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Vietnam ranks 7th among 54 Asian-Pacific economies having the highest rate of female entrepreneurs, according to the Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2017 Report released by MasterCard.

The transport ministry has instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to study the proposal for applying a floor price for domestic air tickets.

Vietnam has attracted 16 FDI projects in green energy with total registered capital of $778 million, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Commercial banks now have no pressure on the interest rates and have no plan to adjust interest rates in the coming months, according to a meeting of 21 commercial banks.

Asia's developing economies will see steady growth this year and the next, though the evolving policies of President Donald Trump's administration are a major uncertainty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Thursday.

Millions of textile & garment and footwear workers could be replaced with robots in the future.

Phu Quoc Island is emerging as a phenomenon in Vietnam's property market with investment worth billions of dollars from large developers, helping draw a slew of investors and buyers looking for investment properties.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to inspect national parks nationwide following violations discovered at a national park in Hanoi.

Diesel automobiles manufacturers and importers will have to apply the Euro 4 standard from the end of December 31, 2017, as stipulated in the Notice 126/TB-VPCP dated March 10, 2017 by the Prime Minister.

South Korea’s budget airlines T’way Air on April 2 officially opened one more direct route linking the central city of Danang and South Korea’s Daegu City.

The Vietnamese real estate sector attracted a total of USD343.7 million of foreign direct investment in the first quarter of this year.

A new tourism product is emerging in Vietnam, combining luxury MICE business trips with personal time spent travelling in style.

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.