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.

VOV.VN - The government should focus its efforts over the next couple of years on the development of post-trade systems to speed integration of financial markets across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has said.

Members of the Chartered Accountants Worldwide in Vietnam last week met for the first time in Vietnam to develop a chartered accountants’ community in the country.

Sharing the US’s experience in business development, senior advisor to the US Secretary of State David Thorne said the first important thing is a favourable policy environment.

VOV.VN - Bangkok-based tech recruitment platform Getlinks has secured US$500,000 seed funding from Cyber Agent Ventures to expand operation to Vietnam and Singapore.

VOV.VN - More prominent Vietnamese businesswomen have become known worldwide. Below are the most famous names:

As many as 28 million shares of the Viet Tien Garment Corporation, one of the largest garment companies in Vietnam, will be traded on the UpCom transaction floor as of October 10.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact will bring big opportunities for Vietnam to implement institutional and economic reforms and reduce its dependence on China, said former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen.

At least five foreign investors have announced they will vie to acquire Big C Vietnam but Vietnamese investors remain indifferent to the deal.

Relying on some certain trade partners is risky, especially China, which can be unpredictable.

Vietnamese insurance firms have been offered great opportunities to expand their market share in the regional market thanks to the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

Work started on the expansion of the Yen Phong 1 Industrial Park in Yen Phong district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, on March 7.

Administrative reform in the tax and customs sector has been sped up thanks to a programme carried out by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC), the Finance Ministry and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Coastal cities in Vietnam will soon welcome a number of new resorts as many projects have been launched since 2015.

 Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc, a leading American manufacturer of spider silk-based fibre, has signed an agreement with a government entity in Vietnam to develop its advanced silk technology.

Ford Vietnam sold 1,524 units in February, a year-on-year increase of 65%, the best sales month ever recorded, the automaker announced on March 7.

VOV.VN - Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, chair of the Vinh Phuc Province People’s Committee on March 6, spoke at the grand opening of the city’s newest luxury resort, constructed by Vietnamese property developer FLC Group.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s telecommunications giant, Viettel, has become the first supplier of 4G LTE services to the Republic of Burundi in East Africa, according to a company announcement.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vice Chairman Doan Duy Khuong on March 7 delivered the keynote address kicking off a Vietnam-Guangxi Business Forum in Hanoi.

An event to promote links in innovation and creativeness between Vietnam and the US was jointly held by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the US Embassy in Vietnam, in Hanoi on March 7. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has called on ministries and agencies to minimise the controlling stake of the State in State-run enterprises (SOEs).

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong on March 7 launched construction of two major projects aimed at developing a smarter metering system for the nation’s electrical power grid. 

VOV.VN - Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) is on a shopping spree hoping to wrap up its takeover of the Vietnam plastics industry by 2020, said speakers at a recent seminar in Saigon.