Business

Nearly 200 domestic businesses are showcasing their products at the 2013 Mekong Seafood Trade Fair in Ca Mau city as part of the national trade promotion programme.

This year, Vietnam is ranked 99 out of 189 economies, signaling that the country needs to do even more in order to improve its position on the list.

Vietnam has exported $5.37 billion worth of seafood products over the first 10 months, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The world’s leading mobile phone manufacturer has inaugurated a 300 million USD factory in northern Bac Ninh province after one and a half years of construction, aiming to boost Vietnam’s capacity in phone production.

Singapore and Hong Kong rank the world's best places to run a business, according to the WB's annual competitiveness survey.

The 2013 Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum is slated to take place from November 21-24 in the southern province of Vinh Long.

The chairman of Hanoi Supermarket Association explained about how low-income people are unable to gain benefits from price stabilisation programmes.

Mitsubishi group and Vung Ang II Thermal Power JSC (VAPCO) will start building the Vung Ang II thermal power plant in 2014, announced the central Ha Tinh provincial People’s Committee.

A group of technology police inspectors say they have found pirated software worth 10 billion VND (476,190 USD) being used by six foreign companies in Hanoi.

While Vietnam exports energy, the country may face a serious power shortage in the next decades due to rising demand, experts warned.

The Minister of Transport has proposed that the PM take measures to deal with difficulties faced by transport firms whose black boxes stopped working due to a rise in fees for 3G services.

Vietnam is expected to receive US$11 billion in overseas remittances in 2013, ranking it among the World Bank’s 10 leading remittance recipients in the world.

Chinese mobile device makers are strengthening their presence in Vietnam, one of the region's emerging mobile markets.

Vietnam will become one of the world’s third fastest growing aviation markets, according to Lianhe Zaobao (United Morning) newspaper in its October 23 edition.

National Assembly Deputy, Truong Trong Nghia, of HCM City has just proposed setting up a national committee on economic restructuring.

Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association should speed up their negotiations of a free trade agreement to make the most of trade liberalisation and increase trade ties.

The chairman of Dai Nam JSC has written a letter to the PM, denouncing the Chairman of Binh Duong Province People's Committee for causing him serious problems.

More than 80 meetings between Japanese and Vietnamese businesses have been scheduled during the 2013 Japan IT Week, officially launched in Hanoi on October 23.

China's manufacturing activity expanded at its strongest pace in seven months in October, British banking giant HSBC said Thursday, adding to evidence the world's second-largest economy is recovering.