Kazakhstan has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Real estate businesses in Ho Chi Minh City have asked the central bank to reconsider its plan to tighten lending for the sector, saying it will adversely affect the market which is still in its first stage of recovery.

The issue of cross ownership has hindered Vietnam’s banking industry over the last ten years, causing damage to and threatening the stability of the local banking system.

Dung Quat refinery may have to close temporarily because its main products, diesel and Jet A1 fuel, cannot compete with imported counterparts since the tariff on diesel and Jet A1 from ASEAN member states has been eliminated, starting from 2016.

Natural rubber, sea shipping, pharmaceuticals, seafood, oil & gas, and steel enterprises are expected to be under pressure this year, according to securities firms.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared partially invalid an anti-dumping regulation on certain leather footwear imports to the EU from China and Vietnam.

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association (VAMA) expects automobile sales for this year to reach 260,000 units, a year-on-year rise of 10%, according to its chairman Yoshihisa Maruta.

The Commercial Counsellor Conference 2016 was opened in the central city of Danang by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on February 24.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) on February 24 signed an agreement with Coca Cola aimed at conserving natural resources and protecting the soil, water and climate required to sustain life.

The Transport Ministry will conduct the feasibility study of a 550km-long railway line, linking Laos' Vientiane to Vung Ang in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh from December 2015 to December 2017. 

VOV.VN - A ground-breaking ceremony for the first phase of the Republic of Korea-Tra Vinh wind power plant was held on February 24 in Duyen Hai district in the southern province of Tra Vinh. 

The February consumer price index (CPI) inched up 0.42% month on month and 1.27% year on year, mainly driven by high food demand during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. 

VOV.VN -There are a large number of governmental agencies and businesses involved in the rice industry in Vietnam— but how do they go about, in some coordinated fashion, expanding their rice exports in international markets? Where to start?

VOV.VN - An FPT-Fujitsu Centre for Smart Agricultural Cooperation was launched in Hanoi on February 24 as part of a collaborative effort by the two companies to improve agriculture in Vietnam through the use of information technology (IT).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has become one of Italy’s most important ASEAN trade partners, said Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Cecilia Picciono on February 24 at a press conference in Hanoi.

Businesses must learn how to access international distribution networks, Vietnamese trade counselor in Switzerland Nguyen Manh Quyen said.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) expects to increase its charter capital this year to become more competitive and prepare for Basel II implementation.

VOV.VN - The organizers on February 24 announced that opening day of – VietShip 2016 – an international trade fair for shipbuilding, marine technology and transportation exceeded expectations drawing nearly 130 exhibitors. 

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) launched two sets of treasury bills worthVND 6 trillion (US$268 million) on February 23.

VOV.VN - Turkey has issued the final decision on the investigation into the evasion of anti-dumping (AD) tax on granite imported from Vietnam.

The government has once again offered investment incentives to automobile manufacturers, but analysts still doubt Vietnam can build its own automobile industry. 

An airport near Ha Long Bay will be opened at the end of 2017 to serve two million passengers a year, news website Dau Tu reported on February 23, citing authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

VOV.VN - FPT Software and Echelon Solutions Group have unveiled a strategic global partnership in SAP consulting services to expand service offerings and global capacity. Accordingly, FPT Software will be Echelon Solutions Group’s first strategic partner in Asia.

VOV.VN - Twenty-four Vietnamese businesses are attending the Gulfood Fair 2016 which is taking place in Dubai, Saudi Arabia on February 21-25.

Though oil and gas prices in Vietnam have plummeted since the beginning of this year, transport companies across the country remain reluctant to lower their prices.

 Experts urged for an improvement in creativity to increase the value of handicraft products and develop a Vietnamese brand for the industry.

 Economists forecast that seafood exports from Vietnam to the United States (US), Japan and other members in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) block will rise after February 4, 2016.

Chairman and CEO of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Ishige Hiroyuki has stressed that investment and trade ties between Vietnam and Japan will be stronger in the coming years as both sides are members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.

 Russia and Vietnam have great potential in further developing the ship-building industry together, said Maxim N. Kochetkov, Director for the Shipbuilding Industry and Marine Facilities Department under the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

President Truong Tan Sang joined other officials in presenting the Vietnamese High-Quality Goods awards 2016 to 500 firms nationwide at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 23.