Business

Five Vietnamese companies have been listed among Asia Pacific’s top 500 retailers in 2014, according to the Retail Asia Publishing Pte.

As of June 30, the working age population in Vietnam has decreased by 10,200 from the same period last year to stand at 47.3 million people, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) reported.

Ocean Hospitality-OCH has been listed in the top 50 most effective businesses in Vietnam, according to the results of an annual survey by Nhip Cau Dau Tu magazine in coordination with Thien Viet Securities Company.

President Truong Tan Sang and National Assembly deputies of Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 met with local entrepreneurs to listen to their opinions on business facts, particularly amid the demand for both safeguarding the national sovereignty in

An overall socio-economic development plan by 2020 of the northern key economic region, in which GDP per capita is targeted at US$ 5,500, was announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Hotel room prices on Phu Quoc Island, in the southern Vietnam, are the highest in the country, according to CBRE.

Vietnam achieved GDP growth of 5.25% in the second quarter of this year, bringing the six-month rate to 5.18%, according to the General Statistics Office.

ROSA, the first Vietnamese brand tablet with WiFi and 3G versions, was presented on June 26 by Microsoft Corporation, Vietson Informatic Co., Ltd and Intel Vietnam Corporation.

Vietnam and the Philippines on June 26 signed a cooperation plan on cruise tourism in the 2014-16 period, aiming at making the best use of sea potentials for their sustainable development.

The European Union (EU) has pledged to continue providing official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in 2014 with a total value of EUR 542 million, including EUR 130 million of non-refundable aid.

Vietnam wants to strengthen economic relations with member states of the Francophone community and creates favourable conditions for Francophone businesses to operate efficiently.

The former chairman of Vinalines received his salary from the company during the two-year imprisonment before he was sentenced to death.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in June increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month, driving the total in the first half of 2014 up 1.38 percent.

Nguyen Duc Kien, former Vice Chairman of the ACB, along with three other bank officials appealed against their sentences.

Petroleum traders in Vietnam have decided to increase petrol prices by VND330 per litre, to VND25,230, the highest they have ever been.

While municipal authorities in HCM City are planning to revoke the licenses of hundreds of real estate projects, investors place blame on cumbersome regulations.

Ho Chi Minh City is on the path to creating a special economic zone concentrating on bolstering its GDP through the development of the sea-borne economy.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam suspended a VietJet Air crew that decided to land in Cam Ranh City instead of their original destination of Dalat.

The new general director of the Vietnam Railways Corporation vowed to improve customer service, which has been widely complained about in the past.