Business

The National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee said that the public debt level of 57.1% is still safe, but one expert  said the nation should be cautious.

A seminar on measures to help small- and medium-sized businesses was held in the central city of Da Nang on October 26.

The tentative scheme to lower import tariffs on trucks has made a rift between the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Transfer pricing is continuing to screw-down foreign-invested enterprises’ modest tax contributions to Vietnam’s state budget.

An Giang Province has asked businesses and farmers to cooperate to build tra and basa fish farming areas which meet Global Good Agricultural Practice standards.

Switzerland and Germany will take a step to resolve a spat on taxation on Thursday, the Swiss finance ministry said.

Due to concerns about a possible year-end dollar drought, and rumors about expanding the exchange rate, the unofficial exchange rate rose sharply.

The Business Studies & Assistance Centre has released a map detailing the distribution of Vietnamese goods in Tra Vinh Province.

The United States looked set to win G20 backing Saturday to tackle groaning trade imbalances.

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. announced the recall of nearly 528,000 vehicles worldwide Friday due to a defect with the cylinder that holds brake fluid.

Vietnam’s production capacity of fertilizer is forecast to execeed demand by 2015 as many more fertilizer plants would start operations between 2012 and 2014.

Cement plants have been advised to change their technology to use coals which are more available in Vietnam.

Vietnam has committed to liberalising the express delivery market to level the playing field for both local and foreign express delivery companies.

Toyota announced a safety recall of about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to fix a brake fluid leak that it warned can gradually diminish braking performance in the cars.

Top officials of Vinashin violated regulations and sent inaccurate reports regarding their operations, the government reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung acknowledged that the government and its affiliates were partially responsible for the bad performance of Vinashin.

Photos, possibly from a repair shop in Vietnam, have surfaced allegedly showing a prototype CDMA iPhone.

Vietnamese private equity firm Mekong Capital has partially exited its stake in Golden Gate Joint Stock Company, a restaurant chain operator.

Almost all commercial banks have complied with a pledge made earlier to reduce their deposit rates, but signs of reluctance are seen in the new move.