The country’s largest engine and machinery producer VEAM has not been able to list on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) due to sluggish equitisation.

VOV.VN - The State Bank of Vietnam has implemented a road map to guide the flows of foreign currency credit into four directions in a bid to deal with rising exchange rates.

Four out of eight projects that received investment certificates or investment proposal approvals at the major investment promotion event Spring Conference 2019 in Danang early this year have kicked off construction.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced temporary anti-dumping duties on aluminum products originating from 17 Chinese producers.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has so far attracted 49 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a combined registered capital of over 2.75 billion USD.

VOV.VN - Banks and financial institutions should apply industry 4.0 technologies and find new solutions to handling risks from e-payments if they want to further develop their products and services in the local market, Nguyen Kim Anh, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s exports of cassava and cassava-based products suffered a remarkable drop during the first five months of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Forbes Vietnam on June 3 announced Vietnam’s 50 top listed companies for 2019. The firms accounted for 63 percent of total market capitalisation on the Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi stock exchanges in mid-May.

Many Vietnam-made products, after being exported to other countries, have been re-imported to Vietnam and sold at prices much higher than the initial prices.

Foreign capital is pouring into Vietnam's industrial real estate market through M&A activities, with the CPTPP to have a significant impact on this investment trend.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on June 3 that it will open a direct air route between the central City of Da Nang and Busan city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 20.

Viet Nam earned US$662 million from rubber exports in the first five months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 2.4 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Halal food is a promising export product for Vietnamese companies to pursue though they may face challenges.

The new policies will simplify procedures, explaining that instead of 95 laws and ordinances, investors only have to relate to two legal documents regulating planning. This is a way to reduce administrative procedures and increase transparency and stability of the law.

The export value of forestry products in the first five months of 2019 hit 4.25 billion USD, up nearly 20 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). 

State-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has paid 415 billion VND (17.8 million USD) to reacquire a 75 percent stake in Quy Nhon Port JSC, which it had sold illegally to Hop Thanh Investment & Mineral JSC without the Government’s approval.

An event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3 to help start-ups from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to seek investment opportunities in Vietnam.

The State Treasury of Vietnam mobilised more than 11.93 trillion VND (512.99 million USD) through Government bond auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in May, down 5 percent against the previous month. 

VOV.VN - At the Investment Promotion Conference in Tokyo on June 3, the south-central province of Phu Yen called on Japanese investors to inject their money into six projects that the province pledged to implement a number of incentive policies to attract fresh investment capital. 

Six companies will have their listings on the Hanoi Stock Exchange cancelled in June.

Authorities in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are working with local departments to speed up implementation of 34 key projects.

VOV.VN - Some 300 goods are expected to enjoy preferential tariffs under a pending decree detailing tariff cuts under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Hanoi’s economy continue to grow in the first five months of this year, reported Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen at a recent conference held by the municipal People’s Committee. 

A recent forum on developing Vietnam’s sea brands held in the southern coastal province of Bac Lieu ended with the signing of 14 investment deals in the province.  

The European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will open up opportunities for Italian firms, especially- small and medium-sized ones, heard recent bilateral economic and trade promotion seminars held in Parma and Piacenza cities, the Italian northern region of Emilia – Romagna. 

Mangoes grown in Yen Chau district, the northern mountain province of Son La, began being exported to the US, UK, Australian and Chinese markets on June 1.

Many large breweries may be required to report all of their M&A deals to the management agency.

Seven more domestic and international air routes departing in Can Tho City have been launched since April, helping develop tourism, investment and trade for the entire Mekong Delta region.

As of present, Hanoi has total of 4,850 ongoing foreign-invested projects with accumulated capital of US$41.2 billion, of which, the disbursement rate accounts for 49.7% of the total or US$20.5 billion.

Vietnamese manufacturers recorded another monthly improvement in business conditions during May, with growth of output and new orders picking up from April.