directed the State Bank of Vietnam to urgently inspect and supervise to stabilise the gold market.

VNPT, the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, emerged as the successful bidder in the auction held on Tuesday afternoon, securing the rights to Vietnam’s 5G 3700-3800 MHz, designated as C2 band block.

Trương Mỹ Lan, chairwoman of real estate developer Vạn Thịnh Phát, is facing death penalty for bribery, violating bank regulations and embezzlement, which is considered the largest financial scandal in Southeast Asia.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính is meeting with foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises and attending annual Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) this morning in Hanoi which focus on promoting the pioneering role of FDI firms in implementing green growth strategies.

Vietnam's GDP in the first quarter of 2024 will grow by around 5.5% as predicted, according to experts and thinktanks.

Many tourism projects at Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been delayed or remained on paper.

Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis and Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) Chairman Le Van Hoan today signed a USD500 million Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the financing of US exports to Vietnam.