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Moody’s Investors Service has said that uncertainty over the potential for military conflict on the Korean peninsula is rising with the increasingly strident rhetoric. A conflict would have a high credit impact on South Korea, and Vietnam and Japan

A number of Jetstar Pacific pilots have taken sick leave, which has affected the budget carrier’s flights.

Overseas remittance flowing into HCM City until the end of September rose 12.5 per cent month-on-month to nearly US$3.38 billion.

Vietnam will not see high year-end growth in exports of tra fish and shrimp to US by this year because trade barriers have reduced their value, according to the national seafood association.

Uber Vietnam has confirmed that CEO Đặng Việt Dũng stepped down from his post on October 1 after three years of running the ride hailing service firm in the country.

Property prices in Vietnam are around 25 higher than average incomes because of high land prices and land taxes.

Telecom operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) expects to hold its initial public offering (IPO) in 2019, according to the group’s chairman Tran Manh Hung.

Nissan said Monday (Oct 2) it was recalling some 1.2 million cars in Japan that had failed to meet domestic rules on final vehicle inspections.

Uber and Grab are in a fair competition with traditional taxis, so they operate within the confines of existing laws, said the Ministry of Transport following the Hanoi Taxis Association proposal to stop Uber and Grab services.

Vietnam and Cuba are working together on a new free trade agreement and expect to complete talks on the trade deal by the end of 2017 or early next year.

Vietnam's second highest foreign direct investment (FDI) receiver Binh Duong province announced that in the first nine months of 2017 it received a record in attracting FDI, reaching 140 per cent of its annual target.

Land prices in the eastern area of Hanoi have sharply increased following the news of four planned bridges.

Nearly 6,000 workers at the Venus Vietnam Shoe Company in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa went on strike on Monday to ask for better treatment and policies.

Total import-export value was estimated to reach 308.51 billion USD in the first nine months of 2017, up 21.4 percent from last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Government agencies and the Ha Tinh People’s Committee were assigned by the prime minister to hand in recommendations the Thach Khe iron ore mining project before October 5.

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest level in a decade, a key central survey showed Monday, as the world's number three economy picks up pace.

The central province of Quang Nam will organise a monthly market to promote Ngoc Linh ginseng, part of the project to raise consumer awareness over Ngoc Linh ginseng.

Honda will recall more than 245,000 vehicles in China over concerns about airbags made by troubled Japanese giant Takata, Chinese authorities said Sunday, dealing another blow to Takata's largest client.

The total investment for the offshore fishing industry for the 2018-2030 period is projected to reach VND42.2 trillion (USD1.87 billion).