Business

Financial investors has proposed that the Government apply preferential policies for low-income housing projects.

The Government has decided to transfer failing EVN Telecom to the military-run Viettel telecom group from Jan. 1, 2012.

Only 35.6% of registered foreign direct investment has been disbursed in Vietnam, according to speakers at a seminar held in Da Nang.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said it would submit a plan to merge three airports corporations to the Prime Minister.

The French President and German Chancellor meet under pressure to align their positions on centralizing control of euro zone budgets.

The budget airlines Jetstar Pacific may be merged with Vietnam Airlines soon, said an official from the Civil Aviation Administration.

Vietnam Airlines will launch direct air routes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to the UK capital city of London , from December 8.

The Vietnam Business Forum 2011 opened in Hanoi on December 2, serving as a venue to discuss Vietnam’s business environment.

Vietnam hoped to receive more support from the World Bank in financial aid, policy making and management experiences, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Asian Development Bank will provide a USD80 million loan for a project to improve the country’s roads in northern mountainous areas.

Low-income housing projects in Hanoi continue to remain unattractive due to overly high prices.

Japan's Honda Motor is recalling more than 300,000 cars worldwide because of a defect in the driver's airbag, the company said Friday.

EuroCham has suggested a range of policy recommendations to help improve the Vietnamese investment environment.

France and Germany will push for a new European Union treaty, President Nicolas Sarkozy declared.

Social insurance payments will account for 24% of labourers’ total monthly minimum salary starting next year.

Authorities have agreed to raise the ceiling for one-way fares for the longest domestic route to 5 million VND to offset rising operating costs, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The European Union began a nine-day battle over federal-style changes to save the eurozone, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying that Europe needs to be "refounded".

Representatives from the Greater Mekong Sub-region nations met in Hanoi on December 1 to discuss ways to expand green growth.

Vietnam is one of the five countries that receive the biggest Official Development Assistance capital in the world, according to a recent forum in Hanoi.