An initiative aimed at converting existing industrial parks into eco-friendly production facilities was introduced at a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 12.

The central province of Quang Binh has announced a list of 34 tourism projects calling for investments from 2015-2020 with total capital of over VND23 trillion (US$1.03 billion). 

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has widened the trading band of Vietnamese dong/US dollar (VND/USD) from +/- 1 percent to +/-2 percent, applicable from August 12 onwards. 

The southern province of Binh Duong attracted over US$1.2 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) from January-July, surpassing the yearly target of US$1 billion. 

(VOV) - Imagine going to your bank to make a deposit or get some cash and being offered a life insurance policy or even auto or motorbike insurance by the bank clerk.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Japan held high level trade talks on August 12 in Hanoi to bolster cooperation in the agri-forestry and aquatics sector, Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat said at a press conference. 

Vietnamese consumers are making their way from traditional markets into air-conditioned, brightly-lit convenience stores.

Singapore has become Vietnam’s leading investment partner after an amount of over US$33 billion has been poured into numerous local projects in processing technology, manufacturing, real estate, education and entertainment.

(VOV) - Vietnam has witnessed dynamic mergers and acquisitions in both domestic and foreign firms of all sizes.

(VOV) - Vietnam shipped 3.3 million tonnes of rice to foreign markets to earn US$1.4 billion for the first seven months of this year, down 9% in volume and 5.5% in price.

Experts on August 11 expressed doubts about Vietnam's ability to ease its business environment to the average level of doing business in ASEAN-6 by the end of the year.

Vietnam’s livestock and poultry industry will be the biggest losers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes into effect and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is formed, according to recent research by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) under the University of Economics and Business.

Decision 1233/QD-TTg, which took effect August 3, has set new trade targets and regulations for the 2016-20 period, concerned with reducing the current trade deficit and getting the country in line with trade commitments.

Vietnam is expected to lure many foreign banks, especially those operating in the retail segment, once the country removes all technical barriers in the banking sector this year as committed when the nation joined the World Trade Organisation. 

Vietnam will continue its safeguarding measures over vegetable oils from foreign countries as growing imports have damaged domestic production, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT).

Up to 71 percent of enterprises said they were satisfied with the tax administrative procedures reform in 2014, according to a report released in Hanoi on August 11. 

New Zealand plans to export its potatoes to Vietnam under an agreement recently reached between the two countries after three years of negotiations, said Potatoes New Zealand Inc on August 11.

A total of 45,651 tonnes of chicken products, mostly frozen thighs, were imported from the US in the first seven months of 2015, accounting for 49 percent of total meat imports into Vietnam in the period, the Quan doi Nhan dan newspaper said quoted the Department of Animal Health source.

(VOV) -The German national public broadcaster ARD recently posted an article praising Vietnam’s renewal policies on its news website at Tagesshau.de. 

(VOV) -Trade in raw and processed cashew nuts for the six months leading up to July of 2015 has risen sharply in both volume and value, according to the most recent statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Lumitel, Viettel Group's mobile operator in Burundi, has signed up 1 million subscribers, or 10% of the African country's population, in the four months since it began operations.

Local exporters are facing additional pressure from rising marine transport costs charged by foreign shipping firms, which has led to Vietnamese exports becoming less competitive.

A circular recently issued by the Ministry of Finance guiding the corporate income tax regime helps simplify tax payments for businesses, an official said. 

While trade ministers struggle to hash out a final agreement on the ground-breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Vietnamese companies are largely in the dark about the pact's potential benefits and drawbacks, business surveys have found.

Air carriers in Vietnam are expected to face challenges in the air and on the ground when ASEAN implements open sky policies.

China-based foreign investors have deemed Vietnam their top alternative destination, as China’s investment climate becomes less attractive.

The HCM City People’s Committee set out to accelerate the disbursement of projects using official development assistance (ODA) loans after a low disbursement rate in the first half this year.

Consulting firm Grant Thornton (Vietnam) has released a report on private equity that shows an encouraging improvement in respondents' belief in higher investment activities in the next 12 months.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has forecast shrimp exports to the US to fall by 40% this year to US$638 million.

Businesses from Canada are seeking to expand trade in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, especially in chemicals, agriculture pharmaceuticals, seafood material and education.