Health activists say special consumption taxes imposed on alcohol, beer and tobacco should be increased to improve community health and tackle the national budget deficit.

The rice output of the winter-spring rice crop fell significantly because of drought and salination, but with an additional 200,000ha to be planted in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, there will be enough rice for exports. 

Can Tho has issued a licence to the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Tae Kwang Vina Industrial for setting up a shoe production plant in its 2B Hung Phu Industrial Park.

The prices of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel increased VND518 and VND551 per litre, respectively, as from 5 p.m. on April 5. 

A conference to seek join efforts for trade facilitation in the southern province of Binh Duong was held in the locality on April 5.

The Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation (MDEC) Forum 2016 will take place in Hau Giang province from July 11-15 with discussions focusing on integration and sustainable development in the region. 

Ho Chi Minh City enterprises have been invited to invest in energy – mining, processing, tourism and agro-forestry-fisheries in Laos’ Xaysomboun province as the industries are key to local economic development.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese textile companies are getting ready for the introduction of a wide array of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), hoping they will usher in an age of unparalleled growth and prosperity.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced the issuance of commemorative banknotes to mark its 65th founding anniversary (May 6, 1951).

ACE Life Vietnam has changed its name to Chubb Life Vietnam Insurance Company Ltd (Chubb Life) with effect from April 4 following its parent's acquisition of Chubb Corporation last January.

VOV.VN - Last year’s second edition of the e-commerce ‘Online Friday’ reported 300,000 orders – nearly double that of the prior year – 80% of which were for technology, fashion items or home appliances.

As many as 22 cities and provinces in the southern region are engaging in the 2016 agro-fisheries festival that opened in Ba Ria – Vung Tau on April 4.

The export of prawn saw a year-on-year increase of 8.5% in the first two months of this year, earning the country US$378.4 million, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Prime Minister has ratified a draft content of an agreement between Vietnam and Germany’s KfW Development Bank for the first phase of a project on smart grid for electricity transmission in Vietnam.

The business environment in Vietnam has been increasingly improved since the birth of the Law on Foreign Investment, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin has said in an interview granted to Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper.

The YouthSpark 2016 programme was officially launched on April 4 with an investment of US$270,000.

VOV.VN - Vietnam got nearly US$2.683 billion trade surplus with Canada last year, up 25.9% over the previous year, according to Statistics Canada.

To effectively utilise opportunities through free trade agreements (FTAs) provinces and cities should launch databases on foreign-invested enterprises and domestic suppliers to help domestic firms become suppliers of foreign counterparts.

Many manufacturing enterprises have lost their brands and the market, becoming outsourced workshops for retailers.

Two years after the return of Peugeot, the Vietnamese bicycle market has welcomed several more famous brands.

Chubb has announced the official name change of its life insurance subsidiary in Vietnam from ACE Life to Chubb Life.

Fitch Ratings has issued the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) on five Vietnamese banks.

The shortage of long-term capital coupled with low competitiveness should be blamed for the rising number of firms going bankrupt and temporarily halting operations in the first quarter of 2016.

The Vietnamese government has recently stubbed out cigarette monopoly producer Vinataba’s self-serving ambitions to rid the local market of popular brands from Indonesia’s Sumatra Tobacco.

The US economic presence in Vietnam has been increasing steadily since the normalization of Vietnam-US relations since the 1990s. Russia, which was once the largest trade partner of Vietnam, has also returned.

Local wood producers should focus on developing their business in the domestic market to avoid domination of foreign products.

While many of its oil ventures have been affected by the global oil slump, state energy giant PetroVietnam's gas arm PV Gas is still looking to expand its business abroad, local media have reported.

The ever-growing incidence of cybercrime in Vietnam’s enterprises and organizations has opened up a new market for foreign IT firms.

A census for rural areas, in agriculture and fishery will be carried out nationwide over 30 days, beginning from July 1, heard a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 4.

A new wave of Japanese investment is forecast to emerge in Ho Chi Minh City, Vo Van Hoan, Chief of the municipal People's Committee office, said during a press conference on April 4.