Indonesia has the opportunity to replace Thailand as the automotive production hub in ASEAN, Indonesian news agency Antara quoted Ipsos Business Consulting Firm as saying.

VOV.VN - The launch earlier this year of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) marked a milestone in the decade-long effort to transform the region into a single market and production base.

A project to replace old, low-yield coffee plants in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong was launched at a conference on March 15. 

VOV.VN - The organizers of the 2016 Mining Vietnam Expo, March 29-31, held a press conference on March 16, saying the event has already attracted more than 160 exhibitors from 22 countries.

VOV.VN - The northern Vietnam province of Ha Nam is gaining a reputation as a manufacturing hub, but Kolon Industries may soon add another feather to the cap of the local economy.

Thailand ’s Government set August 7 as the date for a referendum on its controversial new constitution. 

Enterprises in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long are taking part in an international trade fair in Kampong Speu town in the Cambodian province of Kampong Speu.

VOV.VN - The Indian Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has imposed anti-dumping duties of US$1.87-2.77 per kilo on measuring tapes imported from Vietnam.

Though Dung Quat oil refinery can meet only one-third of domestic demand, the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has predicted that oil and gas supply could exceed demand in 2018.

VOV.VN - Dozens of Vietnam and the Czech Republic travel agents have gathered at a recent forum in Prague to foster long-term partnership and tourism cooperation.

VOV.VN - Rosneft Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and Petrovietnam’s President & CEO Nguyen Vu Truong Son have made a visit to Rosneft operated Lan Tay production platform and exploration drilling rig in Block 06.1 offshore Vietnam.

The operators of the Vietnamobile and Gmobile brands are taking steps to change their operational models, a move which is expected to intensify competition in the domestic telecommunications market.

The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam one of its four strategic export markets, along with China, Iran, and Brazil. 

"You are proud of your coffee, but the worst cup of coffee I’ve ever drunk was in Vietnam. You are proud of your rice, but the worst meal I’ve eaten was served by Vietnam Airlines", a foreign expert on branding commented.

Vietnamese rich are spending enormous amounts of money for super cars.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will apply global safeguards in an emergency action to control increasing imports of monosodium glutamate to Vietnam from March 25 this year.

The EU-funded capacity development programme for environmentally and socially responsible tourism in Vietnam (EU-ESRT) is building a website to help promote tourism in the central coastal region, focusing on Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces and Danang city.

A symposium on economic cooperation opportunities between the southern central province of Phu Yen and the European Union was opened in Tuy Hoa city on March 15.

Vietnam and India have made significant progress in textile and garment trade last year, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on March 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will make every effort to promote economic restructuring, state enterprises and banking sector reform. 

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB)  and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) co-organized a roundtable discussion on March 15 themed around the promise and pitfalls the TPP and free trade agreements in general pose to local businesses.  

The largest medium-density fiberboard (MDF) wood processing plant in the Mekong Delta was inaugurated in Kien Giang province on March 14. 

VOV.VN - Russia imports nearly US$13 billion of clothing and textiles annually, according to the Russian Trade Representative Agency in Vietnam.

Thailand has launched a campaign to boost industrial products export to Vietnam, Somchai Harnhiran, director general of the Thai Ministry of Industry's Department of Industrial Promotion said on March 14. 

VOV.VN -Featuring high-level speakers from the government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, Vietnam’s trade counsellors conference took place recently before a packed audience in Hanoi.

The Johnan Shinkin Bank of Japan (JSB) will provide financial information and consultations for Vietnam’s Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Fund (SMEDF) under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked in Hanoi on March 14.

Cosmobeaute Vietnam 2016, the biggest beauty trade exhibition in the Indochina region, will return to HCM City next month, promising to create the most effective platform for the beauty industry in the region.

Pressure to remove tariff barriers on agricultural products ahead of the Trans-pacific Partnership has prompted Japanese investors to boost their agricultural investment projects in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has approved the portfolio of a project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to assist the building of development policies and strategy for the industrial sector through capacity building. 

Commercial banks are rushing to set up more branches and transaction offices after a long period of interruption.