Economy
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Vietnam’s CEOs show most confidence among APEC business leaders
According to the APEC CEO survey in Asia-Pacific in the 2016-17 period, business leaders in Vietnam are among the most optimistic in Asia-Pacific region.
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Herbal plant preservation yields large profit
Net houses cover a vast hillside in Phuc Xuan hamlet of Soc Son district where thousands of plants are being grown. Each plant is marked with its name and a number.
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Vietnam, UK boost strategic partnership
The Vietnam-UK Network has contributed significantly to stimulating the strategic partnership between the two countries, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Van Thao at a recent meeting of the
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Deputy Minister: No extension for VRG divestment plan
The Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) cannot delay its plan to divest by June 2017, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.
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PM meets international media on fringes of WEF 2017
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam always welcomes international media to the country to cover its development and global integration.
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PVN asked to double efforts to fulfill 2017 targets
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) to mobilise all resources and solutions for the completion of all targets set for 2017, especially those in oil and
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PM assigns socio-economic targets in 2017 to ministries
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently assigned specific socio-economic targets in 2017 to five ministries. Major goals in 2017 which are assigned to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI
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Three economic growth scenarios in 2016-2020 period
The National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has revealed three Vietnam’s economic growth scenarios for 2016 – 2020. The country
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Vietnam will enjoy strong growth with or without the TPP
Donald Trump, who opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), has officially won the U.S. presidential election, and he announced that the U.S will withdraw from the TPP. This will put an end to eigh
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Telecom giants VNPT, MobiFone to equitise
Two giants mobile network operators MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) and Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) are aiming to conduct their equitisation in the 2016-2020 pe
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Ministry proposes tax hike on petroleum
The Ministry of Finance has proposed, in a draft law, almost tripling the environmental protection tax on oil and gas consumption from the current 3,000 VND (0.13 USD) to 8,000 VND per litre.
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SMEs urged to build brands
Brand building must be the core of small-and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) competition strategies going into the fourth industrial revolution, experts said at conference in Hanoi on January 16.
