President Truong Tan Sang hoped that the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) will grow vigorously despite global economic downturns while meeting with PVN staff in Hanoi on February 4, on the occasion of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN - Forbes recently ran an article entitled “Vietnam – the quiet economic success story of Asia”, hailing positive changes in Vietnam’s economy.

VOV.VN - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the largest multinational trade deals ever, was signed by the 12 member Pacific Rim nations on February 4 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it plans to provide an US$880 million fund for social-economic development projects in Cambodia from 2016 to 2018. 

State-run mobile network operator VNPT Vinaphone has installed some 11,000 extra nodeB 3G base transceiver stations (BTSs) to meet the sudden increase in service demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Trade and economic ministers of the 12 member countries of the freshly-sealed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have affirmed that the signing of the deal signals an important milestone and the beginning of the next phase for TPP.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has pledged to continue an active and creative cooperation with relevant ministries, sectors and localities to boost the implementation of components projects in preparation for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant on schedule, an official has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and New Zealand business leaders met on the side lines of the TPP signing ceremony in Auckland to get a better handle on emerging issues surrounding increased trade and cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnam is an attractive destination for investment amid a lackluster global economy, Nirukt Sapru, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam said in a recent report.

Economic ministers from 12 member nations signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Auckland, New Zealand on the morning of February 4. 

Economists have warned that the foreign-invested economic sector may become dominant in the national economy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Mexico have agreed to establish a joint committee on trade, investment and economic cooperation.

Vietnam's cashew exports in January jumped 15.6% year-on-year to US$183 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnamese firms have been urged to prepare for the impending Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT).

The total state budget revenue in January was 95% of the revenue year-on-year due to about 66% fall in crude oil revenue, the finance ministry said.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)- an independent business within The Economist Group forecasted an upbeat prospect for Vietnam’s economy with a gross domestic product growth rate expected to stand at 6.8% in 2016.

Retail petrol prices continue to fall by as much as 729 VND per litre as of from 3 pm on February 3, the third consecutive reduction since the beginning of 2016.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)- an independent business within The Economist Group forecasted an upbeat prospect for Vietnam’s economy with a gross domestic product growth rate expected to stand at 6.8% in 2016.

VOV.VN -  Forbes Vietnam, a monthly magazine published in Vietnamese for the country’s leading CEOs and entrepreneurs, has just announced its second annual Under 30 Summit will take place in Ho Chi Minh City this April.

 Lending by January 20, 2016 declined 0.21% against the end of last year, according to a report released by State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on February 2.

Vietnam’s economic freedom index went up 2.3 points compared to last year and reached the overall score of 54, reported the Heritage Foundation in its recently published 2016 Index of Economic Freedom.

VOV.VN - Dry weather caused by El Niño and falling rice inventories are expected to send prices of the grain higher over the coming months, reversing years of decline and boosting the cost of Southeast Asia’s staple food.

Masan Group Corporation on February 2 reported a revenue of VND30.6 trillion (US$1.37 billion) in 2015, as an increase of 90% over the previous year, in Ho Chi Minh City.

The northern port city of Haiphong is potentially becoming a key logistics centre domestically and internationally with improved infrastructure system, according to Commercial Real Estate Services (CBRE).

The cost of rental cars has surged by up to 50 percent as the Lunar New Year nears, local travel agencies have said.

DQ Grill & Chill, a fastfood brand from the US, has launched its second store at 182 Pasteur Street in HCMC’s District 1, after the first made its debut at 19-25 Nguyen Hue Boulevard in the same district in late 2015.

The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have frozen a "large number" of bank accounts of Malaysian state investor 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) over alleged financial mismanagement.

The Thai economy might grow an extra 0.77% annually if the country becomes a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, said the local Ministry of Commerce. 

Vietnam’s food market is at its busiest ever, as investors are pouring into the industry on the back of local people’s increasing demands for food and beverages.

The Vietnamese Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) increased to 51.5 in January from 51.3 in the previous month, according to a Nikkei report released on February 1.