A Ministry of Planning and Investment fund will finance small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a total amount of VND660 billion (US$29.3 million) this year, an official said.

The southern province of Dong Nai exported US$8.7 billion worth of commodities in the first seven months of 2016, a year-on-year increase of 4.35%. 

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) group will focus on the equitisation of three power generating corporations in its restructuring plan for 2016-2020 period, according to the group’s Chairman Duong Quang Thanh. 

The Maritime Bank is operating as usual with ensured liquidity, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has confirmed. 

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has been scrambling as of late to devise short-term measures to prop up a faltering agriculture economy and introduce measures to stimulate production and demand.

The State Bank of Vietnam early this month approved in-principle Woori Bank’s proposal to set up a wholly-owned bank in the country.

Investors wishing to be strategic shareholders in equitised state-owned enterprises will have to meet tough new conditions.

Why are some international finance players listing shares on foreign markets and why are they choosing London?

Big changes in key personnel in the banking sector are occurring as the bank restructuring process gears up.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and two Deputy Prime Ministers Vuong Dinh Hue and Vu Duc Dam recently attended the national conference on tourism development in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province.

Vietnam’s foreign exchange reserves, inclusive of gold, hit a record high of US$38 billion in mid-June, according to HSBC’s Macro-Prospect Report.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is developing a plan on restructuring the economy by 2020 aiming to renovate the growth model towards improving efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.

Rotating rice and shrimp farming on the same fields in the Mekong Delta has proven so economically effective and environmentally friendly that experts have urged the creation of zoning areas for the cutlivation model. 

The real estate conglomerate Vingroup plans to build a trade complex in Ha Giang city, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, stated Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tran Manh Loi. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to support a request by Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) to adopt a more favourable policy to help its Dung Quat oil refinery compete with imported petroleum products.

An inauguration and handover ceremony was held in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on August 12 to launch the Tam Dao 05 offshore oil rig, the largest ever locally manufactured jack-up rig.

Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hanoi on August 10. 

Shopee, the first mobile-led social marketplace, has officially launched in Vietnam after a trial run of more than a year.

Laptop sales have plateaued despite companies launching new products to stimulate the market, with insiders blaming it on the economy and a switch by consumers to tablets.

In 2011-2015, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) raised huge funds of VND186.66 trillion for road transport projects, accounting for 92.15% of the total capital mobilized.

Foreign businesses have invested in their own companies but have also contributed capital to thousands of Vietnamese companies.

A surprisingly wide assortment of items can be scooped up at low prices from thrift shop markets in Ho Chi Minh City, ranging from cheap household utensils to pricey ornate furniture.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has about 500,000 private businesses, providing 1.2 million jobs, 51% of the total labor force. 

The PM has passed the Project on the Roadmap for liberalization of capital transactions.

Vietnam must build a creative and sustainable eco-system for the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to take part in the international IoT supply chain and achieve a turnover of US$10 billion by 2020, a technology insider has said.

Commercial banks have called for customers to use caution when using telephones and the internet, as hackers may steal from them.

Technology in startup has become a new trend that Vietnamese youngsters are pursuing nowadays, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13.

A programme to select the top 50 IT firms in Vietnam in 2016 has been officially kicked off by VINASA (Vietnam Software and IT Service Association).

Up to 44 percent of consumers whose rights were violated when purchasing goods do not report the problem, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) reported on August 12. 

VOV.VN - A group of Japanese businessmen have submitted a proposal to invest in the underground commercial trade centre in Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line No 1 near Ben Thanh Market.