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.

VOV.VN - Some gold-plated orchid, apricot and peach tree models have been selling well among the domestic market ahead of this year’s Lunar New Year festival (Tet). The prices range from several millions of dong to tens of millions of Vietnamese dong.

VOV.VN - Dai Hoang king bananas, sometimes known as Ngu bananas, in Dai Hoang village, Hoa Hau commune, Ly Nhan district in the northern province of Ha Nam are in high demand from customers in the build-up to the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

Renewables could become Vietnam’s lowest-cost option to meet its energy needs, according to a whitepaper released by global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company on January 23.

Vietnam has been named among the 60 most innovative economies in the world by the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index.

Founders of Wisepass, Base.vn and WeFit are educated overseas, drawn back to Vietnam by its startup potential.  

Continuously expanding foreign businesses and the wave of foreign investors relocating from China may make the chronic shortage of skilled workers more dire in Vietnam.  

The Dong Nam Textile JSC, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), began construction of the first yarn factory in the southwestern region in Bac Lieu province on January 23.

Vietnamese ride-hailing company FastGo plans to enter the U.S. and Brazil this year as it seeks to quickly expand overseas.