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As many as 88 foreign direct investment projects, with total registered capital of USS$2.26 billion, have been launched in this central coastal province to date.

The retail price of petrol fell VNĐ665 to reach VNĐ15,300 (US 68 cents) per litre at 3pm on July 20, 2016.

Foreign experts and firms continue grumbling over Vietnam’s low power tariffs which have made it hard for the country to compete in the international wind energy sector.

The World Bank has cut its 2016 growth forecast for the Vietnamese economy by a further two percentage points to 6.0% as the country’s economic activity moderated in the first half of the year.

Malaysia and Singapore signed an agreement Tuesday to pursue an ambitious high-speed rail link touted as a first for Southeast Asia that would knit the historically fractious neighbours more closely together.

Around 200 business leaders, industry experts, policymakers and Government officials will participate in the 2016 Vietnam – Singapore Business Forum starting in HCM City on July 20.

Vietnam and the United States have signed an agreement related to antidumping duty over shrimp imported from Vietnam.

Mr. Dang Le Nguyen Vu, Chairman of the Trung Nguyen Corporation, is no longer the legal representative of the Trung Nguyen Instant Coffee Company JSC under a decision released by the Binh Duong Department of Planning and Investment on

One of Vietnam’s leading steel producers and traders, Hoa Sen Group is looking to invest in two large-scale steel complexes in Vietnam, which were abandoned by ill-fated foreign investors.

Some banks have reported good business performance results in the first half of the year thanks to high credit growth.

What's helping turn Japanese youngsters into stars on Vine, the Twitter-owned social network devoted to looping, six-second video clips, is the stodginess of this nation's business world.

Controversial new legislation in the US that toughens inspection rules for catfish imported from foreign markets is striking fear into the hearts of fishers in the Vietnamese farm raised catfish industry.

Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee exporter, after Brazil. However, Vietnam’s coffee export value remains moderate as exports are mostly coffee beans, or unprocessed coffee.

Vietnam’s two beer giants, Sabeco and Habeco, must speed up the sale of State holdings to reduce its ownership to less than 50 per cent, authorities have insisted.

Despite the authorities suspending operations and freezing bank accounts, they have still proved unable to collect VND434bn (USD19.7m) in back taxes from two gold mines in Quang Nam Province.

Vietnam’s economy is expected to expand by 6% or less in 2016, according to a report by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen has met with Mayor of San Francisco to discuss the programme for economic cooperation by 2020 between the two cities.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed at a meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Trade that the government will subsidis such troubled projects as the Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Joint Stock Corporation's plant.

HSBC's outlook for Vietnam in third quarter shows that the country has recovered from slower growth but still has to overcome many challenges.