About 86.7 percent of the listed companies on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) made profits in the fourth quarter of last year.

VOV.VN - Imported meats from India, Australia, the US and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are flooding the domestic retail market and can be found in barbeques and kitchens across the nation, reports the Vietnam Husbandry Association (VHA).

Several made-in-China affordable electric cars being advertised on Facebook by Vietnamese sellers have grabbed the attention of local consumers while raising the eyebrows of authorities.

VOV.VN - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was signed by Vietnam and 11 other Asia-Pacific countries on February 4 in New Zealand after 5 years of negotiations.

VOV.VN - In recent years, Vietnam has been recognized internationally as one of the world’s top 10 software outsourcing countries and recognized by UNESCO as one of four nations producing vaccine to treat Rota virus. 

Businesses recommended the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development improve the investment mechanism in order to attract more investment in agriculture, during a meeting in Hanoi on February 19.

Vietnam will benefit from plenty of opportunities through economic integration and reform, however they can only be realised with suitable policies, said Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyen Dinh Cung.

VOV.VN - In 2015, the Vietnam trade deficit with China hit an all-time record high of US$32.3 billion and the effect on the nation’s economy has not been beneficial, says the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Directions for the attraction, management and use of foreign sponsors’ official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans from 2016 to 2020 have been issued.

HCM City is asking for the government's approval to accept a new engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor who would be responsible for moving technical infrastructure for the Metro Line No 2 project.

The Governments of Vietnam and South Africa have set to double bilateral trade value through increasing the sale of staples of their strength.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s steel imports rose 27.24% to US$9 billion last year, while exports dipped 14% to US$2.46, pushing the import surplus to US$6.54 billion, the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has officially announced.

FPT was recognised on February 17 as the company with the best corporate governance in Vietnam by financial publication Asia Money. 

Local enterprises have exported more to the Republic of Korea since a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Northeast Asian country went into force last December.

Ambitious plans of big mobile phone retailers including The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), FPT Shop and Vienthong A to open thousands of outlets have made life difficult for smaller businesses in the sector.

Hanoi will hasten administrative reforms in customs and tax and create favourable conditions for production in an effort to boost the city's exports.

Military Commercial Bank (MB), Vietnam's fourth biggest listed lender by market value, expects to offer foreign investors an additional 10% stake this month in a bid to improve liquidity in the stock, a senior executive said.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Australia saw a year-on-year decrease of 19% to US$4.93 billion in 2015, according to latest statistics from the General Department of Customs.

A total amount of VND14.2 trillion (US$634 million) from government bonds, which is the remaining capital from expansion projects on National Highway 1A and Ho Chi Minh Highway, will be used to construct 17 new projects and repair dozens of weak bridges on highways.

Vietnam advanced in the latest consumer confidence ranking by global information and measurement company Nielsen.

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Binh on February 17 asked credit institutions to boost lending right after Tet (Lunar New Year) in a move to support businesses.

Ho Chi Minh City is asking for the government's approval to accept a new engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor who would be responsible for moving technical infrastructure for the Metro Line No 2 project.

The Haiphong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) has announced its plan to lure a new wave of capital in 2016.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Can Tho city Vo Thanh Thong has called for attracting multinational corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises operating in industry and support industry.

The ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Industry and Trade co-hosted a seminar in Hanoi on February 18 to discuss ways to further promote the export of farm produce to foreign markets.

The southern Ho Chi Minh City will foster production and improve the investment climate in an attempt to attract financial resources and manpower and encourage a business start-up movement among people in the city.

Vietnam’s securities sector reaped satisfactory results in 2015, thanks to its strong measures to attract external capital flows and through the restructuring of the stock market system. 

Grocery shopping services are expected to develop strongly in Vietnam as people want to order food and essential goods without having to leave their homes or offices.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air and Airbus have signed an agreement to open a training centre in Vietnam’s southern city of Ho Chi Minh at the ongoing Singapore international Airshow 2016.

VOV.VN - The cost of A92 petrol dipped to VND13.752 per litre as of 3 pm on February 18, the lowest price in over seven years.