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The cost for domestic air travel will be cut by an average 4 per cent as of October 1 following recent declines in fuel prices.

The General Department of Customs said late last week no chicken has been imported from the US at the low price of VND12,000 (US$0.58) per kilo.

The dollar–dong exchange rates have eased at domestic commercial banks, following a decision by the United States Federal Reserve to keep its interest rates steady.

Ho Chi Minh City’s enterprises need around 46,000 workers, including 9,764 temporary ones, for the third quarter of 2015, according to the city's Centre for Human Resources Forecasting and Labour Market Information.

Taiwan's E.SUN Commercial Bank (E.SUN Bank) on September 18 opened its first branch in Vietnam in Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Ha Noi yesterday for Cuban Minister of Finance and Prices Lina Pedraza Rodriguez during her working visit to Viet Nam.

Fuel prices have been increased by VND500-600 per litre on September 18 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group is seeking the prime minister's approval to restrict the import of petroleum products to protect local refineries.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has asked the Ministry of Transport to redesign Dien Bien Phu Airport by 2020-2030.

Vietnam’s real estate market has been heating up with a rapidly increasing number of purchases made not only by locals, but also foreigners and overseas Vietnamese who are keen to get on the property ladder.

Hanoi will install an additional 2,300 base transceiver stations for implementation of 4G services in 2016, announced the Hanoi municipal Department of Information and Communications on September 16.

Many taxi companies have slashed fares by 4% to 12% following the recent fall in petrol prices.

Asia Pacific millionaires are set to become the world's richest this year, a report said Wednesday, driven largely by wealthy individuals in India and China.

Deeper integration into global markets and value chains have produced competitive pressures that Vietnam’s agriculture industry is ill equipped to cope with— resulting in lower sales both at home and abroad, according to leading economic experts.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang launched an order to start construction of the seventh Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park in Vietnam.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a decision to approval the merge between Sacombank and Southern Bank.

The Airport Corporation of Vietnam has submitted to the transport ministry two plans outlining the research report on the Long Thanh International Airport Project's first phase feasibility.

Foreigners buying or selling houses in Viet Nam are required to carry out the transactions through banks in Viet Nam and not in cash, the central bank has decreed.

Vietnam’s garments and textiles sector has put forward plans to grasp the opportunity and maintain its current growth rate when the country sign some important trade deals including the Trans Pacific Partnership, the EU-Vietnam Trade Agreement, and the Vietnam-Korea