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The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has proposed to keeping an illegally built project on the banks of the Saigon River.

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.

The first batch of Vietnamese chicken was exported to Japan at the Long An International Seaport in the southern province of Long An on September 9.

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.

The inflation rate in Vietnam for August quickened from that of July to 3.35%, according to a statement issued by the General Statistics Office.

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 10 billion USD in 2020.

Former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh has been prosecuted in relation to an economic crime worth 666 million USD at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).

The Ministry of Construction has proposed to the prime minister to give more funding to the National History Museum project which will cost a gigantic VND11.3 trillion (USD500 million).

Vietnam can move up global value chains with the help of higher value added activities and by boosting links between domestic firms and foreign markets and investors, according to two World Bank reports released on September 7.

Vietnam’s economy is well positioned for growth in international trade and will continue to experience high growth over the next three to five years, said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC Vietnam, Pham Hong Hai.

A survey released at the Vietnam ICT Summit reveals that 35.2 per cent of organizations are ready for the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), with the majority being in banking and IT.

Authorities of Quang Ninh Province are seeking the government’s approval for 75 preferential policies and mechanisms for Van Don Special Administrative Economic Zone.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh joined top officials from 60 countries worldwide at the third Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) which opened in Vladivostok city on the Far East of Russia on September 6.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường said efforts to attract investment in agriculture were not yielding sufficient fruit, urging authorities to focus on unbuckling bottlenecks to ease investment.