The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre will invest more than 2.5 trillion VND (107.5 million USD) by 2030 to develop key aquatic species like black tiger shrimp, white-legged shrimp and tra fish, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) last week signed a landmark free trade deal that will slash tariffs on almost all goods, including wood and timber products. It is expected to give Vietnamese wood exporters better market access and more opportunities to expand their business.

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance (VDMS) and the Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton (LVMH), the world's leading luxury group based in France, co-organised a workshop in Hanoi on July 3 to instruct market management staff on how to identify whether products under the LVMH brands are fake or authentic.

Vietnam has carried out 23 agricultural projects using official development assistance (ODA) worth over 1.96 billion USD, said an official.

The Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee has acknowledged progress in the high-speed rail project to link three airports and the Map Ta Phut industrial port development project. Contracts for both projects are expected to be signed between state firms and private concessionaires next month.

VOV.VN - Agricultural firms should be keen to seek potential alliances with partners from CPTPP member countries in order to benefit from the transfer of cutting-edge technologies by the latter through the joint implementation of large-scale projects, thus deepening their penetration into regional and global supply chains.

The footwear sector has optimised opportunities from free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam has signed to increase exports, according to insiders.

Farmers in the northern province of Bac Giang earned revenue of 6.1 trillion VND (262.3 million USD) from lychee this year, surpassing records in the past 60 years in terms of value.

The Hoanh Son Joint Stock Co has inaugurated its solar power plant, worth more than 1.45 trillion VND (62.7 million USD), in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The incoming President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Bangkok, Atsushi Taketani, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, at Government House this week, with both officials looking forward to strengthening bilateral cooperation between Thailand and Japan.

It is good for Vietnam to get foreign investment in its fintech sector as support in technology, experience and capital from global major foreign financial groups will help local firms further develop.

Tiki is pouring money into warehousing and Lazada is live-streaming videos on social media as competition intensifies in Vietnam’s e-commerce market.  

Good progress has been made recently in digital personal identification systems. The Ministry of the Digital Economy and Society (MDES) is set to pilot a Digital ID system with financial institutions ensuring highest security protection in services.

VOV.VN - The signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has opened opportunities for EU businesses to increase direct investment in Vietnam’s public sector and simplify import export procedures.

E-commerce is developing rapidly in Vietnam but it needs a new push to reach rural areas and help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reach customers, experts have said.

Vietnam continues to be a great example of successful transition and development, according to Business Times of Singapore. 

The country’s index of industrial production (IIP) recorded a year-on-year rise of 9.13 per cent in the first six months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s latest report.

The Prime Minister has approved the zoning of the Cao Bang Border Gate Economic Zone to 2040.

Vietnamese banks are seeking to raise capital in international bond markets as they face growing pressure to hike capital to satisfy the central bank's regulations on minimum capital requirements and Basel II standards by early next year.  

Nguyen Huu Tuat launched a Vietnamese ride-hailing firm a year ago, with dreams of scaling up the business overseas.

After Vietnam signed a bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), many Japanese enterprises expressed their optimism about business opportunities that the deal could bring to the Southeast Asian market.

VOV.VN - Vietnam, one of the region’s fastest-growing economies backed by robust export and foreign investment inflows, is forecast to enjoy an annual average export growth ranging from 5 to 8 per cent between 2019 and 2023.

The prices of oil and petrol have climbed over 400 VND (0.017 USD) per litre following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance on July 2.

Vietnam is making concerted efforts to improve the quality of information disclosure and transparency of corporate bond issues and listings to develop a healthy bond market and reduce risks for investors.

The Japanese company Yaegaki, Inc. is expected to invest 50 million USD in the Vietnamese-based TMS Group’s real estate projects under a cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two in Tokyo on July 1.

The 17th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition and Conference (MTA Vietnam 2019) returned to Ho Chi Minh City on July 2, gathering more than 500 exhibitors from 22 countries and territories.

VOV.VN - The newly-signed EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is expected to give an added impetus for Vietnamese apparel exports to the trading block, insiders have claimed.

Saigon Co.op has just taken over the whole business operations, staff included, of the 18 Auchan Vietnam branches.

The investors selected to develop the North-South Expressway will have to have successfully developed at least one similar project in an overseas market.

In the second half of this year, increasing competition in product quality, prices and market share are predicted to force steel companies to work harder to maintain their foothold in the market.