Business

The draft law on the amendments and supplements to the Business Insurance Law has been completed before being submitted to the NA for approval.

Google reported that its quarterly profit soared on the back of its thriving Internet advertising service and that its display and mobile ad businesses are taking wing.

The number of apartments offered for sale in Hanoi during the third quarter of this year was just equal to 40% of those available a year earlier.

Rapid export expansion backed by high global prices will help Vietnam’s export turnover triple the initial target for this year.

Small to medium enterprises contribute about 47 percent of the country’s GDP and create over 54 percent of jobs.

The rubber industry is expected to reach this year’s export target of US$1.5 billion thanks to a price hike in the world market, said the Vietnam Rubber Association.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the European Chamber of Commerce signed a cooperation agreement to build a business alliance.

The State Bank of Vietnam has granted operation licences to an American bank and a Taiwanese bank to open two branches in Vietnam.

Vietnam is now likely to import coal only from 2015, not 2013 as earlier forecast since many thermal power plants have fallen behind schedule.

A bilateral Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam, Russia and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus and Kazakhstan will bring huge benefit.

British experts shared their views on PPP opportunities for Vietnam, including an explanation of the legal framework of a PPP model.

100 outstanding Vietnamese entrepreneurs in 2010 were awarded the Thanh Giong Cup by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Greater investment opportunities for Vietnamese and French enterprises will appear at a big business-oriented French event in Hanoi next month.

Rice exporters would export 2 million tonnes of rice during this quarter because they had signed export contracts to deliver 3 million tonnes of rice.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked local fuel traders to buy products of Dung Quat Oil Refinery as it is considered one of solutions to reduce trade deficit.

Vietnam's central bank granted permits for gold imports to several firms on Thursday.

Realty companies in Ho Chi Minh City are racing to develop ecological property projects.

Prices of about 300 consumer commodities, particularly dairy products, have jumped on the Hanoi market.

Since mini-apartments were legalised in Hanoi, the market quickly developed throughout the city.