Vietnam's plastics sector will maintain its strong growth rate of 14-16% in the next few years due to its young population and high consumption capacity, according to the Vietnam Plastics Association. 

The Japanese Government will continue to support projects which are being carried out in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Katsuro Nagai, Minister at the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam.

India has decided to impose anti-dumping duties on plastics processing machines, or injection moulding machines, imported from Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Domestic businesses should be more closely associated with each other to take advantage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), Tran Quoc Khanh, deputy minister of Industry and Trade, said.

The Republic of Korea-based HTC company had a working session with Ha Nam’s authorities on March 2 concerning the construction of its plant in the northern locality. 

Korean leading manufacturer Woojin Plaimm will supply machines and maintenance services to Minh Nguyen support industry company under their comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement signed in Ho Chi Minh City on March 2. 

After finishing construction of a factory that makes plastic materials, Hung Phat Co, Ltd of HCM City's Binh Tan district has quickly imported modern machines to expand production. 

The low-cost airline Vietjet Air may carry out an initial public offering (IPO) in the second quarter of 2016, Bloomberg reported. 

A delegation from the Swedish city of Pitea led by mayor Peter Roslund toured the southern province of An Giang from February 29 to March 2 under a framework of a cooperation programme between the two localities.

The 2016 Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair (VIFA-EXPO 2016) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City will offer industry executives the chance to network and explore business opportunities.

Singapore’s Temasek wants to step up investments in Vietnam and seek partnerships in finance, hi-tech, consumer goods and healthcare.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Trade Finance Programme will provide the Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) and the Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) with guarantees of up to US$100 million a year to support trade activities in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Many economists say the outlook for export growth by companies operating in Vietnam to the US market has never been more favourable particularly for firms in the textile, clothing and footwear sector.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Turkey business forum began on March 2 in Ho Chi Minh City with presentations and panel discussions focused on furthering economic, political and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The European Union (EU) and Vietnam will review legal documents towards the signing and application of their bilateral free trade agreement (EVFTA) in 2018, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) lead government trade agency on March 2 opened a support centre in Hanoi to assist its small- and medium-sized companies make inroads into the Vietnamese market.

The Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Vietsovpetro will exploit an additional 23 oil wells and make upgrade to nine others as part of the efforts to ensure safe exploiting activities and fulfill its set plan.

An international wine and spirits trade fair slated for next month in Singapore is seen as a good opportunity for Vietnam to attract new customers and investors to its fast-growing wine business.

VOV.VN - Germany-based toy manufacturing company Bullyland AG, member of the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI), has made a fact-finding tour of HCM City to seek investment and cooperation opportunity.

The Government last year gave the green light for relaxing some requirements in Decree 36 on tra fish to support enterprises, but experts said revising the decree is facing difficulties due to the strict US Farm Bill.

VOV.VN - Vietnam agro-forestry and seafood products will enjoy import duty exemption and less barriers to trade when entering Dubai market.

Although domestic dairy products supply only a small proportion of demand in Vietnam, cow farmers in the southern region still cannot sell their milk to dairy companies and face severe hardship unless something is done to reduce the price of domestic milk.

Viettel, Vietnam’s number one telecommunications group, is making major efforts to explore new markets and optimise efficiency. 

Industries thriving due to free trade agreements (FTAs) should seek foreign investment to develop domestic suppliers of parts or materials for manufacturing, experts said.

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of Vietnam dipped to 50.3 in February, down from 51.5 in January, but remained above the 50.0 no-change mark, according to a Nikkei report released on March 1.

The Vietnamese market on March 1 narrowed the gap between local and global gold prices for the first time since local prices reached their peak in 2010.

The exchange rate in 2016 will not have big changes in order to ensure macro-economic stability and support economic growth in accordance with the Government’s orientations, according to Bui Quoc Dung, head of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Monetary Policy Department. 

Stronger connectivity in the industrial sector are vital for optimising opportunities created by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said participants at a forum in Hanoi on March 1. 

The central bank is seeking to lay the grounds for the development of a secondary debt market in an effort to accelerate the handing of bad debts. 

Foreign tech giants are set to jump into the mobile payments market on both the paying and receiving sides of the transaction, thus posing a threat to local commercial banks payment market share, warn local experts.