The Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (HHTP) expects to boost science and technology projects by providing preferential treatments on property issues for potential hi-tech companies.

Retail gasoline prices in Vietnam were reduced by one percent at the request of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade on November 18, following the global downward trend.

The banking sector has experienced dramatic changes this year but has more reform is needed, delegates heard at the Vietnam Retail Banking Forum 2015 held on November 18 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Fruit and vegetable exports are likely to achieve the Government's target of US$1.65 billion this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The construction steel sector produced a record-high output of 618,000 tonnes in October, about a 30% year-on-year increase, the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) said.

Vietnam has officially announced the national brand for the handicraft sector – Vietcraft Excellence – aiming to enhance the competitiveness.

The animal feed market in Vietnam has a relatively high potential, which has prompted Cargill group to invest more in the country, according to the US group’s Chairman David McLennan.

PetroVietnam Fertiliser and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo) has received the ASEAN Corporate Governance Awards 2015 for its stellar corporate governance at a recent ceremony in Manila, the Philippines.

(VOV) - A seminar on November 18 in Hanoi discussed innovative approaches to how the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Vietnam might better work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems.

(VOV) - Consumers the world over have historically closely associated agricultural products with the territory of the particular country, region, or locality from which they were grown or raised.

Financial assistance and proper information are among practical measures needed to maximise profit for enterprises exporting to Japan, according to experts. 

(VOV) - Officials of the Hau River Farm in Can Tho Province recently revealed they reached a deal with Japanese farmers to ship about 220,000 metric tons of straw annually for use in cow feed.

Japan’s Gifu prefecture will give priority to effective cooperation with Vietnam, especially in its major fields such as the support industry, hi-tech ​agriculture and tourism, said Governor Furuta Hajime. 

(VOV) - On November 18, development experts, policy specialists, government officials and business representatives of Africa and Vietnam gathered at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City to focus on ways to enhance South-South Cooperation (SSC).

The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of this year is expected to create huge prospects for Vietnam to draw foreign direct investment (FDI) from other ASEAN countries.

The winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Banking Product/Service Awards 2015, organised by the International Data Group (IDG) and the Vietnam Banks Association, were announced at a ceremony in HCM City on November 17.

(VOV) - A Republic of Korea’s business delegation representing 50 firms will attend the Korea Vietnam Show in Hanoi on December 2-3, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.

The land rent in industrial zones (IZs) has been increasing, while offices and apartments are believed to escalate soon. The real estate has heated up on the good news about TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) and other free trade agreements (FTAs).

Vietcombank, Vietnam's top listed lender by market value, has put an end to the ATM and money transfer services for foreign cardholders due to difficulty in overseeing these transactions, the lender has said.

Vietnam is among the top three countries most attractive to CEOs in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey finds.

After a hasty start, Vietnam's tra fish industry should now plan an image makeover to improve the quality of exports and be competitive, for the long term, experts said.

The US and Latin American countries have huge demand for products made by sectors in which Vietnamese companies have advantages, but they need to study these markets carefully to enter them, a forum heard in HCM City on November 17.

Of the 21 economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), Vietnam, Indonesia, Peru and Papua New Guinea have pioneered the concept on “development goods”, according to Indonesia’s Antara news agency on November 17. 

Logistics trading is not provided adequate conditions for development in Vietnam though it is considered a cash cow sector, Nguyen Cam Tu, deputy minister of Industry and Trade, said.

A signing ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 17 for a project on promoting the use of efficient boilers in Vietnam with the collaboration of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Binh Loc Cooperative in Binh Loc commnue, Long Khanh town, the southern province of Dong Nai has exported 2 tonnes of dried rambutan to France, opening up a new development trend for the rambutan growing sector in the locality. 

The southern province of Binh Duong and Emmen city in the Netherlands will enhance friendship and expand cooperation across economics, trade, tourism and investment as stipulated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in the Vietnamese locality on November 17.

President Truong Tan Sang on November 17 held a roundtable talk with representatives of the US groups in the Philippines as part of his trip to the country to attend the 23rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

The world-renown lubricant brand ExxonMobil of the US’s ExxonMobil Oil Corp has officially returned to Vietnam after five years of absence.

A Vietnam-Czech business forum was held on November 17 in Hanoi with the aim to create opportunities for Vietnamese and Czech enterprises to further links in trade and investment.