As Vietnam develops its thermal power plant system to meet increasing energy demands, the country faces a new environmental risk arising from the waste generated by those plants.
The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Vietnamese Government have agreed that they have to make concerted efforts for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in the next eight or nine months.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on APEC members to accelerate efforts to enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of new trade opportunities created by digital advances in the region.
HCM City Department of Construction has rejected Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association's plea to keep an illegally-built project on the banks of the Saigon River.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers have opposed US anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese catfish which they claimed to be unfounded.
Former CEO of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Nguyen Xuan Son has just had the death penalty proposed while the bank's former chairman, Ha Van Tham faces a life sentence for appropriating state assets.
An Australian Vietnamese businessman has complained that a lack of responsibility by local authorities in Quang Tri Province has largely affected his investment in the province.
Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia said that Noi Bai International Airport would face overcrowding in several years to come if its expansion projects are not carried out soon.
With substantial supply in the mid and high-end segments, the residential index for Ho Chi Minh City in August increased significantly against August 2016, according to the Savills Property Price Index (SPPI) report.
The draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units, which proposes a series of land and tax incentives to attract more investment to three special economic zones in Quang Ninh, Khanh Hoa, and Kien Giang provinces, has been officially submitted to
Both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira have expressed their hope that more and more Vietnamese and Brazilian would invest in each other’s countries.
Ho Chi Minh City attracted over $3.23 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of the year, up 1.57-fold year-on-year, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.
Importing used cars with nine seats and less will become harder if a proposal to raise used car tariffs is approved by the Government. In fact, the proposed import tax rate is double its current level and would make
ASEAN and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (HKC) have announced the conclusion of talks on a free trade agreement and a related investment deal.
Danish brewer Carlsberg is keen on increasing its stake in the Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Corp. (Habeco) to at least 51 per cent, a local news website has reported, citing an executive from Habeco.
Vietnam and Russia have agreed to effectively implement the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement in order to create breakthroughs in economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries, gearing towards bilateral trade of US$10 billion in 2020.