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Mai Linh Group has launched its app-based taxi service in a bid to compete against ride-hailing giant Grab and other rivals.

The northern border province of Quang Ninh will put into service three major transport projects in December this year, said Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Doc.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has proposed the Ministry of Public Security to launch an investigation into fake tour guide cards in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has just sent a document asking provincial and city Departments of Taxation to inspect and supervise groups, corporations, and companies, which reported big losses over the past years.

Apart from trade and investment opportunities, experts said participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) offers Vietnam a chance to modernise its labour laws and industrial relations system to create sustainable jobs and bring practical

Price Waterhouse Cooper’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey in Vietnam finds that 52% of Vietnamese enterprises had experienced economic crime in the past two years.

Vietnam exported a record high of nearly 1.8 million tonnes of coffee during the 2017-2018 crop, 12.7% higher than the previous crop, the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association (VICOFA) stated.

The Vietnam Food Technology International Exhibition (Vietnam Foodexpo) 2018 officially opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14.

The State Bank of Vietnam has reassured depositors after former directors of Vietnam Social Security, including those at Agribank have been detained by police.

Vietnam spent more than USD1.43 billion on vegetable and fruit imports in the first ten months of this year, up 13.1% on-year.

A row of up to 19 houses have been found to be illegally built by Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands city of Dalat.

A conference on the impact of the China-American trade war and the measures local enterprises should adopt to cope with them is slated to kick off on November 23 in HCMC’s District 1.

Three major taxi firms in Hanoi have jointly launched a new service with roughly 3,000 vehicles in a bid to take on ride-hailing giant Grab.

Vietnam spent USD4 billion on importing cars and car components in the first ten months of this year, the General Customs Department reported.

Vietnamese authorities are seeking measures to prevent the leaders of foreign-invested companies from fleeing the country while owing salaries to local workers.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and El Al Israel Airlines (LY) launched a reciprocal codeshare partnership during a signing ceremony in Tel Aviv on November 12.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh attended the ASEAN Economic Community Council Meeting and the Preparatory Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore on November 12.

An analysis conducted by online shopping aggregator iPrice found that Vietnam’s interest in November 11 Singles’ Day sales skyrocketed this year.

Major oil producers said Sunday that crude supply next year would outstrip demand, calling for new strategies based on production adjustments.