US design firm Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners (MRY)’s first project in Vietnam, the GoldSeason residential project in Hanoi, is going on sales on December 27. 

The current challenges show that Vietnam does not have much time left. If it does not urgently develop appropriate strategies, the country will fall into prolonged stagnation, a kind of middle-income trap.

The vocational training sector plans to continue rearranging its school network to enhance their effectiveness and relevance to labour market demands with the aim of training 2.15 million workers in 2016.

Vietnamese companies, especially small- and medium-sized, lack the knowledge to take advantage of the country's international integration, Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of the Business Association of High-Quality Vietnamese Goods, has said.

Hanoi is expected to collect nearly VND147 trillion (US$6.5 billion) for the State budget since the beginning of the year, completing 103% of the yearly target.

Insurance enterprises accumulated more than VND152.5 trillion (US$6.7 billion) to reinvest this year, up 18% against last year, the Insurance Association of Vietnam (IAV) said.

Links between businesses in Ho Chi Minh City and other cities and provinces in the south have improved significantly as a result of a trade co-operation programme started in late 2011.

Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport and airlines have begun to implement decongestion measures to cope with the expected rush during Lunar New Year in early February.

(VOV) - Vietnamese products are increasingly being showcased at Lotte Mart shopping centres across the Republic of Korea (RoK) as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to stimulate retail sales in the East Asian market.

The new policy on compulsory reserves, in the eyes of analysts, indicates the SBV's determination to curb interest rates and prepare for interest rate regulation policy in 2016, experts say.

Two Vietnamese startups, an agriculture tech developer and an online flower delivery platform, have been selected as the winners of the Go Live! Vietnam Venture Cup, a Samsung-backed competition that sought to find, fund and build entrepreneurial talents.

Many merger and acquisition (M&A) deals have concluded recently, after which Vietnamese companies joined Chinese textile & garment production chains.

Nearly 280 contracts on goods supply were signed by businesses in the south during a conference to promote supply-demand connection held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23. 

Improved macro-economic conditions and limited vacancies will make office rental costs in Ho Chi Minh City to head upwards while the prices in Hanoi remain steady, Savills Vietnam announced on December 22.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in December fell by 0.11% over the previous month and 0.2% against the same period last year. 

(VOV) -On December 23, luxury automaker Audi headquartered in the German city of Ingolstadt, Bavaria inaugurated a premium dealership in Danang, its third such facility in Vietnam.

The shares of oil and gas companies have seen a price decrease of 49% by November compared with the same period last year, the sharpest so far.

(VOV) - The value of fruit and vegetable exports has climbed 123.7% from a year earlier in the eleven months leading up to December to US$1.673 billion, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit).  

As of December 21, 2015, the Vietnam International Bank (VIB) became the first bank in Vietnam to introduce online current account and term deposit account opening with activation service at customer’s chosen location without the need to visit a VIB branch.

Locally-produced fast moving consumer goods were urged to improve their competitiveness to occupy the home market as the challenge from imported products was anticipated to become stronger. 

Nearly 100 enterprises from Vietnam and Laos are showcasing their products at the Vietnam-Lao Trade Fair 2015, which opened in Parkse city, Champasak province, Laos on December 22.

Hanoi always creates favourable conditions for Thai enterprises to seek opportunities and land investment in the city, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency is expanding its support for Vietnam to develop the country’s hi-tech agro-fishery sector through more Japanese agricultural investment projects.

Most of the foreign debt incurred by state-owned general corporations are in their core business fields, and as such they have to look for capital to run projects.

(VOV) - The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has announced its final decision on re-investigation into oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imported from some countries, including Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The first year of a four-year-long trial project on tuna fishing, buying, processing, and consumption has not yielded expected results, a recent meeting held in Khanh Hoa Province to review it heard.

The World Bank has debarred a Vietnamese waste water treatment company for 10 years for alleged fraudulent and collusive practices in two projects that it has funded.

Vietnam is expected to attract more foreign investment next year and in the future due to the opportunities and advantages resulting from free trade agreements (FTAs), according to experts.

The number of newly-established real estate firms has seen a year-on-year increase of 77.8%, the highest rate among all sectors, according to the Vietnam Real Estate Association. 

The Centre of Analytical Services and Experimentation Ho Chi Minh City (CASE) opened its representative office in the central region in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, on December 22 to help businesses ensure seafood quality.