Hanoi recorded an economic growth rate of 7.8% in the first half of 2015 – the fastest pace in the same period of the last four years, revealed the 13th sitting of the 14th municipal People’s Council. 

Local exporters are seeing their products exported to the European market less competitive as the euro has dipped against the US dollar due to the Greece debt crisis.

The Vietnamese Government was considering a project to build a wholesale agricultural market worth billions of US dollars, said an official of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Korcham Vietnam)

(VOV) - The 14th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition and Conference opened at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre on July 7, attracting nearly 350 businesses from 20 countries.

(VOV) - The Turkish Ministry of Economy is conducting investigations on mobile phones imported into the country in order to impose safeguard duties.

Shinsegae Corporation, the parent firm of Emart hypermarket system, soon to be opened in Vietnam, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnam Children’s Protection Fund to establish the first Hope Toy Library in HCM City.

(VOV) - A ceremony to hand over the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Vietnam Airlines by Boeing company was held at Ronald Reagan Airport on July 7 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who is in the US for an official visit.

Businesses are now gearing up with their production plans, preparing for the year-end high sales season, anticipating an increase in purchasing power.

Lifting the foreign ownership cap will pave the way for Vietnam to achieve the much sought-after “Emerging Market” status.

The privatisation of businesses in the construction sector has been accelerated to complete the target for equitising its 19 firms nationwide.