The aquaculture sector needs to take comprehensive restructuring measures for sustainable development, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat. 

Vietnam ranked third in the number of companies licensed to operate in the construction sector in Cambodia, said Sui Nara, Head of the Construction General Department under the Cambodian Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction.

The central city of Danang has called for investment in 19 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, with a total capital of VND16.5 trillion (US$768 million).

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on December 25 granted Global Good Agriculture Practices (GlobalGAP) certificate to three fruit production establishments in the locality.

Work on the Hung Ha bridge spanning the Hong (Red) River and road connecting to Hanoi–Haiphong and Cau Gie–Ninh Binh highways will start on December 27, said Nguyen Xuan Lam, deputy general director of Project Management Unit No. 1 under the Ministry of Transport.

Southern Ben Tre province earned US$737 million from shipping aboard coconut products over the past five year, accounting for 30% of its total export revenue.

(VOV) - Vietnam, more than most countries, relies heavily on international trade as a pillar of its economy. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has pledged to help the nation’s businesses increase foreign trade.

Sapphire JSC invited early purchasers of HOLM Residences as VIP guests to December’s esteemed four-day Ho Tram Open 2015, an Asian Tour sanctioned professional golf event.

Businesses under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) have not attracted foreign strategic investors during their equitisation, the ministry's board for enterprise renewal and development's deputy head Phan Dang Tuat said. 

After five years of surveying and researching Vietnam market, Emart - the leading Korean retailer under Shinsegae group will officially launch the Emart hypermarket for the first time in Vietnam on December 28.

(VOV) - Thailand is one of top ten foreign investors in Vietnam with 300 valid projects, reported a recent Vietnam-Thailand trade and investment promotion workshop in HCM City.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on December 24 targeted credit growth between 18% and 20% for next year, with possible adjustments depending on the actual situation.

US design firm Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners (MRY)’s first project in Vietnam, the GoldSeason residential project in Hanoi, is going on sales on December 27. 

The current challenges show that Vietnam does not have much time left. If it does not urgently develop appropriate strategies, the country will fall into prolonged stagnation, a kind of middle-income trap.

The vocational training sector plans to continue rearranging its school network to enhance their effectiveness and relevance to labour market demands with the aim of training 2.15 million workers in 2016.

Vietnamese companies, especially small- and medium-sized, lack the knowledge to take advantage of the country's international integration, Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of the Business Association of High-Quality Vietnamese Goods, has said.

Hanoi is expected to collect nearly VND147 trillion (US$6.5 billion) for the State budget since the beginning of the year, completing 103% of the yearly target.

Insurance enterprises accumulated more than VND152.5 trillion (US$6.7 billion) to reinvest this year, up 18% against last year, the Insurance Association of Vietnam (IAV) said.

Links between businesses in Ho Chi Minh City and other cities and provinces in the south have improved significantly as a result of a trade co-operation programme started in late 2011.

Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport and airlines have begun to implement decongestion measures to cope with the expected rush during Lunar New Year in early February.

(VOV) - Vietnamese products are increasingly being showcased at Lotte Mart shopping centres across the Republic of Korea (RoK) as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to stimulate retail sales in the East Asian market.

The new policy on compulsory reserves, in the eyes of analysts, indicates the SBV's determination to curb interest rates and prepare for interest rate regulation policy in 2016, experts say.

Two Vietnamese startups, an agriculture tech developer and an online flower delivery platform, have been selected as the winners of the Go Live! Vietnam Venture Cup, a Samsung-backed competition that sought to find, fund and build entrepreneurial talents.

Many merger and acquisition (M&A) deals have concluded recently, after which Vietnamese companies joined Chinese textile & garment production chains.

Nearly 280 contracts on goods supply were signed by businesses in the south during a conference to promote supply-demand connection held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23. 

Improved macro-economic conditions and limited vacancies will make office rental costs in Ho Chi Minh City to head upwards while the prices in Hanoi remain steady, Savills Vietnam announced on December 22.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in December fell by 0.11% over the previous month and 0.2% against the same period last year. 

(VOV) -On December 23, luxury automaker Audi headquartered in the German city of Ingolstadt, Bavaria inaugurated a premium dealership in Danang, its third such facility in Vietnam.

The shares of oil and gas companies have seen a price decrease of 49% by November compared with the same period last year, the sharpest so far.

(VOV) - The value of fruit and vegetable exports has climbed 123.7% from a year earlier in the eleven months leading up to December to US$1.673 billion, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit).