Business

The domestic retail price of petroleum increased by VNĐ319 to reach VNĐ18,111 (79 US cents) per litre as of 3pm on Wednesday, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.

The USD68-million 130km route from Hanoi's Yen Vien to Ha Long City just serves a few dozen passengers a day.

Vietnam always sees the Asian Development Bank (ADB) one of the leading sponsors with important contributions to the country's socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

The test run for the 13-kilometre Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line cannot be carried out this October as scheduled due to an investment shortfall according to the Ministry of Transport.

Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company came 12th on the Vietnamese edition of Forbes Magazine’s top 50 listed Vietnamese companies in 2107.

Vietnam spending 5.7% of GDP on infrastructure, according to latest CBRE report.

Many farmers in Vietnam's largest dairy farming area in HCM City have changed to selling beef instead due to its profitability.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged seafood processors, importers and exporters to participate in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is seeking ways to reduce the trade deficit with Thailand which has been on the sharp rise.

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 banks will be rated but the results will not be made public according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

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.

Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association submits four proposal regarding apartment construction in city.

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.