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Vehicle sales are forecasted to drastically fall in 2017 as customers await lower prices in 2018 when tariffs on car imports from ASEAN countries will be fully removed.

While it can’t be ruled out that the Trans-Pacific Partnership members might eventually revive the agreement in an alternative configuration, it doesn’t seem probable at this time, HSBC wrote in its latest report.

Secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee Dinh La Thang urged the city's stock exchange to accompany the city’s key development programmes to turn HCM City into a leading financial centre for the country and the region.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to set the target of raising the shrimp export value to US$10 billion by 2025.

Vietnam attracted a total foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD1.42 billion in January, up 6.6% on-year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Many people in Hanoi rushed to buy gold on God of Wealth Day, the 10th day of the Lunar New Year.

With the country’s rice exports set to experience another difficult year in 2017, tourism and foreign-direct-investment (FDI) are looking be the sectors to lift Vietnam’s economy.

Following the development of cheap apartment projects in 2016, investors plan to bring thousands of cheap apartments to Ho Chi Minh City in 2017.

Unlock them with an app, drop them off anywhere, and nip past lanes of stationary car traffic: the humble bicycle is seeing a revival in China as a new generation of start-ups help tackle urban congestion and pollution with

The People’s Committee in southern Bình Thuận Province has given its approval in principle to the Đa Nhim-Hàm Thuận-Đa Mi Joint Stock Company for a project on Đa Mi Lake.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has set a credit growth target of 18 % for this year and pledged to continue measures to keep credit growth adequate for economic growth.

Vietnam will allow betting on international football and horse and greyhound racing according to a newly-issued decree by the government.

BIDV, Vietinbank and Vietcombank are valued at more than $200 million each and are on the list of the top 500 banking brands according Brand Finance.

Total trade in January was estimated at $29.3 billion. Export turnover was $14.6 billion, down 12 per cent against last month, while import turnover was $14.7 billion, down 13.9 per cent.

F&N Dairy Investments has registered to purchase 21.77 million shares of Vinamilk in February after acquiring more than 16.5 million shares before the Lunar New Year Festival.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam has proposed USD1.6bn in fines last year, the highest in 22 years, on local businesses for their violations, according to their report to the prime minister.

The Ministry of Finance has unsurprisingly batted away criticism of its ministry-owned computerised lottery in Vietnam, underlining it operates in a totally transparent way and in line with the law.

The consumer price index in January rose 0.46% over December 2016 and 5.22% compared to the same month of last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc pressed the button to launch a high-tech agricultural production at a VinEco farm in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 2.