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Trade ministers from 11 member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have agreed on core elements of the pact, which is from now on called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Vietnam-Korea Business Partnership 2017 program hears of growing interest among South Korean business in M&As in Vietnam.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said yesterday that an agreement in principle on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) could not be reached as planned because several outstanding issues could not be resolved.

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has proposed to increase investment for the Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro project and delay its completion date to 2024.

State President Tran Dai Quang and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on November 10 witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperative documents worth US$5 billion between the two nations’ ministries, agencies and businesses.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will sell more shares to foreign investors, including possibly another airline, as part of its larger efforts to expand its fleet to meet growing travel demand.

Vietnamese property developer BIM Group is co-operating with Asian-based global hospitality group Regent Hotels & Resorts to develop the first six-star resort on Phú Quốc Island.

France has completed procedures to export around 3,000 tonnes of potatoes to Vietnam in the first quarter of next year.

Vietnam could be among the top 20 economies by 2050, projected PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in a report on its perspectives on Vietnam.

Many construction projects in Phu Quoc Island District are being built without licences or violate construction regulations.

Rising capital demand in the last few months of the year has put pressure on the liquidity of the banking system.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed a Vietnam Television and the State Capital Investment Corporation decision to pull out of the Vietnam Television Tower project.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea Lee Hyuk on Wednesday signed the Framework Arrangement concerning loans from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for the 2016-2020 period.

The APEC CEO Summit 2017 is taking place in the central city of Da Nang from November 8-10 as part of the ongoing APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

APEC has become the most effective economic cooperation mechanism in promoting the role of businesses and transforming the Asia-Pacific region into a driver of global growth and integration, president Tran Dai Quang said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered the opening address at the first-ever Vietnam Business Summit on November 7 in Da Nang.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Victoria Kwakwa, Vice President of the World Bank for East Asia and Pacific Region, on November 7, on the sidelines of the Vietnam Business Summit.

Apple Vietnam has proposed to remove some administrative procedures to advantage its business in the country.

Four leaders of Vietnam’s large corporations have been invited to participate in the APEC CEO Summit 2017, being held from November 8 to 10 in the central city of Đà Nẵng.