Amway Vietnam ranked first among direct selling companies in Vietnam in 2014, in terms of revenue, number of participants, commissions and other economic benefits offered for sellers, according to a recent report released by the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam is changing rules to allow foreign investors bigger stakes in local banks in its latest move to rebuild a financial sector battered by bad debt, according to the country's prime minister.

Developing agriculture and ensuring food security should play a central role in the national development strategy of any country, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

Hamyang district in the Republic of Korea (RoK) province of Gyeosangnam will help Nam Tra My district in central Quang Nam province to develop Ngoc Linh ginseng, a rare and valuable long-standing plant, as stipulated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on April 21.

Vietnamese investors gained insight into Pyeongtaek port, an entrepot linked with other international seaports, in the Republic of Korea (RoK) during a workshop in Hanoi on April 21. 

The market for canned fruit products would present an opportunity to boost Vietnamese agricultural product consumption but domestic producers have long neglected this market due to various reasons.

The United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Vietnam's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade between the country and Southeast Asia.

(VOV) - Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) received 400 dairy cows from Australia through Singapore Airlines on April 20.

(VOV) -National carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced on April 20 that the assembly of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been completed.

(VOV) - Titled “Continuing to reform the investment and business climate in Vietnam: Turning Words into Action”, the 2015 Spring Economic Forum opened on April 21 in Vinh City, central Nghe An province.   

(VOV) - Around 353 exhibitors from 31 different countries around the world are showcasing products and services at the 8th Food and Hotel Exhibition which opens at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) on April 21.

Low investment in research and development is undermining Vietnam’s economic competitiveness.

Foreign buyers from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the UK are falling for apartments in the Masteri Thao Dien project in Ho Chi Minh City.

Though exports for textile and garments in the first quarter (Q1) reached US$4.75 billion, industry insiders said the figure was worse than forecast, the Hai quan (Customs) newspaper said.

Final negotiations to complete a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) and Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the European Union (EU) and Vietnam is expected to be completed by late 2015.

The northern province of Bac Giang plans to promote litchi exports to the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnam is a promising market for EU beef, pork and meat products, the Poland-based Union of Producers and Employers of the Meat Industry has said.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan called for more support to Vietnamese craft villages for the sake of the national economy and culture during a workshop in Hanoi on April 20.

Carlotta Colli, Italian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, and Binh Duong authorities had a working session on April 20 to discuss measures to boost cooperation between the European country and the southern province.

Vietnamese firms were instructed to export agro-fishery products to Finnish and North European markets during a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20. 

A factory producing wireless antennas and filters used for smartphones will be built in the northern province of Ha Nam, according to M.H. Kim, Project Management Director of the Republic of Korea’s ACE Technology Corporation. 

A number of foreign companies had a meeting with the Mekong Delta province of Long An’s People’s Committee on April 20 to seek investment opportunities. 

(VOV) - Vingroup has announced it will hold a partner conference on April 20 with Keller Williams, a Global Property Specialist based out of the US at Royal City in Hanoi to explore the possibility of utilizing their services. 

(VOV) - Tra fish exports to the US for the three months leading up to April dropped by 14.4% on-year to US$62.59 million on the back of high anti-dumping tariffs, according to the Vietnam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

(VOV) - The idea of planning and eating three square meals a day seems to increasingly be a thing of the past for many Vietnamese households.

The southern province of Dong Nai attracted over US$925 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital from January 1, 2015 to April 15, 2015.

Phones and phone parts posted US$6.7 billion worth of export value in the first quarter of this year, topping the export list, according to the General Department of Customs.

ANZ has forecast an annual GDP growth of 6.5 % for Vietnam in 2015 and 2016, with the bank's economic experts saying the actual result may be even better when taking into account the notable achievements of the first quarter. 

A delegation led by Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat attended the Asian Development Forum that opened on April 19 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Despite the remarkable growth recorded in the peppercorn sector in the last three years, local farmers are enduring damage fuelled by unsustainable development.