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The EU is a potential market for Vietnam's shrimp industry next year because it is the largest shrimp market in the world, while the shrimp production of this bloc has not met its demand, according to domestic seafood experts.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will sign a deal on Tuesday to resume production at two major oilfields in a shared neutral zone after five years of stoppage.

The Asian Development Bank has revised up its forecast of Vietnam’s GDP growth for 2019 and 20202 from 6.8 percent to 6.9 percent and 6.7 percent to 6.8 percent, respectively, in contrary with projections for Asia.

Under the theme “Developing strong enterprises – Integration, effectiveness, sustainability,” the conference between PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and over 700,000 businessmen was opened on December 23 in Ha Noi.

Santa Claus delivery services are becoming extremely busy over the last few days.

Chung cake makers in Hanoi are facing difficulties buying pork as demand increases for the Tet Holiday.

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday took rating actions against 18 banks in Việt Nam, following its confirmation of Việt Nam's Ba3 sovereign rating and change of the sovereign rating outlook to negative a day earlier.

Global e-commerce platform kicks off cross-border e-commerce in Vietnam.

The proportion of women-owned businesses has tended to increase over recent years, from about 21% in 2011 to 24% in 2018, according to a survey report on private enterprises by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

A death sentence for violations in a multimillion-dollar TV firm acquisition has been lodged against former minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said authorities are considering the allocation of US$1 billion for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta to cope with climate change.

The World Bank (WB) expects that the Vietnamese economy will have expanded by 6.8% in 2019, with public debt reduced by nearly 8 percentage points of GDP since 2016 and a trade surplus for the fourth year in a row.

The Plant Protection Department announced that Japan has officially opened its doors to Vietnamese litchi.

Prices of air tickets for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New year) will be tightly controlled by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

Four banks approved a loan of VND6,686 billion (US$287.55 million) to fund the ongoing Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam has planned the investment of VND4.78 trillion (USD214.97 million) into rebuilding Dien Bien Phu Airport in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

Viet Nam is expected to receive US$ 16.7 billion in remittances in 2019, according to a forecast of the BIDV's Research Center.

The Hanoi-HCM City air route has become one of the world’s busiest air routes while the overloading problems still haven't been solved.

The fuel price stabilisation fund helps the central government manage domestic fuel prices for the foreseeable future, said Hoàng Anh Tuấn, deputy head of the domestic market department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade in a recent meeting