The proposal by the national oil and gas group PetroVietnam to force domestic enterprises to buy petroleum products from domestic sources will create a monopoly, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has warned.

The US has pledged that the implementation of US regulations will not hinder Vietnam’s tra fish exports to the market, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) will work harder to contribute more to Vietnam ’s vehicle industry, HVN General Director Minoru Kato said.

Vietnam’s cocoa sector should aim its sights at the premium chocolate market, the director of the International Cocoa Organisation’s (ICCO) economics and statistics division has urged.

Developing a national brand is essential and urgent, especially in the context that Vietnam is integrating intensively and extensively into the world, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai. 

Vietnam is among emerging countries in the world with strong economic growth forcasts for this year and the years to come, according to the World Bank (WB)’s recent Global Economic Prospects report.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) will pour US$ 91 million into building its second factory in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Competition Authority on March 11 unveiled that Thai authorities have advised they are lifting the imposition of safeguard duties on the import of hot-rolled steel plates.

Furniture and lacquer products featuring Vietnamese cultural identities are being introduced by investment promotion centres from the southern province of Binh Duong and Hanoi at the 2016 International Furniture Fair in Singapore.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to sell some 166 million shares to French airport authority Aéroports de Paris (ADP), which is set to become a strategic investor.

The Vietnam International Cafe Show is debuting this year on May 12-14 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in HCM City, showcasing products related to bakery & confectionery, food & beverage, tea & coffee industries.

VOV.VN - Against the backdrop of the recently published European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which was penned last December, a recent conference gathered in Hanoi to discuss its economic impact.

VOV.VN - Inditex- brand owner of Zara and Bershka, plans to open stores in Vietnam, New Zealand, Paraguay, Aruba and Nicaragua this year. 

The Prime Minister has recently approved the equitisation plan of the Machines and Industrial Equipment Corporation (MIE), which has a total charter capital of VND1.42 trillion (US$63.7 million).

An Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract on the expansion of Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant at the Vinh Tan Power Centre in Binh Thuan was signed between the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group and four contractors at a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 10.

Bangkok Airways will launch its new route between the central city of Da Nang and Bangkok from May 25, the Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited told Bizhub.vn in an email on March 8.

The government has set targets for economic growth of between 6.5% and 7% and total GDP of between VND30,621 trillion (US$1.37 trillion) and VND31,487 trillion (US$1.41 trillion) over the next five years.

What happened with the instant coffee market in 2015 showed that the market was unpredictable.

The Vietnamese banana industry has seen a relatively sharp increase in export prices since early this year due to surging demand on international markets.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea’s CJ Group will invest an additional sum of US$500 million in Vietnam, bringing its total registered capital to US$900 million, said CJ Vietnam CEO Chang Bok Sang.

An Indonesian tobacco firm has raised objection to a Vietnamese cigarette producer registering two of its brands.

Vietnam’s game programming technology is developing robustly as many local game studios want to go beyond the international game market. The race in the computer game programming industry in Vietnam is hotter than ever.

President Truong Tan Sang visited the Viettel Tanzania (Halotel) Company – a member of the military-run telecom group Viettel in the East African country and talked online to Vietnamese workers at the company’s branches. 

The review of Vietnam’s laws to make them consistent with the country’s EVFTA commitments on Customs and Trade facilitation has focused more on the field of customs with little attention on trade facilitation. 

A meeting to share opportunities and address challenges in business processes was opened in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 10 with the participation of over 300 enterprises.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced plans to launch an all-out integrated marketing campaign titled – Weeks of Vietnamese Goods – in France and Italy this summer.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is among three leading countries that have the highest number of investors in the Vietnamese stock market, Chairman of the State Securities Commission Vu Bang said at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10.

VOV.VN - Gentherm, the global market leader and a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, announced on March 10 that it has expanded its production capacity in the fast growing Asia market of Vietnam.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 worked with the Japanese company Toshin Development on a plan for building a underground trade centre in the downtown Ben Thanh area.

VOV.VN - The government must adequately prepare local businesspeople for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said Nguyen Tran Bat – engineer, lawyer and now Chairman and General Director of InvestConsult Group.