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Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested the National Oil and Gas Group to continues concentrate on search, exploration and exploitation of oil and gas in 2016, saying that this is a key task of the sector in 2016.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will provide economic impetus predominantly to Vietnam, Japan and Malaysia among other parties to the deal by 2030, according to a Global Economic Prospects report recently released by the World Bank Group.

Germany’s Metro retailer finally sold its Metro Cash and Carry wholesale chain in Vietnam to Thai conglomerate TCC Holding Co Ltd.

Vietinbank and PG Bank did not finalise procedures to merge in 2015 as planned, according to Vietinbank's Chairman Nguyen Van Thang.

The Asian Development Bank’s operations — comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance, and co-financing — reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015, an increase of about 19% over the $22.89 billion in 2014, according to

Thirty-year imprisonment sentences were pronounced during a trial in Hanoi on a corruption case involving over 2.425 trillion VND (107.57 million USD) at a branch of the State-owned Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Hankyung Economic Times of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has reported that AON Holdings - a Korean financial group - will take control of Vietnam's tallest building - Keangnam Landmark 72 in Hanoi.

Indonesia signed a $1.3 billion deal with South Korea Thursday to jointly develop Seoul's next-generation fighter jets, the South's aircraft manufacturer said.

HSBC maintains its 2016 GDP forecast of 6.7 percent year-on-year for Vietnam as the dual engine of domestic demand and exports are expected to stay strong.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently asked domestic carriers including Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and VietJet Air to draw up airfare discount plans before January 10, 2016.

The Government has issued Decree No. 135/2015/NĐ-CP stipulating indirect overseas investment.

The Vietnam Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Association estimates that Vietnamese people drank 3.4 billion litres of beer in 2015, up 10% compared to 2014.

Thua Thien-Hue Province has promised to support developers that open new air routes to Phu Bai International Airport.

The Philippine National Food Authority (NFA) is planning to import more rice from Vietnam and Thailand in an effort to have a sufficiency of rice throughout the country this year.

The Saigon Asset Management Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company, signed a deal on January 5 that will enable it to become a strategic partner of My Chau Investment Corporation, owner of the My Chau drug store chain.

The Prime Minister has approved a plan to raise the charter capital of Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) under the Ministry of Transport.

Vietnamese dong weakened 10 to 50 dong per dollar at commercial banks after the central bank lowered the dong's reference rate for the first time since August.

Vietjet has launched a three-day long promotion with 50,000 super-cheap fares from zero dong from January 6 to January 8 to celebrate its newest routes.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced the central rate for the VND and the USD at 21,896 VND per one USD for January 4.