Uber, a popular app for personal mobility on-demand, last week celebrated one year of serving the capital city of Hanoi and its residents. 

(VOV) - Nguyen Nhu Tiep, head of the National Agro-Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance (NAFIQAD) has announced the debut of a new website at www.agromart.com.vn to promote the sector.

(VOV) - State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Binh has issued a license for the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (Thailand) to open a branch in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a company spokesperson.

(VOV) - On December 22, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Can Tho Branch in collaboration with its Thai counterpart organized a workshop to address the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on trade between the two nations.

(VOV) - A Vingroup public relations officer has announced the commercial property developer will hold the grand opening for three new retail shopping centres on December 24, just in time for Christmas.

(VOV) - The US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates last week has a profound impact on financial markets around the globe, particularly those in emerging economies such as Vietnam, say the experts.

Vietnam’s fast-moving consumer market is now a magnet for foreign investors as it is expected to outpace major markets like India and China with an annual growth rate of 20 percent by 2020.

Agriculture is an investment field which promises high risks but low profitability, just 3-4%.

With a total of 23,516 cars shipped to Vietnam in the first 11 months, up 84%, Thailand is now the biggest auto seller in the country, local media reported recently, citing new customs data. 

(VOV) - Tomokazu Tanabe, a 57-year-old pearl farmer from Shima said he plans to revitalize the pearl farming industry by expanding his business overseas through the introduction of pearl farming to Vietnam.

With Christmas Day and the Tet Holiday just around the corner, a myriad of promotional programmes have been launched by supermarket chains to serve consumer demand. 

The Ministry of Finance on December 21 issued a list of preferential tariffs for goods from the Republic of Korea (RoK), a step in implementing the Vietnam–RoK Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) in 2015-2018. 

(VOV) - Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts – a leading hotel management group from Switzerland has signed a contract for the management of Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh Bay in central Khanh Hoa province. The project investor is Eurowindow Nha Trang Tourism Investment Joint Stock Company. 

Sundar Pichai, CEO of US Google Inc., will join a meeting with a group of selected Vietnamese entrepreneurs and the startup community in Hanoi on December 22 on the occasion of his first visit to Vietnam.

(VOV) - Footwear exports are estimated at US$1.05 billion in November, up 10.2% against last year’s figure. This brings the total export revenue in 11 months to nearly US$11 billion, an increase of 16.3% against the corresponding period last year.

Thai-owned Amata Vietnam Company Ltd has announced plans to invest over US$2.2 billion to build new zones in Vietnam.

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.

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai stands ready to provide all possible support for businesses, including electricity, water, banking, telecommunications and information technology services. 

Vietnam's exports, especially agro-forestry and fisheries, will face difficulties in 2016 if the country does not drastically restructure the industry, Tran Tuan Anh, deputy minister of Industry and Trade said.

The capitalization of Vietnam’s stock market was estimated at more than VND1,325 trillion (US$58.8 billion), equal to 34% of the country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP), this year.

Vietnam remains to be in top five of the world’s largest apparel exporters by raking in US$28 billion from shipping garment products to foreign countries in 2015.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Timor Leste Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment signed a memorandum of understanding on rice trade in Hanoi on December 21. 

(VOV) - As many as 50 outstanding enterprises for laborers will be honored on December 26 as announced at a press conference in Hanoi on December 21.

The property market in industrial parks (IPs) shows great potential for development with enterprises looking for better production and business opportunities once free trade agreements come into effect. 

The Vietnam National Coffee Corporation (Vinacafe) will be equitised in 2017, following a directive of the government on restructuring the Ho Chi Minh City-based company.

The lack of a public-private partnership project list from the Vietnamese government is among many obstacles discouraging private foreign investors from investing in these projects in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Over recent years, the government has allowed increasing numbers of foreign transnational companies to invest in property, plant and equipment and operate businesses that compete head-on in the domestic retail market.

Asbestos has been an important construction material for Vietnam and a valuable export product over the previous years, however, in 2014 the Vietnamese government decided to phase out production and use of the material, given its adverse impact on human health.

The Vietnam National Coal and Minerals Industrial Group (Vinacomin) on December 20 inaugurated Dong Nai 5 Hydropower plant in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, one of the key projects in the country’s Power Development Plan 7.

Amid the recovery of the real estate market, experts have rung early alarm bells about the risk of supply and demand imbalance by the recent boom in high-end housing projects.