VOV.VN - Organizers have extended an invitation to all in the community to attend the Saigon Startup Fest, a business planning competition they’re hosting on March 12 at the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s major plastic manufacturer, Rang Dong Plastic Joint Stock Company, and Japan’s Sojitz Pla-Net Corporation on March 9 signed a strategic business agreement to provide new distribution solutions for ancillary industries in the plastic sector.

Vietnam National Shipping Lines will make an initial public offering (IPO) in Q1 of 2016, said Vu Anh Minh, Director of the Ministry of Transport’s enterprise management department.

500 Startups will invest a total of US$10 million in Vietnam’s startup ecosystem, the US-based startup incubator announced on March 8.

The Turkish government on March 4 terminated investigations into mobile phones imported from Vietnam without safeguard measures, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).

Vietnam B.V., a subsidiary of Rosneft Group, has started drilling exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1, located offshore Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Hanoi attracted the most foreign direct investment in the first two months of 2016: US$250 million, 13% of Vietnam’s total. The figure is the result of the city’s efforts to simplify administrative procedures and improve its investment environment.

President Truong Tan Sang and Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa attended a business forum between Vietnamese and Tanzanian enterprises in Dar Es Salaam city on March 9.

The Vietnam Macadamia Association has been officially set up under a decision by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. LienVietPost Bank and Him Lam JSC were two major businesses lobbying for the association.

Only foreign-invested automobile manufacturers can benefit from the current investment incentives, while Vietnamese automobile cannot grow, experts say.

Specialists and relevant agencies of southern Binh Phuoc province are working to develop geographical indications (GIs) for local cashew products, ultimately raising the goods’ competitiveness in foreign markets. 

VOV.VN -With the spread of mobile technology, it has become easier for small businesses to maintain regular contact with their customers online and many Vietnamese vendors report new social promos are popping up everywhere.

Damco, one of the world's leading third-party logistics providers, has unveiled its expanded Southern Vietnam Logistics Center in Binh Duong province.

VOV.VN - A delegation of Dutch investors arrived in southern Binh Duong province on March 9 to explore investment opportunities in different sectors of the economy, especially in the agro-processing and hospitality sectors.

Phu Quoc Island welcomed the first arrival of the premier nonstop flight on a B-787 Dreamliner from Sweden on March 8.

Vietnam imports around 5,000 tonnes of tuna for local consumption demand every year, according to an official of the Vietnam Tuna Association.

Vietnam’s leather and footwear industry expects to reach a total export value of US$17 billion this year, partly due to advantageous business conditions.

Thailand is likely to face a challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from Brazil over subsidies for sugar producers, according to local media.

Dynamic youth are likely to help Ho Chi Minh City realise its goal of doubling the number of enterprises in 2020, visiting senior advisor to the US Secretary of State David Thorne said to local authorities on March 8. 

Toong, a seven-month-old startup that runs Vietnam's first coworking space chain, has secured a round of seven-digit funding from a group of local investors, according to media reports. 

Vietnam's tech giant FPT is looking for partners with financial capacity and experience in retail and e-commerce to expand its digital store chain, news website ICTNews has reported, citing a representative.

Analysts have reacted to gold prices in Vietnam dipping below global rates for the first time in nearly five years, saying it indicates that the precious metal is no longer a safe haven asset in the country.

Steel mills now have to struggle to compete with imports from China. If the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) does not take temporary safeguard measures, a series of enterprises will go bankrupt.

Vietnam’s national airline and a local bank have decided to establish a new carrier based on a current aviation firm.

A wide range of furniture, handicrafts, interior décor and support industry products are on display at the VIFA-EXPO 2016 that opened in HCM City on March 8.

A delegation of Vietnamese finance, customs and taxation officials visited Switzerland and met with officials of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Swiss Federal Customs Administration and Federal Department of Finance from March 5 – 8. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has recently issued Decision No 862/QD-BCT on applying temporary safeguard measures against steel ingots and long steel products imported into Vietnam.

Vietnamese culinary delights are drawing attention at the 41st FOODEX, Japan’s largest international food and beverage exhibition, which opened in Chiba prefecture on March 8.

Vietnam will surely become the biggest ASEAN trade partner of China in 2016, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin said on March 8. 

The HCM City Department of Planning and Investment has launched a business registration service through switchboard and supporting services that can help businesses get a new or amended certificate within 15 minutes.