The General Department of Taxation will cut the tax payment time in Vietnam to the ASEAN average of 171 hours by the end of this year as ordered by the Government.

(VOV) - The fifth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will take place March 9-12 at Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. 

The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Vietnam on January 22 announced the Business Climate Index (BCI) for the fourth quarter of 2014, showing business confidence, prospects and expectations improved significantly. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s January consumer price index (CPI) inched down 0.48% from last month as a result of recent reductions in petrol, oil and gas prices.

(VOV) - As of December 2014, Switzerland had foreign direct investment (FDI) of US$1.94 billion in 101 projects throughout Vietnam, according to Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

(VOV) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has expressed his conviction that the Vietnam visit by Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan M. Selig would open up a year full of high-level exchange visits between the two countries.

(VOV) - Vietnam has removed many technical barriers for its agricultural products to penetrate foreign markets with a focus on the US, Japan, Australia and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnam Food Administration has issued a warning and called for inspection of local businesses that might be importing prepackaged caramel apples from the United States.

The price of RON95 gasoline was slashed by VND1,900 down to VND16,270 on the afternoon of January 21, according to the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex). 

Vietnam remains as one of Asian appealing trade and investment destinations for international businesses, including those from India, said Indian Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Rajeev Kher at the Vietnam-India Business Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is willing to help southern Dong Nai province promote a linkage chain in agriculture, said Minister Nishikawa Koya at his working session with local officials on January 20.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has scaled back its forecast for rice exports in 2015 on the back of a lacklustre 2014— as it continues to search for measures to jump start exports and power up the sector.

(VOV) - As of December 2014, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the public education sector of the nation has fallen far short of expectations, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has announced.

(VOV) - The finishing touches are being put on a plan by TH True Milk Joint Stock Company to invest more than US$1 billion in the Russian dairy industry in what promises to be a ‘game changer’ for Vietnam in the rapidly expanding market. 

Vietnam-Singapore trade hit US$15.6 billion (SGD20.4 billion) in 2014, a 20.3% surge from 2013, according to the Singapore Department of Statistics.

Vietnam and India have targeted trade revenue of US$7 billion in 2015, increasing to US$15 billion by 2020. 

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said he was glad to see India is looking to boost cooperation with Vietnam in economics, trade, and investment, and thrilled that they consider Vietnam a centerpiece of their Look East Policy. 

(VOV) - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam delivered a keynote address on January 20 at the opening ceremony of the third OIE Global Conference on Aquatic Animal Health in HCM City. 

(VOV) - Samsung has invested heavily in HCM City and we are pulling out all the stops in 2015 to meet the commitments we made to the company, said Le Manh Ha, HCM City’s People’s Committee Vice Chairman. 

The most prestigious financial institutions believe that Vietnam's economy will see a strong recovery in 2015 and that the drop in crude oil prices, though lowering revenue for the State, will help foster production and consumption, reported the English language news portal VietNamNet Bridge.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) and the World Bank (WB) on January 20 co-hosted a high-level conference on strengthening governance to promote development in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s cassava exports recovered in 2014 and surpassed the US$1 billion mark, however the industry continues to face challenges with sustainability and is not out of the woods yet, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam is looking to Germany for supporting its exports to the European Union, particularly seafood, rice, tea, coffee, and fruits, Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat told his host, Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt, in Berlin on January 19.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January will fluctuate slightly and see a minor reduction, the Price Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, forecast.

Japan’s Showa Denko Group has worked in conjunction with authorities from the northern province of Ha Nam to design a plan to develop a clean vegetable production plant using LED lighting technology.

(VOV) - Denmark always gives priority to Vietnam in terms of politics and economics with the hope to further strengthening partnership and close cooperation between the two countries.

(VOV) - Jordan Belfort, a securities billionaire, and author of the autobiography “The Wolf of Wall Street” is set to return to Vietnam and share the secret of success with businesspeople in HCM City in a workshop from March 28 - 30.

The restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) has seen slow progress since it was launched in 2011, leaving significant tasks to complete by the end of 2015.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan have been defined as the primary markets of Hanoi’s tourism thanks to their high growth in the number of arrivals to the capital.

(VOV) -  The leading information and communication technology (ICT) firm in Vietnam, FPT Information System Company, has now expanded its operations into Myanmar, augmenting its presence in the ASEAN region.