Business

As the Asian table grape season commences, Australian growers are heading to Vietnam to boost trade relations.

Vietnamese airlines Bamboo Airways has officially launched three new air routes to Incheon at the South Korea-Vietnam Business Forum in Seoul.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on November 28 that it is opening two new routes from Vietnam to China’s Shenzhen to meet rising air travel demand.

Prices of dairy products have continued to rise due to unfavourable weather in 2019, and are predicted to continue rising next year.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have decided to make a tunnel through a mountain on Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal road.

Vietnam attracted US$29.11 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eleven months of 2019, up 3.1% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Products which claim to feature the rST25 rice strain which was crowned the World's Best Rice at a recent contest have flooded in the Vietnamese market.

The first International Aviation Expo (VIAE 2019) is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from November 26-28,attracting the participation of various domestic and foreign businesses.

A railway project connecting Hanoi with the Chinese border would cost around VND100 trillion (USD4.34 billion), according to the Ministry of Transport.

A forum was held at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on November 25 to help Vietnamese businesses connect with the Singaporean market and seek potential partners here.

Vietnamese and Ghana enterprises will have more chances to boost cooperation at the Vietnam – Ghana business seminar, which is scheduled for November 28 in Hanoi.

The newest carrier Bamboo Airways on-time performance rate reached 93.9% in the first ten months of this year, the highest among domestic airlines.

"Vietnam's Economic Perspectives for 2021-2025: Opportunities and Challenges from New Generation Free Trade Agreements" conference held in Hanoi.

Hanoi People's Committee have proposed to delay the Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao Urban Railway Project until 2027 after proposing increased project investment.

Vietnam Railways plans to upgrade rail infrastructure to satisfy passenger demand by building 300 new carriages and purchasing more locomotives by 2023 to provide better services.

The management boards of the North-South Expressway’s sub-projects have received applications from 32 domestic investors and joint ventures.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade coordinated with the Vietnam Economic Times Group, the Da Nang City People’s Committee, and the World Bank in Vietnam to organize the Vietnam Logistics Forum (VLF) 2019 on November 22 and 23.

HCM City plans to tighten management of public lands and apply information technology to increase the city’s revenues, a city official said yesterday at a meeting.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on November 22 to kick off construction of the 1,320-megawatt Quang Tri 1 thermal power plant, located in the central province of Quang Tri.