VOV.VN - The cement industry needs capable investors and large-scale producers to navigate eco-friendly and high efficiency production and generate quality products at lower costs, Nguyen Van Cung, Chairman of the Vietnam Cement Association has suggested.

VOV.VN - The total means of payment rose by 5.17 per cent during the first half of 2019 compared with the end of 2018 whilst the liquidity of the credit institution system remained secure.  

Vietnamese automobile manufacturers and distributors had a banner month in May as the sales of car experienced a strong monthly growth of 30 percent following a line-up of promotions and discount programmes.

Orientations to develop Binh Phuoc cashew nut brand was the focus of discussion at a meeting between representatives from the People’s Committee of southern Binh Phuoc province, the Dutch Embassy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on June 14. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 14 suggested Samsung Vietnam expand its operation not only in electronics assembling but also in technological development. 

The third European Art of Living Exhibition - EuroSphere 2019 which gathers over 50 European age-old brands in the field of food and beverage, fashion, jewelry, cosmetics, perfume, furniture, cars, education, real estate and tourism, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14.

Japanese retail giant AEAON Co. will double the value of products it procures from Vietnam from the current level to 500 million USD in 2020.

Vietnam’s aviation sector has witnessed double-digit growth in passenger transport in the past decade, and the market is forecast to build up momentum in 2019, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

The VinFast automobile manufacturing factory of Vingroup was opened at Dinh Vu Industrial Park of northern Hai Phong city on June 14, officially beginning mass production.

VOV.VN - With ASEAN’s third largest population of over 94 million people yet the region’s lowest urbanisation ratio of 36 per cent in 2018, Vietnam and its property market have the potential to surpass regional peers, foreign-invested real estate services provider Savills Vietnam has said.

More Vietnamese companies are turning to­ mergers and acquisitions to beef up their domestic market presence and boost growth.

Local producers have been able to ensure material supply for denim production, with localization rate in denim trousers reaching 55 – 60 percent, said Vice General Secretary of Vietnam Textile & Apparel Association (VITAS) Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai.

VOV.VN - Credit institutions have handled an average of VND5.8 trillion (US$251.52 million) per month since the implementation of a National Assembly resolution on the pilot settlement of bad debts began in August 2017, much higher than the figure recorded over the previous five years.  

Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 13 held a meeting with the Vietnam Airlines Corporation to discuss the implementation of an aviation logistics hub project in the city.

UK based Enterprize Energy (EE) announced it had received a licence to conduct survey for a giant wind power farm offshore Ke Ga cape in the south central province of Binh Thuan.

VOV.VN - The first five months of the year saw Vietnam's exports to Algeria drop by 7 per cent to US$83.24 million in comparison with the same period last year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will help micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) further diversify exports and expand markets, as well as improve GDP growth in Vietnam, experts said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13.  

VOV.VN - Some 200 businesses along with government officials from Vietnam and China attended a seminar aimed to seek ways of bolstering bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture, and logistics, which took place in the Chinese province of Sichuan on June 13.

Commercial banks now are pouring money into digitalization in order to satisfy clients’ requirements amid financial technology breakthroughs.

The Trang Tien ice cream is threatened by the rising popularity of milk tea and foreign confectionery.  

Developing eco-industrial parks is among important programmes within the Switzerland’s cooperation and development framework for Vietnam, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Beatrice Maser Mallor said at a seminar in Hanoi on June 12. 

Vietnam spent 1.1 billion USD importing mobile phones and spare parts in May, up 36.2 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is opening the door wide for Vietnamese tra fish, a major foreign currency earner, to enter the markets of 10 other members of the deal.

The Mui Ne solar power plant in Mui Ne ward in Phan Thiet city of the south-central province of Binh Thuan was connected to the national grid and began commercial operation on June 12.

The State Treasury has raised 4 trillion VND (171.2 million USD) through Government bond auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) this week.

VOV.VN - Yoshino Gypsum Vietnam Co, Ltd began construction on a gypsum factory located in Phu My 3 Specialized Industrial Park in Phu My town in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau on June 13.

VOV.VN - The restructuring of State-owned enterprises remains sluggish and may fail to fulfill many key targets set for the end of 2020 due to shortcomings in both institutions and laws, reported by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

An offshore wind power seminar took place in Hanoi on June 12, as part of the second Vietnam Wind Power Conference. 

The Central Innovation Programme for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), also known as ZIM, was introduced to Vietnamese and German firms and organisations at a workshop in Berlin on June 12.

The ICT (information and communication technology) reference framework for the development of smart cities (version 1.0) has been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications as a basis for localities and businesses to develop smart city projects.