Business

Brand Finance announced its list of the 50 most valuable brands listed on the Vietnamese stock market in 2016.

French businesses were invited to invest in 57 projects worth over 7.1 million USD in various fields from health care, environment, agriculture and tourism to industrial park infrastructure, seaport and logistics, in Vietnam during a workshop in the Mekong

A female customer in Hanoi is preparing to sue Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) for transferring VND4 billion (USD190,400) from her account without her authorisation.

World Bank representative Masami Kojima raised doubts about oil refinery losses and Vietnam Electricity's price calculation at the conference about energy subsidies.

Vietnam welcomes all investors in the context that the Government is now devoting efforts to improve business environment, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc while addressing the Hong Kong-Vietnam Business and Investment Forum in Hong Kong on September 14.

The Ministry of Transport is preparing a comprehensive development plan for the high-speed north-south railway line, for submission to the government in 2018.

The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources have prepared a draft report assessing Vietnam’s market access request to export fresh dragon fruit to Australia.

Vietnamese shipping companies are losing local market share as importers and exporters continue to choose foreign shippers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked China Railway Sixth Group Co. Ltd, the main contractor of Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project, to promptly address existing problems to ensure the project’s scheduled progress.

Many commercial banks have recently raised their deposit interest rates in an attempt to satisfy new State Bank of Vietnam’s regulations that are due to take effect in 2017.

The Ministry of Construction has said solutions should be found to boost the development of affordable housing projects after the VND30trn (USD1.3bn) low-interest home loan package ends.

Vietnam is preparing to sue the US Department of Commerce for its latest antidumping duty administrative review on Vietnamese shrimp, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors.

General Motors is recalling 1,240 Chevrolet Aveo’s in Vietnam due to an error in the ball joint.

The US’s Quantus, Inc is planning to invest in a hi-tech hospital at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has issued a new tax plan for Uber taxi service after its recent rule requiring drivers to pay tax on behalf of the ride-hailing company proved unpopular.

Vietnam has achieved an export surplus of USD2bn with the G20 countries in the first seven months after three years of trade deficit, according to a new report from the Ministry of Finance.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has briefed about Vietnam’s socio-economic situation as well as the country’s potentials and opportunities for foreign investors while addressing a round-table dialogue with Chinese business chief executive officers in Nanning, China.

Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue agreed with a Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs proposal to increase the 2017 minimum wage by an average of 7.3 per cent and asked the ministry to reduce social insurance payments from enterprises.

The State has received VNĐ5.8 trillion (US$256.5 million) from the divestment of State capital in local enterprises in the first eight months of this year, it was announced by the Department of Corporate Finance under the Ministry of Finance (MoF).