Business

The Supreme People's Court will declare the final sentence of former Chairman of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Duong Chi Dung and his alleged accomplices on May 7.

Singaporean businesses described Vietnam as a lucrative market thanks to its strong economic recovery and healthy business climate at an investment promotion forum held in Singapore on April 28.

The Vietnamese Government will do its utmost to create optimum conditions for businesses to improve productivity, quality, operational efficiency and competitiveness.

Vietnam welcomed over 3 million foreign tourists in the first four months of 2014, a surge of 27.3 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam's public debt may be 25% more than the country’s total state revenues this year and it may climb to 30% in coming years, according to the head of the Vietnam Institute of Economics.

The International Monetary Fund said Monday Hong Kong property prices are set to see adjustments following years of boom.

Vietnamese people have a low level of awareness of business opportunities, according to a new report from the VCCI.

Australia’s casino operator Donaco International has just received an amended investment certificate for expanding its hotel and casino business to newly built five-star hotel in Lao Cai province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is to meet with the business community on April 28 to address their concerns, making it easier for them to operate and benefit from economic recovery.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Can Tho city to be more creative and dynamic in reforming its economic structure and expanding its export markets in order to become a leading driver of development in the Mekong Delta region.

The incomes of several Vietnamese CEOs reached the billions of VND in 2013, according to reports.

A sharp increase in the number of people choosing different tour packages during the upcoming extended holiday next week has offered a golden opportunity to tourist companies to maximise turnover.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance will work hard to improve the investment environment to raise the efficiency of projects and bring long-term benefits to Japanese investors in Vietnam.

A safe food production chain with an expected capacity of 20,500 tonnes per year was launched in Hanoi this morning, April 25.

Former Vinalines chairman, Duong Chi Dung, gave speech at court hopes of avoiding the recommended penalty of death.

Phu Quoc, the island district in the southern province of Kien Giang urgently needs more than 6,000 qualified workers for its hospitality sector, local authorities say.

Vietnamese farmers are put at a disadvantage by current policies and the lack of effective oversight and competent regulators, one expert said.

President Barack Obama is seeking to reassure Japanese leaders Thursday that he can deliver on his security and economic pledges to Asia even as the crisis in Ukraine demands U.S. attention and resources elsewhere.

The minister of Planning and Investment said that he has heard many complaints from businesses over complicated investment procedures, which has caused him a “headache”.