Only when foreign enterprises sufficiently fulfill the conditions prescribed by Vietnamese investment legislation in compliance with the provisions of international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory shall they be permitted to conduct commercial assessment services.

Business executives met with Vietnamese commercial attaches and counsellors who will soon be stationed in India, the US, Belgium, Sweden, Egypt, Mexico, Morocco, and Japan at a meeting in HCM City on June 16.

As a trade deficit pressure on exchange rate has been predicted, the State Bank of Vietnam is actively operating a forex policy consistent with trade deficit and economic growth.

 Archeologists from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology have discovered numerous valuable relics in the Vu Lam royal step-over place, located within the Trang An scenic landscape complex.

Although the local media has reported that Thailand's Central Group has purchased 49 per cent of Pico, the representatives of either party have yet to confirm the deal. Pico is one of the five largest electronics retailers in Hanoi.

Binh Duong received nearly 2,550 foreign direct investment projects between 2010 and 2015, bringing the total registered capital to US$21.5 billion, the provincial People's Committee's Chairman Tran Van Nam said.

Moody's Investors Service has assigned its new bank rating methodology of Counterparty Risk Assessments (CR Assessments) to nine Vietnamese banks.

Vietnam discovered 5,500 more people living with HIV in the first six months of this year, according to an official of the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.

Public hospitals and health centres in Ho Chi Minh City have increased hospital fees by 10% over the last hike, according to the city's Department of Health.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decree for ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and the chairman of cities' and provinces' People's Committees to hold dialogues with the public.