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A steel project in south-central province of Ninh Thuan is facing public scepticism due to the recent mass fish deaths caused by Formosa’s pollution incident.

The government has agreed to provide additional incentives to the State-owned Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited regarding tax reductions and giving it financial autonomy.

The Japanese Government will provide the Vietnamese Government with an 11 billion JPY loan in the 2016 fiscal year to help improve socio-economic infrastructure and the competitiveness of the national economy.

The government inspectorate has uncovered various wrongdoings at the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and a member company.

The pressure on the budget deficit will likely increase in the remaining months of this year due to the anticipated rapid rise of investments in capital construction.

Vietnam will buy 40 Airbus planes worth USD 6.5 billion following an agreement signed between several Vietnamese and French airlines this morning, September 6, in Hanoi.

Dozens of FDI projects being abandoned in Dong Nai Province, causing concern about Vietnam's FDI project management capacity.

The Transport Department in HCM City has said it is considering to build a five-kilometre flyover which would run from Truong Son Road to Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

The prices of RON 92 petrol and bio-fuel E5 were raised 702 VND (0.31 USD) and 611 VND 0.27 USD) per liter from 3:00 pm on September 5.

Vietnam’s (B1 stable) credit profile is supported by its robust economic growth and diversified economy, Moody’s Investors Service said.

In Hanoi, imported fruit is priced reasonably and sells well. For example, apples imported from the US and New Zealand are only VND56,000 to VND70,000 ($2.5-3) per kilo.

The free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Vietnam will take effect on October 5, Minister for Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Veronika Nikishina has said.

Vietnam is emerging as a rising retail market within Asia-Pacific, according to real estate consultants JLL.

The second Eastern Economic Forum opened in the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 2, attracting nearly 2,500 delegates from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the US and Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday attended the ground-breaking ceremony for an amusement park in Hanoi.

The Government Inspectorate has detected a range of financial violations at Vietnam Railways, causing a total loss of VND130 billion (USD6.2 million) to the state budget.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 2.45 billion USD in the first eight months of this year, a report from General Statistics Office (GSO) has revealed.

Police and market management agencies in Hanoi have confiscated a large haul of suspect food supplements.

As of August 15,2016, 1,125 Vietnamese project were granted licenses to invest abroad with a total registered capital of 20.38 billion USD, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.