Business

These days, the sale of air conditioners and fans in Hanoi has sharply increased as the city swelters under 39 degrees heats.

The state budget will mainly rely on contributions from corporate taxes according to a local official.

Monthly meeting of government rejects calls for prices increases and higher fees for BOT projects.

Vietnam will continue strengthening solidarity and making responsible contributions to building the ASEAN Community, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung announced to the 25th World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN that opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 1.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a regulation to deal with the monopoly in providing telecommunication services at many local apartment buildings.

People's committee meets with local retailers to identify how to combat the increasing market share held by foreign rivals.

Discussions are under way to upgrade and improve airports in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as both near capacity.

Forbes Vietnam Magazine has named the top 50 listed companies of the year in the local stock markets.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 30 in Ha Noi presided over a meeting on macro-economic performance in May and the first five months with ministerial and sectorial leaders.

An investment of VNĐ5.5 trillion (US$247 million) is needed for construction of the proposed cable-stayed bridge Mỹ Thuận No 2, according to Project Management Unit No 7 (PMU 7).

The Global Software Survey done by the Software Alliance (BSA) shows even though software piracy rate in Vietnam dropped to 78%, it is still high and company leaders should be aware of possible cyber attacks.

There were more than 44,700 newly established enterprises in Vietnam with total capital of VND349.5 trillion (US$15.5 billion) in the first five months of this year.

The central highlands province of Kon Tum is withdrawing approval for a VND1.6 trillion cattle project run by Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAG) in Ia H'Drai District, officials said.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledges in the first five months of 2016 reached US$10.159 billion, up 136.4% over the same period last year, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to pour more investments in Vietnam, especially in the field of production, and speed up the implementation of its existing projects in the country.

More than 600 households living at the Harmona Apartment Building in HCM City were shocked when discovering their flats going to be seized by a local bank because the developer had used them as collateral.

Seven years after its first proposal, Vietnam’s government decree on the casino business has yet to be approved despite undergoing many revisions.

Pumping up the world economy is an "urgent priority" G7 leaders said on Friday, but left the door open for a go-your-own-way approach in a sign of lingering divisions over how to boost growth.

Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Ltd. in Ha Tinh Province is being required to pay billions in back taxes by the Taxation Department and Customs Department.