Vietnam has no regulations on criteria for goods to be labeled ‘made in Vietnam’, so consumers have no basis to distinguish ‘made in Vietnam’ and foreign-made products.

The saturated aviation market has brought about the race to the bottom price war, driving the profitability of the core business of some domestic carriers down to nearly zero.

Vietnam’s ratification of the CPTPP and the EVFTA compels the country to liberalize the state sector.

Japan's Sumitomo has invested $37 million in a major port operator to take advantage of Vietnam’s growing logistics demand.  

An import surge of cheaper Chinese toys courtesy of the U.S.-China trade war is making life difficult for Vietnamese producers.  

SMEs will be counseled on how to benefit the most from the newly-signed EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.  

Arbitrators need to step in and deal with disputes in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects so economic development will not be disrupted, experts have warned.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is revising policies and mechanisms towards removing obstacles facing businesses, thus attracting more investors.

The southern province of Dong Nai recorded a GDP growth of 8.02 percent in the first six months of this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee. 

More than 1.15 million poor households and policy beneficiaries gained access to preferential loans in the first half of 2019, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP). 

The target of keeping the country's inflation below 4 percent is feasible, experts said at a recent seminar held in Hanoi by the Institute of Economics and Finance (IEF) under the Academy of Finance.

The banking sector reported a credit growth of 7.33 percent in the first half of this year compared to the end of 2018, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam  (SBV) Le Minh Hung said.

VOV.VN - Domestic businesses should stay alert and be proactive in finding new advantages while improving their competitiveness in order to seize opportunities to boost exports in the remaining months of the year amid the escalating US-China trade tensions, according to economists. 

Hanoi plans to borrow $1.48 billion from official development assistance funds (ODA) to build a metro section in 2021.  

VOV.VN - According to a plan approved by the Prime Minister, Vietnam must equitize 127 state-owned enterprises (SOE) during the 2017-2020 period. But to date, less than one third of the enterprises have been equitized. The question now is what to do to complete the plan on time?  

Bananas have become a new key export item in Vietnam’s agricultural sector.

Vietjet has acquired a 5.17 percent stake in Saigon Ground Services JSC, increasing its shareholding to 9.11 percent.  

The first phase of a solar power plant that has the total capacity of 210 MWp was put into operation in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 6. 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a working session with some major Vietnamese businesses in Hanoi on July 6 to seek ways to facilitate bilateral trade and investment.

After recording its slowest pace in more than three year last month, Vietnam’s inflation is forecast to hit only 2.7 percent in 2019 after standing at 3.5 percent last year.

Central Group, which owns Big C Vietnam, has changed its mind about suspending local apparel procurement, saying orders would resume immediately.

Local Internet security firm Bkav began selling its Bphone 3 smartphone in Myanmar on July 4.

Apple has fulfilled a Vietnamese demand to remove nine apps that flouted its gambling laws, the U.S. company says in its latest transparency report.

VOV.VN - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is the first FTA that the EU has signed with a developing country in Asia. The newly-signed deal will bolster bilateral trade and investment of European businesses in Vietnam. 

The Vietnam Youth Union’s Supporting Centre for Youth’s Startup in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam organised the Startup Hunt contest from July 5 to August 29 to promote startup and innovation in tourism.

Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd., a UK-based subsidiary of Japanese advertising and public relations joint stock company Dentsu Inc., has signed an agreement to acquire Ambient Digital Vietnam – the country’s largest independent digital media agency.

The import-export turnover through the Lao Cai International Border Gate on the Vietnam-China border reached 919 million USD in the first six months of 2019, a decrease of 6.77 percent year on year. 

The Prime Minister has recently given green light to the project on strengthening State management over the circumvention of trade remedies, and fraudulent acts of origins.

More than 1.85 million prepaid mobile subscribers were deactivated in the first six months of the year as they were improperly registered, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

VOV.VN - Fourteen renowned brands are to be introduced during the Vietnam Motor Show (VMS 2019) which is scheduled to take place between October 23- 27 in HCM City.