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Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has called for joint efforts from relevant ministries, sectors and local authorities to mobilise all available resources to speed up the progress of the Trung Luong–My Thuan expressway project and finish it by

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called for joint efforts and responsibility of all Vietnamese enterprises to further improve the national business climate and competitiveness.

Vietnam has suspended the imports of poultry and poultry products from the US states of Tennessee and Wisconsin which have been affected by avian flu.

Vietnam’s derivatives market will start operating in May or June in hopes it will improve Vietnam’s securities market and attract more foreign investment, according to the Chairman of the State Securities Commission, Vũ Bằng.

The Vietnamese Government has doubled efforts to become one of the top business environments in ASEAN, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Ten countries and territories have agreed to protect the "Buon Ma Thuot Coffee" brand name, which hails from the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk, its provincial People’s Committee said.

Many projects in Vung Ang Economic Zone in the central province of Ha Tinh have their investment licences revoked for the long delay or ineffective operations.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam has announced an investment plan for five years (2016-2020) with capital of VND31.6 trillion ($1.4 billion).

Police in the southern province of Binh Phuoc has just raided a local pepper trader found mixing chemicals into their product.

The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association has sent a proposal for the development of the city’s real estate market in the 2017-2020 period to the city’s People’s Committee.

Compared to 2016, banks are looking at brighter prospects in 2017 as many indexes look like they are on a trend of improvement.

In a proposal submitted to the Da Nang Department of Information and Communications, the local Traffic Safety Committee wrote that the unauthorized operations of Uber and Grab could worsen traffic in the city.

Vietnam’s import-export revenue has increased four-fold in the past decade after joining the WTO, the General Department of Customs reports.

The Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam has revealed that mismanagement in tax collection between 2012 and 2014 caused mounting arrears and losses of trillions of đồng to the State exchequer.

A circular issued by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), which comes into effect on March 15, may affect small-sized enterprises as they will have to borrow from credit institutions at higher interest rates.

A wealth report by leading UK independent real estate consultancy Knight Frank showed that Vietnam is among the countries with the fastest rise in the number of USD millionaires.

President of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) Michael Bahren has affirmed his agency’s commitments to supporting and encouraging European businesses to forge stronger partnerships with Vietnam.

Many companies in Vietnam have halted advertising campaigns on Youtube following local authorities warning about their ads inadvertently appearing on videos with "bad content".

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong signed a decision on March 1, 2017, to stop importing a number of agricultural products from India.