Business

The southern province of Binh Duong plans to build a World Trade Centre in the locality’s New City area.

Bamboo Airways plans to launch direct flights from Vietnam to Prague in the Czech Republic in the first quarter of next year.

The Asian Development Bank today signed a $37 million loan agreement with Da Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company to finance the installation of a 47.5 megawatt peak floating photovoltaic solar power facility

Economists are upgrading their growth projections for Vietnam after the latest data showed the economy surged more than 7% in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg.

The retail prices of petrol have been adjusted up as from 18:00 on October 1.

Hong Kong (China) topped 109 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year with total capital of 5.89 billion USD, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A major trade surplus since early this year, particularly a soar in electronics exports, is expected to enable the Vietnamese economy to continue enjoying the fruits of trade in 2019.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc took part in an investment promotion conference on September 30 in the northern province of Lang Son.

A Thailand-Vietnam trade promotion conference is being jointly held by the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV) and the Business Association of Thai – Vietnam (BAOTV) in Udon Thani Province, Thailand from September 27 to 30.

Vietnam’s GDP expanded 6.98 percent in the January-September period, the highest nine-month growth rate over the past nine years, said General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam on September 28.

A lot of high-value M&A deals carried out this month and announced for the time coming are making the insurance market more vibrant than ever.

Vietnam’s economy is forecast to maintain healthy growth in 2019 and 2020 at 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively, after growing robustly at 7.1% last year, the Asian Development Bank said in an update of its annual economic publication.

Up to 9,211 imported scrap containers had still been left at Vietnamese ports by the end of June this year with nearly half being stuck there for more than 90 days, the General Department of Customs reported.

Vietnam Singapore Technologies Engineering Aerospace was officially established on September 26, a joint venture between ST Engineering Aerospace and Vietnam Airlines Engineering.

Air Seoul Inc., a subsidiary of Asiana Airlines of the Republic of Korea, announced on September 26 that it will open a new route to Hanoi as from December 16, 2019.

New-age airline acquires first 240-seat Airbus A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex).

The Vietnamese Ministry of Transport has announced that only local contractors will be chosen for the implementation of eastern North-South Expressway project.

Japanese fashion company picks up local footwear brand.

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Lyashenko has called for greater joint efforts by the two nations towards achieving the bilateral trade target of US$500 million in the time ahead.