Business

The number of enterprises completing procedures in March for dissolution stood at 744, down 20.9 per cent compared to February, according to a report from the Department of Business Registration Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

HCM City and Japanese firms discussed investment opportunities at a business-matching event held in HCM City on Thursday.

Both the Hanoi and HCMC bourses witnessed exciting trading sessions last week with the VN Index of the HCMC Stock Exchange climbing to 722.14 points at the closing session, while the HNX Index of the Hanoi Stock Exchange rose

AirAsia Bhd., the low-cost carrier headed by Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes, plans to start a Vietnamese carrier in a local partnership, as cheap fares and rising incomes fuel a travel surge in the Southeast Asian nation.

The consumer price index (CPI) in the first quarter of 2017 rose by 4.96% year on year, higher than the respective figures of the previous three years (4.83% in 2014, 0.74% in 2015 and 1.25% in 2016), according to

The Ministry of Transport is gathering opinions for a draft decree on the operation and management of Uber and Grab taxis.

Vietnamese citizens living abroad have invested in more than 900 businesses in HCM City with a registered capital of VND40 trillion (US$1.8 billion), according to HCM City’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam licensed 26,478 new businesses in the first quarter of this year worth VND271.2 trillion (USD12.3 billion).

Only 12% of the alcohol manufacturing facilities in Vietnam meet business requirements and given permits by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has expressed his optimism that Indonesia will become the world’s fourth largest economy by 2045.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just published its foreign trade report in 2016.

The proposal on the application of Euro 4 emission standards as of March 31, 2017 made by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) may become a barrier to domestic automakers, while promoting imported products.

Danang City has asked the investor of Tien Sa eco-tourism resort to halt the project as the constructions are being conducted without licence.

Viettel Telecom Company have brought big changes to the telecommunications sector in the eastern African country of Tanzania.

Vietnam has recorded a trade deficit of nearly USD2 billion so far this year following the trade surplus of USD2.7 billion in 2016.

The mid-end segment dominated Hanoi’s apartment market in the first quarter of 2017.

Vietnam has seen a sharp decline in rice exports, so it will be a challenge for the country to reach the set target of exporting 5 million tonnes of rice this year.

As rubber prices have risen, rubber plantations in the Central Highlands have faced labour shortages after many were fired as the sector suffered in the past.

Six banks - BIDV, Vietcombank, VietinBank, Agribank, LienVietPostBank, and SHB - pledged credit of VND26 trillion ($1.14 billion) for ten major projects in central Quang Nam province on March 26 at the Investment Promotion Conference.