The implementation of the revised Law on Real Estate Business is expected to attract a range of new investors to the office for lease market.

(VOV) - As Vietnam shifts to mass production, cooperatives are asked to adapt to new market mechanisms and international economic integration to help boost agricultural production. 

Some 63% of Vietnamese people are choosing domestic products, doubling the rate from before the campaign “Vietnamese people use Vietnamese products” was launched six years ago, a senior official said, quoting the 2014 survey. 

Connectivity for Central Highlands economic development, especially in terms of infrastructure, tourism and value chains of several farm produces, was the dominant topic of a workshop held in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on July 24. 

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) was at 10-year low in July, gaining only 0.68% from the end of 2014, the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed on July 24. 

Ho Chi Minh City plans to disburse another credit package worth VND127,333 billion (US$583.6 million) this year to provide preferential loans for local enterprises. 

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are still the most important cities for milk powder sales, while smaller cities/towns and rural areas also play an equally important role, according to a survey released by Nielsen Vietnam on July 22.

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have increased in recent years, posing numerous opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese enterprises since tariffs are no longer a barrier. However, the liberalisation of services and investment is much harder to achieve.

(VOV) - When it comes to high-tech agricultural innovation, the smart money is on the Central Highland province of Lam Dong where farmers seek big markets with strong growth prospects. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese tra fish exports to the UK have obtained a stable and high growth over the past three years and the country ranks fourth among importers of Vietnamese tra fish in the EU.

The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) has announced unsatisfactory results on a stress test it conducted on 13 Vietnamese banks which hold 68.5% of the total assets of the banking system.

Many real estate projects have resumed and capital flow to the market has soared. Analysts have warned that the real estate bubble is returning.

Consumer price index (CPI) for the month of July rose in the country's two largest cities, Hanoi and HCM City, according to the statistics offices in these cities.

(VOV) - The 2015 Vietnam E-Government Symposium was held July 21-22 at the New World Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City featuring the theme – Building a smart city strategy with a focus on e-government.

A high proportion of products from distribution channels in Hanoi are locally made, unveiled by the Steering Committee for the campaign “Vietnamese people prioritise Vietnamese goods” at a press conference in the city on July 21. 

(VOV) - Vietnam will send a working group to the Philippines to learn tuna fishing and processing technologies, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.

The rising Vietnamese stock market is now attractive in foreign investors’ eyes amid the turmoil of the Chinese and European markets. But this does not mean that a price boom will occur, experts say.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance and other relevant ministries to review tax policies and fix a new import tax rate for high-powered cars.

Enterprises in several business fields are now able to implement regulations in Decree No 60 that increase the foreign-ownership ratio in Vietnamese companies, with no need to wait for guiding documents.

(VOV) - On July 21, the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises held a round-table seminar in Hanoi discussing Vietnam’s preferential import tariff when carrying out the 2015-2019 Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

(VOV) - The US is the biggest importer of Vietnamese garment products, according to Dang Phuong Dung, Vice President of the Vietnam Garment and Apparel Association (Vitas).

China was the biggest supplier of mobile phones and parts to Vietnam in the first half of this year, accounting for 64.2 per cent of the country's imports of these products, the General Department of Vietnam Customs said.

The gold buying price fell further in the local market on July 20.

(VOV) - The Centre for the Promotion of Trade and Investment (ITPC) of Ho Chi Minh City has unveiled that on July 21 its crown jewel – International Exhibition and Business Centre – will open for business.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s economic growth has continued to strengthen with gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to expand 6.28% during the first half of 2015, according to the World Bank’s latest Taking Stock report.

On July 25, 2015 at Hanoi Daewoo Hotel the HBI Joint Stock Company will officially open for sale luxury apartments under its Imperia Garden project.

Oil and gas industry players should optimise operations and costs to sustain their margins as prices continue to decline, Steven Yap, consulting firm Deloitte's Southeast Asia energy and resources leader, told a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh recently attended the 48th meeting of the Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT) in Washington DC.

(VOV) - Vietnam shrimp exports in the six months leading up to July tumbled 29% year-on-year to US$1.20 billion in gross revenue on the back of very weak demand for farmed shrimp in the US and other key global markets.

Vietnam will be able to access a huge market of 3.4 billion people when it joins the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).