Business

Small local suppliers are being confronted with demands for huge trade discount rates and bribery in order to access supermarket distribution.

The Indian Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) has announced its final decision on AD investigations on Plain Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) imported from Vietnam and Indonesia.

Vietnam has begun preparatory steps to compile its economic plan for 2017, with a GDP target of 6.8 per cent set.

The Coc San hydro-electricity plant, the first foreign-funded power project in North Vietnam, will start generating power in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on June 8.

Nearly 70 percent of German companies in Vietnam are pleased with their business results, while more than half of German investors consider increasing their investment in Vietnam next year, the AHK World Business Outlook Survey 2016 has found.

Many taxi firms in Hanoi have intended to increase their fares following recent rises in petrol prices, said the city Taxi Association Chairman Do Quoc Binh.

Vietnam is speeding up process to disburse USD2.15bn in ODA in 2016 as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank will stop providing ODA to the country.

Hanoi is calling for investment of USD15.4bn for the constructions of four new railway lines and dozens other public–private partnership projects.

HCM City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang promised to create better conditions for local firms as they are facing tougher competition from trade agreements.

With a double dose of the Federal Reserve’s possible rate hikes combined with the Chinese yuan’s 1.5 per cent retreat in May, there is concern it could trigger the dong’s further devaluation and have an unkind impact on the

The retail prices of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel increased by 680 VND and 668 VND per litre, respectively, from 3:00pm on June 4.

Around 53.5% of the surveyed Japanese businesses chose Vietnam as their investment destination in ASEAN, up 4.9% over last year, according to a survey conducted by Mizuho Research Institute on 1,100 businesses.

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.