Business

A delegation of Japanese businesses had a working session with the Vietnam Cooperative Union of Agricultural Consumption (UCA) in Hanoi on January 31 to seek investment cooperation opportunities in the field of high-tech agriculture.

Three major airlines in Vietnam has reported operating profits for full year 2018.

A total number of 8,465 firms re-operated in January, 2019, up 84.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Transportation companies in Hanoi have raised tickets by 60% during Tet.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on Wednesday sentenced Phan Văn Anh Vũ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bắc Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bắc Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in

A wholly-Taiwanese leather shoes company in the southern province of Tra Vinh has announced plans to lay off more than 10,000 workers right before the Lunar New Year holiday due to export difficulties.

Bamboo Airways has officially opened a new route, Ho Chi Minh City - Thanh Hoa, with a one-way ticket starting from only VND149,000 ($6.3).

The PM has approved the action plan on the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

VIISA and the Vietnam Fintech Club has just announced the first FinTech Lab in Vietnam at its opening event in Hanoi.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged in Vietnam witnessed a significant yearly increase of 52 per cent to US$1.9 billion in the first month of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2019) is to take place in Hanoi from April 10-13, drawing a large number of exhibitors from 20 countries and territories.

Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in January grew 0.22 percent from the previous month and 3.92 percent year on year, according to the city’s Statistics Office.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) last week held its Annual Consultation Visit to Vietnam and made a preliminary assessment that Vietnam’s economy is expected to grow at 6.6 per cent in 2019 with inflation contained at below target

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has so far this year bought more than 1 billion USD from commercial banks to build up the nation’s foreign currency reserves.

Many hotels in the tourist town of Sapa have complained about their operations being badly affected by a sewage upgrade project which has been stagnant for months.

Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to implement measures to boost economic co-operation with the aim of reaching US$20 billion in two-way trade turnover by 2020 at the meeting of their Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation in Thailand which wrapped

Vietnamese habit of making big-ticket purchases ahead of Lunar New Year has sparked off huge demand for cars in recent weeks.

320,000 workers will be needed in trade, services, IT, food processing, and engineering sectors, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information Centre.

The FLC Group has proposed the Hanoi People’s Committee consider its idea of planning and investing in a complex of stadiums, tourism services, and entertainment in the capital.