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The Da Nang Start-up Fair 2016 will be held on June 18, as part of a plan to make the locality a start-up city, Ly Dinh Quan, Vice Director of the Entrepreneurship Support Company Ltd., the organiser of the

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the Vietnam-Japan high-level economic policy dialogue on May 26, right after his arrival in Nagoya city, Japan’s Aichi prefecture.

The US Senate has approved by 55 votes to 43 a bill that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s catfish inspection programme.

The Ministry of Transport has announced 26 contractors that are considered to have delivered below-par performances after an inspection of 480 contractors in Vietnam.

Buyers from Hanoi accounted for approximately 80 per cent of all purchases in Phu Quoc Island’s real estate market, according to the latest Savills report on the island’s market in the first quarter, released on May 23.

The central bank should evaluate the possibility of raising the interest rate on US dollar deposits instead of keeping it at zero per cent as it currently is to avoid side effects.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang stated that the city will create all possible business conditions for US and foreign investors for mutual benefit, during a meeting with a group of US investors

US President Barack Obama discussed the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and Vietnam’s entrepreneurial growth during a talk with 100 young businesspeople in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.

The first Vietnam International Coffee and Dessert Fair will take place at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from June 8-10, providing an international platform for buyers and sellers to network and explore business opportunities in the country's promising coffee

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung talks with DTiNews about the financial cooperation opportunities for Vietnamese and US firms following US President Obama's visit.

Vietnam Airlines will sell an 8.77% stake to Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc. by the end of the month.

The Hanoi General Statistics Office has announced that the capital’s consumer price index (CPI) in May slightly increased month-on-month due to raised petrol prices, which made the transportation category’s CPI surge.

GE, a US based global corporation on May 23 announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Industry and Trade on developing 1,000MW of Wind energy in Vietnam.

VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company has agreed to buy 100 passenger jets from US aircraft maker Boeing for $11.3 billion, the company said Monday.

Fitch Ratings ​recently affirmed Vietnam’s long-term foreign and local currency IDRs at ’BB-’ with a stable outlook.

A number of foreign airlines are scheduled to open direct flights to Vietnam this summer as demand for air travel to the country is on the rise.

Route Inn Group from Japan will develop a coastal resort, the first of its kind in Vietnam, with total investment of US$18 million, a Da Nang city official said.

Several experts have opposed a new proposal by the Hanoi's Department of Planning and Architecture which requires high-rise buildings in the city to have at least three underground car-parking floors in their basements.

Although amendments to Circular 36 are needed, they should be implemented gradually to avoid policy risks and difficulties to commercial banks, online news portal Bizlive quoted bank officials as saying.