Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must improve their transparency to enable them to access banking credits, experts said at a conference on October 5.

Vietnamese musicians will perform at a concert combining traditional music and romantic poems by German poet Heinrich Heine on October 6 at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi. 

Vietnam ended their title drought at the world event, winning a gold medal in sanda (combat) at the World Wushu Championships, which closed in Kazan, Russia, on October 3.

Ly Hoang Nam was unexpectedly eliminated from the Thailand F7 Men’s Futures on October 4 in Nonthaburi Province.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) said that the Ministry of Finance’s proposed fee cuts was a positive move, but stronger cuts or even abolishments were needed to support businesses.

In an effort to fuel a start-up boom, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drafting a decree to create a legal framework for funding start-ups.

Vietnam can achieve a whopping 56% annual rise in export turnover this year to reach US$275 billion, a senior official has said.

Vietnam’s enterprises feel positive about the business climate for the fourth quarter, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Government plans to establish a special agency to act as the ownership representative of State capital at State-owned enterprises by 2018.

Vietnamese policymakers and businesses should foster fair competition to drive social development and ensure a socialist-oriented market economy, an expert said in Hanoi on October 3.