Regulations on the origin of goods will present challenges to Vietnam’s textile and garment sector once free trade agreements, especially the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), come into force.

Vietnam’s financial market holds promising potential and the basic foundations to develop derivative products, financial experts told a seminar held by the Hong Kong-based Asia Risk magazine in Singapore on September 9.

Opportunities to foster the sustainable development of “luong” bamboo (dendrocalamus barbatus) have opened for the central province of Thanh Hoa as the locality is receiving technical and market support from international organisations.

There is an upward trend in bank deposit interest rates, and analysts have urged the Government to act to keep the rates low, warning there could otherwise be adverse consequences.

(VOV) - The Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has revised its figures to show that foreign invested companies registered US$13.33 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the eight months leading up to September 2015.

(VOV) - Three exhibitions related to the support industry – ICS Vietnam 2015, SIE 2015 and the Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2015 – have gotten underway at the International Centre for Exhibition (ICE) at 91 Tran Hung Dao street in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Amway, the world’s largest network marketing company, on September 10 inaugurated a US$25 million factory at the Vietnam-Singapore II Industrial Park in southern Binh Duong province.

Obi Worldphone, a US smartphone brand, enters Vietnamese market through cooperation with exclusive local partner Digiworld Corporation.

The northern province of Bac Giang has set up a Japan Desk to support Japanese investors in their operation in the locality, heard an investment promotion conference held in the province on September 9.

The revised laws on Housing and Real Estate Business, which allow foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam, were keenly lauded by the foreign community when they came into force in July 2015. Many foreigners living here have, for many years, wanted to own property in Vietnam either as a home or as an investment.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has made a reasonable decision not to devalue the dong further as the continued devaluation will only benefit China, according to Dr. Bui Trinh and Dr. To Trung Thanh, experts on the Chinese economy.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to increase special consumption tax on imported goods to ensure fair competition between locally manufactured products and imported ones.

Chairman of the central city of Danang’s People’s Committee Huynh Ngoc Tho held a dialogue with Japanese companies on September 9 to address any arising problems. 

A delegation of enterprises from Japan’s Gifu prefecture visited and studied the investment environment of the northern province of Ha Nam on September 9. 

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a reception for a US business delegation led by US Ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar in Hanoi on September 9. 

(VOV) - Under an initiative led by the Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) a public-private partnership (PPP) will be implemented over the next decade aimed at supporting sustainable development of the aquatic industry.

Visual Defence, a Canada-based security convergence company is proposing to provide security solutions for Noi Bai International Airport during a working session with Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam David Devine on September 8.

(VOV) - Doosan Vina has sent a shipment of 10 heat recovery steam generators stateside, said Deputy General Director Kim Yong Soo of Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Local manufacturers have continued to struggle to find a toehold in the global supply chain as lacklustre economic statistics paint a picture that most lack even nominal capacity to compete in the international marketplace.

(VOV) - The 19th International Exhibition on Food & Processing & Packaging Technology – Vietfood & ProPack Vietnam 2015 – has kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City at the Tan Binh International Exhibition & Convention Centre.

(VOV) - European pork, beef and other meat imported into Vietnam skyrocketed more than 70 fold from 2012 to 2014, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

(VOV) - The Indonesian Anti-Dumping Committee (Komite Anti Dumping Indonesia (KADI) has announced that it will continue conducting anti-dumping (AD) investigations into cold rolled steel sheets imported from Vietnam, Taiwan, China, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations are at a stage where one more round of ministerial talks will lead to an agreement on remaining issues, according to the text of a message presented at an event organized by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.

Vietnam's tuna industry saw a 6.7% dip in export value for the first eight months of this year due to decreasing demands, according to the General Department of Customs.

As part of the Government initiative Vietnamese Give Priority to Using Vietnamese Goods, members of a group of State-owned corporations yesterday signed an agreement at the central level to accord priority to using products made by the group's members.

Demand for transport infrastructure is increasing, so the Ministry of Transport must review transport system planning and seek private investment for transport projects, according to officials at a workshop.

The 15th Vietnam-China International Trade Fair will take place from November 12-17 at the Kim Thanh Exhibition Centre in the northern border province of Lao Cai to promote cooperation and friendship between participating countries.

Several future scenarios about Vietnam's foreign exchange and economy in the context of possible China's currency devaluation and US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike have been put forth by the Ministry of Planning and Investment's National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast.

The southern province of Dong Nai posted nearly US$800 million generated through outbound shipments to the ASEAN market within the past eight months.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung launched the implementation of the national single window customs mechanism and the technical connectivity with the ASEAN mechanism on September 8.