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Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index in January rose by 0.19 percent against that of December 2017 and 2.57 percent year-on-year, announced the municipal Statistics Office on November 29.

The first container train from Russia to Vietnam has recently arrived at Yen Vien station in Hanoi.

Many Vietnamese people are seeking to buy sets of multi-national bank notes as the Lunar New Year lucky money for their friends and relatives.

Some weak banks that are undergoing restructuring might get out of the worse thanks to unprecedented support measures under a new law, experts have said.

The State Bank of Vietnam has set its sights on 17 percent credit growth this year, slightly down from 18.17 percent last year.

The Government Inspectorate has just published violations in the management of mineral extraction and processing in the northern province of Lao Cai.

The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered lenders to tighten control of investment loans intended for the stock and real estate markets.

Switzerland’s Zurich Airport is interested in cooperating with Vietnam in carrying out airport projects, including the Long Thanh International Airport, a company executive has told Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue.

The Ministry of Information and Communications’ Information Safety Department has detected at least around 700 websites that are cheating Vietnamese internet users.

The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi has proposed a life sentence to Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation, on the charge of “asset embezzlement” at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC.

The Mekong Delta City of Cần Thơ’s Trade and Investment Promotion Centre plans to promote investment in the Vietnam – Japan Industrial Park this year, according to Nguyễn Khánh Tùng, director of the centre.

HCM City is seeking solutions to reduce traffic congestion for Cat Lai Port which receives more than half of the country’s waterway and 89% of the southern region’s cargo.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with top executives of several leading Indian businesses, namely Tata, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ONGC, and vDoIT shortly after arriving in New Delhi on January 24.

As many as 97 exhibitors from 13 countries, including 59 domestic and 38 international businesses participated in the ninth International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Shipping and Offshore Technology (Vietship 2018).

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked commercial banks to ensure their ATM services remain in operation throughout the Tet period.

The number of enterprises involved in export and import activities has increased sharply since 2012, according to the preliminary results of the 2017 Economic Census conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Danang City’s Son Tra District authorities are inspecting violations by a high-class hotel and apartment complex project invested by Muong Thanh Group.

A cooperation deal was inked between the northern province of Quang Ninh and the Vietnam Airlines Corporation on January 22 to boost tourism promotion, expand flight network from and to Van Don International Airport and popularise local tourism and

The International Monetary Fund on Monday raised its growth projection for the deficit-hit Saudi economy on the back of higher oil prices but retained its estimates for the region.