Business

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group has proposed the MoIT to turn down proposals for a USD27-billion oil refinery project in Binh Dinh.

A business delegation from Russia has gathered in Hanoi to discuss the strategic economic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

The April consumer price index for Hanoi decreased 0.15 percent, but still up 5.6 percent against the same period last year, according to a report from the Hanoi Statistics Office.

Authorities of Kien Giang province are speeding up efforts to connect the island districts of Phu Quoc and Kien Hai with the national power grid to fuel local development.

The State Bank of Vietnam has quashed rumours that it planned to issue new bank notes in the near future, an official has said.

According to the VCCI's report for 2012 the country remained lacking in large and medium-sized enterprises, causing possible difficulties for the economy.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has set a goal to become an industrial hub in the region by 2015, with industry accounting for 46.9 percent of its local economy.

Vietnam has the ninth-lowest unemployment rate in the world, but wage cuts by enterprises and the widespread lack of insurance mean even those fortunate enough to be employed still face challenges.

The Hanoi and HCM City Tourism Associations have signed an official cooperative agreement to implement a program to stimulate tourism in 2013.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang will represent Vietnam at an APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting to be held in Indonesia on April 20-21.

The government has proposed to the National Assembly to cut corporate income tax rates from 25% to 22%.

The government should not apply any caps on either deposit or lending interest rates as it’s not good for the market, an economist said.

Hundreds of business representatives from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea discussed the possibility of establishing stronger partnerships at a joint forum in Seoul on April 19.

Measures to further attract foreign direct investment into southern provinces are the focus of a conference that took place in the central province of Binh Dinh.

Advanced and developing countries alike voiced worries over fragile global growth as the IMF and World Bank spring meetings kicked off.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry released 2012 edition of its annual report on Vietnamese businesses in Hanoi on April 18.

Hundreds of consumer households and businesses trading in the salagane bird in HCM City have started to feel the effects after thousands of salaganes died last week in central Ninh Thuan Province.

Several luxury real estate projects in Hanoi are finding it hard to sell their housing, and are forecast to remain unsold for next decade.

Vietnam-Singapore Business Forum 2013 opens in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17 in the presence of Bui Quang Vinh, Vietnam ’s Minister of Planning and Investment and Lim Hng Kiang, Singapore ’s Minister of Trade and Industry.