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Vietcombank and Agribank have made sudden further cuts to their deposit interest rates.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Mekong Delta provinces’ agricultural sector to promote large-scale production, change their growth model and strengthen production links.

Many hotels in Vietnam have been put up for sale, one of the signs that there are fewer investors interested in this sector in Vietnam.

Authorities in Hanoi have announced that many prestigious taxi companies in the capital were also found with various violations.

The Solowheel or Airwheel, weighing less than 10kg, is now being sold on the Vietnamese market.

One member of the WB has agreed to guarantee a USD150-million loan from the Hong Kong-based JPMorgan Bank for Masan Group.

The governor of the SBV expected that the VAMC would settle between VND40-70 trillion bad debt this year, but this may be a difficult task.

Lenders have been trying to attract customers by pasting advertisements on the streets, in coffee shops or event public toilets.

A July 9 conference was held in Hanoi to review the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme in South and Southeast Asia.

Vietnam will continue offering incentives for FDI projects, but will tighten control over the selection process.

Mondelez International – the world’s second largest coffee company – has opened its first centre in Vietnam to help local coffee growers improve their cultivation methods.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan vowed to fire all state officials who slack off during working hours.

Vietnamese exporters should learn well the new European Union rules relating to the bloc's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) in order to extract maximum advantage, experts said at a seminar held in HCM City yesterday.

A number of shipping companies in Vietnam are facing huge losses, some on the brink of bankruptcy, due to lack of clear development strategies.

Steel exports to the US continue to strile obstacles as Oil Country Tubular Goods face dumping lawsuits in the US.

Authorities in Quang Nam province received approval from the prime minister to cancel the construction of 20 hydropower projects.

Vietnam and India have signed two memorandums of understanding to boost bilateral cooperation in information and communications technology.

It’s necessary to work out detailed policies which will bring about practical benefits to farmers, one official has said.

It is necessary to offer preferential loans to more types of customers, rather than focusing primarily on low-income people, an official said.