Economy
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Unsafe produce hurting exports
Weak food safety compliance by agricultural product exporters has negatively impacted Vietnam’s exports to European markets, experts said at a trade policy forum, “Food safety: Opportunities and chall
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Shares rebound as bargains sought
Shares rebounded on March 29 on the two stock exchanges as investors poured money into insurance and food and beverage stocks on positive earnings prospects.
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Goverment mobilises 184 million USD through G-bond auctions
The Bank for Social Policies has mobilised 4.2 trillion VND (184 million USD) so far this year by auctioning Government-guaranteed bonds at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).
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Experts foresee stable interest rates
The central bank must push up banking restructuring and settlement of bad debt to ease pressure on rate hikes and keep rates stable this year, experts agreed at an online meeting on March 28 on 2017 i
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Keep power cost stable: Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to calculate retail power price adjustments every six months instead of three as it proposed.
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Export enjoys strong growth: 2016 report
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on March 29 released the Vietnam Import-Export Report 2016 that gives an overall and systematic assessment of the country’s external trade in the past year.
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Thanh Cong, Hyundai Motor join hands to produce automobiles
Thanh Cong Group on March 30 signed a cooperation agreement with the Republic of Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company on forming a venture to expand the assembling of automobiles in Vietnam.
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Petrolimex to list on Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange
The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) will list its shares coded PLX on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) some time between April 18 and 21.
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Binh Duong records 1.7 billion USD trade surplus in Q1
The southern province of Binh Dương has recorded a trade surplus of 1.7 billion USD in the first quarter of 2017, thanks to businesses using locally-sourced raw materials for production.
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Ho Chi Minh City’s CPI falls by 0.09 percent in March
The consumer price index (CPI) of Ho Chi Minh City in March fell 0.09 percent from the previous month, but rose 5.6 percent compared to the same period last year, reported the municipal Statistics Off
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Shares narrow gains on short-term risk
The VN-Index tapered its gains to 0.2 percent to close March 27 trade at 723.5 points on investor fears of a downward correction after the benchmark index reached a fresh ten-year high.
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PM okays 4.4 billion USD package for high-tech agriculture
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a resolution providing a credit package worth 100 trillion VND (4.4 billion USD) to invest in the development of high-tech agriculture at lower-than-market r
