Economy
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VN-Index steady in upward trend
Shares rose on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on September 14 but declined on the Hanoi Stock Exchange.
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Workshop assesses solar photovoltaic development
Experts shared the methodology and preliminary calculation of the national potential of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic in Vietnam at a workshop heldin Hanoi on September 14.
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French group opens supermarket in Hanoi
Auchan Retail Vietnam has opened a new supermarket in Hanoi, the 15th of its kind in Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh City targets startup urban centre
Ho Chi Minh City is striving to become Vietnam’s startup urban centre with the establishment of 500,000 enterprises through 2020.
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Vietnamese tea seeks to penetrate choosy markets
Accessing discerning markets is the main issue facing the Vietnamese tea sector although this product has a lot of opportunities abroad.
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Ha Long attractive to real estate, tourism firms
With high per capita income and an increasingly synchronised infrastructure system, the tourism hub of Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh has become an attractive investment destinati
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EP, Vietnam strives for EVFTA ratification in next nine months
The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Vietnamese Government have agreed that they have to make concerted efforts for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Tr
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Rice export goal raised to 5.6 million tonnes this year
The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) revised up the goal of rice export to 5.6 million tonnes this year from the 5.2 million tonnes set in July thanks to a strong rise in contracts signed during August
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PM urges lower interest rates, stable taxes
The Government has instructed corresponding administrative authorities to aim for a 0.5 percent decrease in lending interest rates from now until the end of 2017, while keeping taxes, fees and other c
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Another company joins Global Forestry and Trade Network
Bao Chau Private Enterprise, a forest manager in central Phu Yen province, on September 13 joined the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative linking more than 3
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FPT sells 47 percent stake in FPT Trading to Synnex
Information-communication-technology (ICT) giant FPT Corporation (FPT) has sold 47 percent of its stake in distribution arm FPT Trading to US-based ICT product company Synnex.
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Indonesia to be world top geothermal power producer in 2021
Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has projected that Indonesia will replace the US as world largest geothermal power producer by 2021.
