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The US attaches special importance to developing cooperative ties with Vietnam in different fields, visiting US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross told Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and a delegation of senior US government officials and executives from 17 leading companies in the country began a visit to Hanoi on November 8.

Vietnam had the second lowest number of Android threats detected in Southeast Asia in the period from January to September this year, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

The Hanoi Department of Taxation has made a list of organisations and individuals who have to pay personal income tax for their online business activities since early 2018.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has admitted challenges facing the energy sector which would continue resulting in the country’s power shortage.

The southern province of Dong Nai secured US$1.46 billion for 190 FDI projects during January-October, surpassing its annual target by 46%.

iPhone stores have received many orders for the iPhone 11, with 400 units are being sold each hour.

Ho Chi Minh City has attracted US$6.71 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first ten months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%.

Asia-Pacific’s hotel transaction volumes are expected to increase by 25 to 30 per cent year-on-year to more than $11 billion in 2019, according to research from global real estate consultants JLL.

Vietnamese chicken farmers are facing big losses as prices have sharply fallen due to rising supply.

Volkswagen Vietnam Auto Co. faces a penalty of VND20-40 million (USD850-1,730) for displaying a car containing a map depicting China’s nine-dash line claims in the East Sea at a motor show.

The US Department of Agriculture has recognized Vietnam’s food safety control system on catfish as equivalent to American regulations after three years of Vietnam having been engaged in fine-tuning food safety law and enforcement.

Vietravel Airlines, owned by Vietnam's leading tour operator Vietravel, has designated Livio Arizzi, an Italian pilot, as the company’s deputy general director.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh welcomed Facebook’s contributions to digital ecosystem building in Vietnam and its selection of the country as a destination for new-generation Oculus virtual reality equipment production.

Brokers in Lam Dong Province are using various methods to trick customers including selling ghost projects and famous national scenic spots.

More than 350 companies will showcase their products at more than 1,600 pavilions in this year’s fourth Vietbuild international exhibition at Ho Chi Minh City's Phu Tho Indoor Stadium from November 6-10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended launching ceremony for new air routes operated by Vietnamese flag carriers, Viet Nam Airlines and Viejet Air in Bangkok, Thailand ahead of the 35th ASEAN Summit and related Summits.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) inaugurated its representative office in the US, on November 1.

Illegally-imported sugar products have seriously affected the Vietnamese sugar sector which is facing numerous challenges.