Business

The National Assembly has approved the resolution on socio-economic development with GDP and CPI targets for 2019 set at 6.6-6.8% and 4% respectively.

Van Don International Airport, Vietnam’s first private airport, is scheduled to begin operations from the end of next month.

New data from EuroCham’s Business Climate Index reveals that European business leaders remain positive about doing business in Vietnam. Over 200 representatives of EuroCham member companies responded to the latest BCI, covering the third quarter of 2018.

Remittances from Vietnamese guest workers hit US$2-US$2.5 billion each year with an annual average growth rate of 6 to 7% between the years 2010 and 2017, according to a report of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs.

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 was cut by VND1,082 per litre from November 6, according to the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance.

Vietnam exported 264,000 tonnes of rice with a value of US$136 million in October, thus bringing the total export volume of rice in the first 10 months this year to US$5.2 million tonnes, worth U$$2.6 billion, up 1.7% in

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday attended the opening ceremony of Viet Nam’s second trade promotion office in Hangzhou of China’s Zhejiang province.

Vietnam has seen a slight decline in foreign direct investment but a rise in this capital disbursement, according to the General Statistics Office.

Companies have said that demand for Vietnamese workers to go to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea has increased during the final months of the year.

Despite some jitters, the business performance of Vietnam’s largest drugmakers took an uphill route in the first three quarters of 2018, with exports set to become a priority focus for many in the near future.

Jan-Oct export turnover hits $32.6 billion.

Vietjet Air signed a USD6.5 billion agreement on Friday to buy 50 A321neo aircraft from Airbus and a Memorandum of Understanding on LEAP-1B long-term jet engine maintenance worth USD 5.3 billion with CFM International.

Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam is facing challenges in the development of the local tourism sector.

An automatic coffee selling machine is being shown at Coffee Expo Vietnam 2018 underway in HCM City.

Some local lawyers have claimed that a Vinasun victory in its court case against app-based car booking service Grab would badly affect the Vietnamese business and investment environment.

Economies in the East Asia and Pacific region continued their strong reform agendas, carrying out 43 reforms in the past year to improve the ease of doing business for domestic small and medium enterprises, according to the World Bank

A delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries led by EP spokesman Mato Gabriel held a working session with authorities from the central province of Binh Dinh on October 31 to discuss efforts to fight illegal, unreported, and

Credit ratings agency Moody’s has upgraded the baseline credit assessments of 12 Vietnamese banks, thanks to Vietnam’s strong economic growth and the banks’ progress in dealing with bad debt.

Ly Son garlic, considered 'white gold' by local people due to its quality and economic value, is now suffering from falling prices due to fake goods.