When the Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday falls on a weekend, workers should still enjoy the following Monday and Tuesday as paid public holidays, business associations said at a workshop on revisions to the Labour Code on May 14.

Hanoi FC and Becamex Binh Duong desperately need points in the final group games of the AFC Cup to progress through to the next round.

US businesses expected progressive changes and clear improvements in both hard and soft infrastructure as well as policies for investment and business co-operation in Việt Nam, said Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Virginia Foote.

Vietnam’s tea industry needs to focus on enhancing quality, diversifying product offerings and building brands to develop in a sustainable way, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has issued a decision to cancel the listing of a number of companies in May and June.

The achievements in the first stage of a project to turn HCM City into a smart city 2020 were listed by its People’s Committee at a conference on May 12.

Transaction limits for e-wallets should be set at appropriate levels to encourage cashless payment amidst an anticipated boom of e-commerce in Vietnam, experts have said.

Supply of landed houses and villas in Ho Chi Minh City is short since developers are wary of this segment due to high costs and extended procedures, experts said.

 A fifth of all Vietnamese enterprises do not have access to financial loans, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

With supply remaining higher than demand in the global market, pepper prices are unlikely to recover this year, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association.