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Almost a third of more than 4,100 enterprises surveyed in Vietnam do business on social networks, a slight decrease from the previous year.

Renovating technology, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing a low-carbon economy are methods being used by coastal EZs in the new development period.

The Cuban government has granted first administrative concession in the Mariel Special Economic Development Zone to the ViMariel S.A company, a subsidiary of the Vietnamese corporation Viglacera.

Working for Uber was the main jobs for many Vietnamese drivers and they are now worried about being unemployed after Grab announced on March 26 that it had acquired Uber's operation in Southeast Asia.

The CPI was down 0.27 per cent in March compared to February but up 2.66 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam Airlines received its eleventh Airbus A350-900 XWB next-generation widebody aircraft on March 28, in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2018 is forecasted to exceed 7%, the highest figure recoded over the recent 10 years.

The Vietnamese motorbike market has seen slow sales over the recent period. Despite lower prices, motorbikes attracted fewer customers than before the Tet Holiday.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday signed $163 million in loan agreements with Olam International Limited (OIL) and Café Outspan Vietnam Limited (COVL), a subsidiary of OIL.

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has concluded that Hoa Phat Group and Vietnamese businesses did not dump their steel coils to Australia.

A number of foreign projects increased their investment capital to expand production in the first quarter of the year, according to figures from the Foreign Investment Agency at the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Grab yesterday announced that all of Uber’s motorcycle and taxi drivers in Vietnam would have the opportunity to work for Grab from April 8th.

Investigators from the Ministry of Public Security have arrested two employees of the Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank in connection to the vice director fled overseas after misappropriating USD10.8m from a customer.

Uber sold its Southeast Asian business to rival Grab on Monday, ending a bruising battle between the ride-hailing behemoths and marking the US firm's latest retreat from international markets.

Truong Hai Auto JSC (Thaco) inaugurated Thaco Mazda automobile manufacturing plant, the biggest and most modern Mazda factory in Southeast Asia, in the central province of Quang Nam on March 25 in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The SOE equitization process has yielded mixed results over recent months.

Condotels are becoming a hot development target in the real estate market, as international tourists flock to Vietnam with increasing speed.v

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Tran Dai Quang hosted receptions for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Ha Noi on March 23 on the occasion of the Russian FM’s official visit to Viet Nam.

Former Chairman of the PetroVietnam, Dinh La Thang, was proposed to get a sentence of 18 to 19 years for wrongdoings in the Group’s investment in the Ocean Bank.