(VOV) - The second job transaction floor for foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises is set to get underway in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district on October 13 aiming to create a linkage between workers and FDI enterprises.

Japanese businesses from the Kansai region have said they are interest in the Vietnamese market, and keen on expanding trade and investment connection with Vietnamese partners, especially in supporting industry, in the time ahead.

The Union Cabinet of India has approved the Protocol amending the agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion for income taxes.

Tran Quoc Khanh, head of the Vietnamese TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiation delegation, who has just returned to Hanoi after the negotiation in Atlanta ended, talked with VietNamNet about the TPP milestones at the Noi Bai International Airport. 

State-owned oil and gas conglomerate PetroVietnam is greatly concerned that the upcoming commissioning of the multi-billion-dollar Nghi Son oil refinery complex would dent a substantial hole on their finances. 

The retail market is seeing an invasion by foreign retailers, which has brought pressure on local businesses who lack financial capacity or experience.

Vietnam ranks 28th, down a place from last year, in the Global Dynamism Index recently released by consulting firm Grant Thornton.

Base salaries at foreign companies and Vietnamese companies show a marked difference, a survey conducted by human resources firm Mercer and its partner Talentnet Corporation has found.

The Prime Minister has given a nod to the equitisation plan of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV). 

Leaders of the Hanoi People’s Committee extolled the highly important role of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the capital city’s socio-economic development while receiving incoming ADB Country Director Eric Sidgwick in Hanoi on October 7.

The aquatic sector aims to catch over 1.26 million tonnes of fish in the season from this October to March next year, including 1.15 million tonnes of sea fish and 106,000 tonnes of freshwater fish.

There is plenty of room for the soymilk industry to develop as over 1.5 million litres of soymilk are consumed in Vietnam everyday, only 32% of which are canned, the Thoi Bao Kinh te Vietnam (Economic Times) reported, citing statistics of market researching company Nielsen.

Once ratified by member country parliaments, the newly-reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will open up a new road to the future of cooperation and integration in the region, which requires each member to improve itself to greet both opportunities and their coupled challenges.

Some 30,000 real estate transactions were recorded in the first nine months of 2015, which was tantamount to the combined figures from last year, as heard at a seminar on housing development in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 7.

(VOV) - Vice President of the US Chamber of Commerce Tami Overby said Vietnam will benefit most among TPP member countries.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a Global Investment Forum convened recently in Hanoi that the number of state-own enterprises has dropped by 90% from roughly 12,000 over the past two decades.

Domestic manufacturing firms and exporters are expected to significantly benefit from the freshly-signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, yet they still need to map out plans to enhance their competitiveness and increase the presence of Vietnamese goods in the global market. 

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement whose negotiations recently concluded in Atlanta, the US, will provide a springboard for Vietnam’s agricultural development, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) official has said. 

The Danang City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment is asking for a specific mechanism to restrict the housing scale and area that foreigners can lease or buy.

Foreign invested enterprises now can more easily list their shares on Vietnamese stock markets under Decree 60 that allows foreign investors to hold up to 100% of stake in Vietnamese enterprises.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hailed the recent completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement by 12 member states as a "very big win” for Australia after more than five years of negotiations. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s footwear exports jumped 18.4% to US$8.8 billion during the first nine months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

According to many experts, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be the "push" for Vietnam’s economic development. 

Vietnam has implemented an open contracting initiative as part of a drive to improve transparency in procurement activities, particularly in public investment projects.

Discussions during the four-day bi-annual Vietnam International Woodworking Industry Fair in mid-October are expected to help producers improve competitiveness when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other free trade agreements come into effect.

The total consumption of cement till September 2015 rose 3% against the same period of last year to 52.11 million tonnes, according to the Ministry of Construction.

The supporting industry makes up approximately 80% of newly-licensed foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in southern Dong Nai province, mainly producing materials, components and machineries for garment-textile, footwear, electronics and automobile production.

Scores of businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have carried out social and charitable activities while operating in Vietnam, as heard at a press conference in Hanoi on October 6. 

Indonesian firms are interested in exploring business and investment opportunities in Vietnam as the two countries strengthen their economic partnership, according to Jean Anes, Indonesian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Exports from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and other rapidly-growing nations have enjoyed a double-digit growth, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).