The Ministry of Transport has required the Hanoi and HCM City transport departments to promote management, inspections and penalisation of under nine-seat automobiles under transport contracts, Uber taxi and Grab taxi. 

Vietnam and Thailand have won a bid to supply 250,000 tonnes of rice for the Philippines at US$424.85 per tonne, US$0.15 lower than the set reference price of US$425. 

VOV.VN - The China-ASEAN Expo (September 11-14) is shaping up to be the largest and most robust since its inception, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) announced at a press conference on September 1 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Sugar consumption in Vietnam has for decades far outpaced domestic production with the nation relying on imports to bridge the deficit between supply and demand, said the Vietnam Sugar Association as a recent business forum.

The Department of Business Development in Prachin Buri has unveiled a new campaign to help promote local businesses. 

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius presented awards for start-up projects in Hanoi on August 31.

Hanoi ranked third among localities nationwide in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), heard a conference held by the municipal People’s Committee in Hanoi on August 31.

VOV.VN - Foreign remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in the first 8 months of this year through official channels are estimated at US$2.85 billion, up nearly 6% against the same period last year. 

Many foreign high-tech enterprises, most of them from Silicon Valley in the US, have shown interest in investing in the Saigon Silicon City project being developed at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in HCMC’s District 9.

The number of newly established firms in January-August has jumped 19.7% year-on-year to more than 73,400, according to the Business Registration Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

In September the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will submit a proposal to the government concerning the formation of an agency responsible for managing and overseeing state capital and assets in enterprises.

Vietnam’s dairy giant Vinamilk has been named among Asia’s largest publicly traded companies by Forbes Asia magazine, known collectively as Fab 50.

Lingo.vn, the Vietnamese e-commerce website which announced its ambitious plan to become No 1 in online sales, has shut down. 

70% of overseas Vietnamese professionals are interested to return home to work, according to a recent survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters.

Abbott, the global healthcare company, announced today that it has acquired Glomed Pharmaceutical Co., Inc (Glomed), a leading Vietnamese pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$2.45 billion in the first eight months of this year, a report from General Statistics Office (GSO) has revealed.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said that it will increase domestic flights during the National Day holiday from September 2 to 4.

A total of 48 State-owned enterprises, including six corporations, had their equitisation plans approved as of August 20.

The total capital demand of the domestic coal sector by 2030 would be around VND269 trillion (US$11.9 billion), 2.5 times less compared with the previous master plan.

Thirteen car manufacturers with the latest models and technologies of various categories, from private cars to commercial vehicles, will be showcased at the Vietnam Motor Show (VMS) 2016. 

While support to enable firms to engage in global value chains has become pressing amid rapid international integration, businesses are still struggling to access credit, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

Vietnam is developing a corporate governance code for listed firms in order to help local firms attract more capital and make them more competitive in an environment of increasing regional economic integration. 

The State will exempt export tariff for environmental-friendly products while the export tariff on some other products will be reduced by half, according to the Circular 128/2016/TT-BTC. 

Miyagi prefecture of Japan will assist local enterprises specialising in producing and processing aquatic products to make inroads into the Vietnamese market.

VOV.VN - For the seven months leading up to August, tuna exports of Vietnam remained static due to low demand from its major markets amid higher worldwide prices, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).

Hanoi will speed up the progress of Asia Development Bank (ADB)-funded projects, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung told Country Director of the bank in Vietnam Eric Sidgwick at a meeting in Hanoi on August 30. 

Three mega programmes covering agricultural restructuring, fisheries and forestry development and disaster prevention have been allocated VND640 trillion (US$29 billion) in a five-year investment boost approved in a government resolution recently.

 Following the continuous decline over the past weeks, inter-bank rates across all tenors hit a record low, staying at below 1% per year.

VOV.VN - The country’s exports in August are estimated at US$15.2 billion, up 2% against the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

The figures released by the General Department of Customs (GDC) show significant problems for Vietnam’s rubber industry: the more it exports, the less money it gets.