Business

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

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thoosing Thammavong launched the exploitation and processing of potash salt mines, one of Vietnam ’s largest projects overseas, during a ground-breaking ceremony in Laos.

Finance ministers of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ended their 22nd meeting after launching the Cebu Action Plan (CAP), a roadmap for a more sustainable financial future for the Asia-Pacific region.

Nearly 100 businesses, travel agencies and hotels joined a promotional programme in the central city from this month through next March, offering a 10-60 per cent discount for their service.

App-operated car service Uber will offer free rides for drunk people in Hanoi and HCM City wanting to get home, making Vietnam to become the second country in the world to adopt the service.

Obi Worldphone, a US smartphone brand, enters Vietnamese market through cooperation with exclusive local partner Digiworld Corporation.