Though Dung Quat oil refinery can meet only one-third of domestic demand, the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has predicted that oil and gas supply could exceed demand in 2018.

VOV.VN - Dozens of Vietnam and the Czech Republic travel agents have gathered at a recent forum in Prague to foster long-term partnership and tourism cooperation.

VOV.VN - Rosneft Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and Petrovietnam’s President & CEO Nguyen Vu Truong Son have made a visit to Rosneft operated Lan Tay production platform and exploration drilling rig in Block 06.1 offshore Vietnam.

The operators of the Vietnamobile and Gmobile brands are taking steps to change their operational models, a move which is expected to intensify competition in the domestic telecommunications market.

The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam one of its four strategic export markets, along with China, Iran, and Brazil. 

"You are proud of your coffee, but the worst cup of coffee I’ve ever drunk was in Vietnam. You are proud of your rice, but the worst meal I’ve eaten was served by Vietnam Airlines", a foreign expert on branding commented.

Vietnamese rich are spending enormous amounts of money for super cars.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will apply global safeguards in an emergency action to control increasing imports of monosodium glutamate to Vietnam from March 25 this year.

The EU-funded capacity development programme for environmentally and socially responsible tourism in Vietnam (EU-ESRT) is building a website to help promote tourism in the central coastal region, focusing on Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces and Danang city.

A symposium on economic cooperation opportunities between the southern central province of Phu Yen and the European Union was opened in Tuy Hoa city on March 15.

Vietnam and India have made significant progress in textile and garment trade last year, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on March 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will make every effort to promote economic restructuring, state enterprises and banking sector reform. 

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB)  and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) co-organized a roundtable discussion on March 15 themed around the promise and pitfalls the TPP and free trade agreements in general pose to local businesses.  

The largest medium-density fiberboard (MDF) wood processing plant in the Mekong Delta was inaugurated in Kien Giang province on March 14. 

VOV.VN - Russia imports nearly US$13 billion of clothing and textiles annually, according to the Russian Trade Representative Agency in Vietnam.

Thailand has launched a campaign to boost industrial products export to Vietnam, Somchai Harnhiran, director general of the Thai Ministry of Industry's Department of Industrial Promotion said on March 14. 

VOV.VN -Featuring high-level speakers from the government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, Vietnam’s trade counsellors conference took place recently before a packed audience in Hanoi.

The Johnan Shinkin Bank of Japan (JSB) will provide financial information and consultations for Vietnam’s Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Fund (SMEDF) under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked in Hanoi on March 14.

Cosmobeaute Vietnam 2016, the biggest beauty trade exhibition in the Indochina region, will return to HCM City next month, promising to create the most effective platform for the beauty industry in the region.

Pressure to remove tariff barriers on agricultural products ahead of the Trans-pacific Partnership has prompted Japanese investors to boost their agricultural investment projects in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has approved the portfolio of a project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to assist the building of development policies and strategy for the industrial sector through capacity building. 

Commercial banks are rushing to set up more branches and transaction offices after a long period of interruption. 

VOV.VN - Cuttle-fish and octopus exports rose 9.8% to US$38.45 million in January, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers said quoting statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Besides its numerous benefits, the Trans-Pacific Partnership will bring a slew of challenges to the Vietnamese textile, apparel and footwear sectors.

The real estate market has become attractive to foreign companies and investment funds, which is evident in some major merger & acquisition (M&A) and cooperation deals struck this year between foreign and local firms.

Intensifying the scale and health of the financial market should be one of the top priorities for Vietnam in its ongoing economic restructuring process, a finance official said.

The United States (US) has levied higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese warm-water shrimp exports during the period of review from February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015.

Nearly 40 businesses from the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa and Europe gathered at a workshop in Nha Trang city on March 14 to seek bilateral economic cooperation opportunities.

Vietnam wants to acquire advanced technology and enhance its cooperation with British enterprises to increase the value of food while ensuring benefits to consumers, Doan Duy Khuong, Executive Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) highlighted.

Vietnam’s monetary policies resemble China’s in many respects. Two prime examples are the control of capital flows and market interest rates, including the application of ceiling deposit interest rates.