VOV.VN - Trade centers have become crowded with people shopping and abundant Vietnamese products, covering a wide range of patterns, quality, and prices as Vietnam’s lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is drawing near. 

The surge in demand for cars before the Lunar New Year means customers have to wait or pay extra to get immediate delivery.

E-wallets, food-delivery and online shopping apps are offering a range of Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival promotions to widen their customer base.

An array of specialties, safe agro-forestry-fishery products and handicrafts are being showcased at the Spring Fair 2019 which opened at the Trade Promotion Centre of Agriculture, Hanoi on January 25.

The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang held a meeting with Japanese firms on January 25 to introduce its potential, strengths, and preferential policies.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh on January 25 stressed the need to complete institutions for the development of the oil and gas sector.

The northern midland province of Phu Tho should use industrial development to drive its growth, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has said.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has said it would continue allocating credit growth limits for commercial bank this year to match the 14 per cent growth target set for the entire banking sector.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has stressed the need to foster the selective attraction of upcoming foreign direct investments for the better utilization of FDI resources.

VOV.VN - Real estate developers must review their business strategy if they want to keep up with the opportunities set to come from the expected changes to the sector, according to industry insiders.

The sharp decline of the stock market in the final months of 2018 has had little impact on the yearly business results of securities companies.

VOV.VN - Aquatic imports coming into Vietnam recorded US$1.72 billion in 2018, rising by 19.6% against the previous year, according to Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Economic Times has cited a recent report by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) as saying that shrimp exports in 2018 fell by 7.8% against 2017, failing to reach the target set for the year.

The State Bank of Vietnam again raised the daily reference exchange rate on January 25 to 22,880 VND/USD, up 5 VND from the previous day.

Vietnam will remain an attractive investment destination in 2019, though impacts of the US-China trade tension that triggered a downturn in global stock markets in 2018 will not end soon, said Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of VinaCapital Andy Ho.

The People’s Committee of Bac Ninh province granted investment licences to six foreign direct investment (FDI) projects on January 24.

At the 43-year-old Ba Ren Market, a handful of people make a living as ‘pig huggers’ who make it easy to weigh the swine.

Viettel, whose brand value grew by 35.8 per cent over last year to more than US$4.3 billion, was honoured as one of the 500 most valuable brands in the world 2019.

Vietnam’s rice exporters could be set for a big first quarter, with demand from the Philippines and Indonesia being forecast to increase due to the impact of recent natural disasters.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade sees supporting the manufacturing and processing industry as the key to boosting socio-economic development this year.

The Trade Promotion Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said it will focus on innovative campaigns to expand export markets.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has pledged to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to continue investing in agricultural development in Laos. 

The State Treasury of Vietnam raised nearly 6.2 trillion VND (266.6 million USD) during an auction of government bonds (G-bonds) worth 5.5 trillion VND (236.5 million USD) this week, according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). 

VOV.VN - The 16th Vietnam International Exhibition on Automobile & Transportation and Supporting Industry (Vietnam AutoExpo 2019) is set to take place from June 12-15 in Hanoi. 

Experts called for making better use of straw – an agricultural by-product abundant in Vietnam’s biggest rice cultivating area of Mekong Delta - during a seminar held in southern Can Tho city on January 23.

More and more Italian firms are intending to move their investment to Vietnam, aiming to turn the country into a gateway for them to enter other Southeast Asian nations, said an expert from the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Icham). 

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has approved Kim Long Nam JSC’s investment in an auto manufacturing – assembly complex at the local Chan May – Lang Co economic zone.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung asserted that Vietnam extremely values its economic cooperation with Japan while hailing efforts of the Government and businesses of Japan in maintaining their country’s position as the top investor in Vietnam in 2017 and 2018.

Vietnamese fintech firm Finhay had successfully raised nearly 1 million USD from Singapore-based Insigna Venture Partners and other investors, the company has announced.

Car maker Hyundai Motor Co. of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will set up a joint venture with Vietnam’s Thanh Cong group to boost sales in the emerging market, according to Yonhap news agency.