Local fuel wholesalers have accelebrated fuel imports from ASEAN markets since early this year to enjoy lower tariffs.

Fecon Foundation Engineering and Underground Construction JSC has recently announced its successful bids for a string of new projects, with the total contract value surpassing VND200 billion (US$9.3 million).

An air service linking a southern Vietnamese city with Bangkok, Thailand has made only four flights and it is set to enter a hiatus that could last as long as a year after the last trip on August 6.

Vietnam is poised to continue to take global manufacturing market share, according to HSBC Global Research released on August 5.

The harvest of longan approved for the country's first export consignment to the US in Hanoi and the northern province of Hung Yen will finish in the next ten days, according to the agriculture ministry's Plant Protection Department.

Bac Ninh authorities presented an investment licence to Samsung Display Co. Ltd on August 6, marking an upcoming flow of US$3 billion from the company into the northern province. 

The 566-hectare phase II of the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) project in the central province of Quang Ngai kicked off on August 6.

Vietnam will produce a total of 1.9 billion litres of fresh milk in 2015 and 2.6 billion litres by 2020.

The northern province of Ha Nam is anticipating a wave of capital in diverse areas, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Mai Tien Dung told a trade promotion forum in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6.

(VOV) - In recent years, Vietnam’s surimi – a uniquely functional food ingredient made of fish protein - has been exported to many nations in the world, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

(VOV) - The outlook for this year’s peppercorn exports is upbeat with the General Department of Vietnam Customs reporting they could set a new record in terms of revenue despite significantly lower volume.

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has concluded its investigation into of zinc-coated (galvanised) steel imported from India and Vietnam, the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on August 5. 

Not all resort real estate projects along the coastline are attractive to investors, but beachfront villas have been a magnet to investors for the last six months.

(VOV) - The General Directorate of Imports under the Turkish Ministry of Economy has reviewed anti-dumping duties imposed on motorbike and bike tyres imported from Vietnam.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on August 5 that Greece was close to concluding a deal with lenders on a multi-billion-euro bailout, which he said would end doubts over its place in the euro zone.

The Department of Livestock will probe into whether US chicken thighs sold at VND20,000 (US$0.92) per kilogramme in Vietnam can be considered dumping and if there is trade fraud in this case, said Deputy Director of the department Nguyen Van Trong.

Recent Vietnamese press reports that US chicken is being "dumped" in Vietnam have prompted a strong denial by the head of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC).

Vietnamese businesses have yet to pay adequate attention to building trademarks, especially in the context of integration and increasing competition, said Lai Tien Manh from Brand Finance.

A continuous improvement in domestic revenue collection (excluding collection from crude oil) in the last months of the year will help the country meet the State budget estimates for 2015.

Vietnam is likely to face both opportunities and challenges when joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with the scale tipped towards gains rather than losses, economists have said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development aims to address difficulties facing agro-fishery-forestry production in a bid to boost export.

Foreign firms have pumped hundreds of millions of US dollars into numerous real estate projects in Ho Chi Minh City as of late, attributed to an upswing in the real estate market after a long period of hibernation. 

Vietnam Airlines on August 4 launched a promotion programme for passengers who travel on the new-generation Boeing 787-9 on flights from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City to London, the UK. 

Point-of-sale (POS) payment usage is rising in Vietnam, news website baotintuc.vn has reported.

Gold weakened further on August 4 in Vietnam, falling to the lowest levels since 2012, amid a continuing steady drop in world prices.

The Ministry of Finance on Monday proposed that the Prime Minister temporarily stop collecting export tariffs levied at 5% on tapioca chips since the business was facing difficulties.

Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin reports on the trade deal between the EU and Vietnam. She speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn on "First Up."

Merger and acquisition activities are now blossoming in Vietnam thanks to the clearer economic recovery, thriving GDP growth, newly signed free trade agreements and the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year.

Following the conclusion of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations in July and expectations that it will be signed later this year, Liliana Lizarazo Rodriguez, a free trade agreement specialist at Belgian law firm A–Law International and the firm’s managing partner Patricia Leers discuss the challenges facing Vietnamese companies once this agreement takes effect.

Authorities of the southernmost province, Ca Mau, have affirmed their support of a project to construct a wind-power plant in Ngoc Hien district.