The International Exhibition Fair for Environment and Energy Technology (ENTECH HANOI 2015) will convene from May 20 to 22 at the Hanoi International Exhibition Centre in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

(VOV) - In an interview late last year with a Wall Street Journal reporter, the State Bank of Vietnam’s Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said it was encouraging weak banks to voluntarily restructure themselves in 2015 through mergers and acquisitions.

Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has affirmed that his ministry would propose the government to introduce bold measures in order to enforce a more serious implementation of the newly amended laws on Investment and Enterprise by state officials.

(VOV) - Footwear exports in the first quarter of this year jumped 19.5% to an estimated value of US$2.5 billion, the highest growth over the last two years, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso).

Infrastructure developers prefer seeking capital from domestic and foreign commercial loans than official development assistance (ODA), which is in the long run more expensive than people think.

The Song Hong (Red River) Delta region had attracted 5,411 foreign-invested projects worth US$65.5 billion till March 1 this year.

Vietnam's leading international processing and packaging exhibition, Propak Vietnam, opened in HCM City on March 31.

The two bauxite mining and processing projects in the Central Highland Province of Lam Dong, which became operational in October 2013, would incur losses for four to five years.

Japan has committed another 112.4 billion JPY (US$936.4 million) in official development assistance to Vietnam to facilitate its socio-economic development. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested the General Department of Taxation slash the tax payment time to 171 hours in 2015 at any cost while chairing a meeting in Hanoi on March 31. 

(VOV) - Lotte and Saigon Co.op have announced plans to substantially increase the stock of Vietnamese goods on the shelves of their stores in the RoK and Singapore during the upcoming year. 

(VOV) - At an Emart partner’s conference on March 31, Choi Kwang Ho, a company director, announced that its first supermarket in Vietnam is being constructed on the fast track and is expected to open in the near future.

Exporters of agro-forestry-fishery products gathered at a meeting with State officials on March 30 to seek ways to address difficulties amid a dramatic fall in the shipment of these commodities during the first quarter. 

Vietnam's growth, though not stellar, is continuing, as latest high-frequency indicators suggest domestic demand is rebounding, albeit at a gradual pace, according to HSBC's Asian Economics quarterly report.

(VOV) - The Vietnam International Bank (VIB) will be honoured by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on April 22 as one of the top Trade Finance Banks in Asia.

(VOV) - Around 4,363 Indian automobiles were imported into Vietnam in the first two months of this year, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung provided guidance on inter-ministerial coordination in macro-economic management and operation during the first quarter of 2015 while chairing a meeting in Hanoi on March 30.

Two former leaders of NamA Bank, Tran Ngo Phuc Vu and Tran Ngoc Tam, now represent this bank’s share holdings at the Vietnam Bank for Export and Import (Eximbank) and are expected to run for board membership at Eximbank’s upcoming general meeting.

Vietnam’s public debt rate may climb to 60% of the country GDP in 2016 and economists say the rate may be much higher than the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast.

Private enterprises have laid the foundation for and imparted momentum to the development of Vietnam's economy, said Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment.

The rise in beef imports after tariffs are cut to zero in 2018 under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) is a serious threat for the domestic cattle industry.

Nestle on March 30 opened a US$80 million decaffeinated coffee production facility in Dong Nai Province's Amata Industrial Park.

A number of products imported from Japan to Vietnam will enjoy zero percent tariff beginning April 1, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). 

The Vietnam-Morocco business forum was held in Hanoi on March 30 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Moroccan Embassy.

Ho Chi Minh City saw strong results in total retail sales and service revenues while successfully curbing its inflation rate in the first quarter, figures which are likely to trigger economic growth in the city over the next few months, said the municipal People’s Committee at a late March meeting.

(VOV) -Vietnam has initialled a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The total capital invested in export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial parks (IPs) in Ho Chi Minh City in the first three months of 2015 exceeded US$381.7 million, up 48.5% from the same period last year.

Low export growth and rising imports by foreign-invested firms have contributed to Vietnam’s first quarter trade deficit.

The quality of products as well as state policies will determine the future of the integrated circuits (IC) industry development and sales in Vietnam, experts have said. 

German engineering conglomerate Siemens has recently awarded a record-breaking order from the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region.