Survey shows support for Vietnam joining TPP
Survey shows support for Vietnam joining TPP

(VOV) - A recent survey from the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) found that 66% of domestic enterprises have expressed support for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) to go forward.

Survey shows support for Vietnam joining TPP
Australia grants ‘entry visa’ to Vietnam litchi
Australia grants ‘entry visa’ to Vietnam litchi

(VOV) - The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has opened door to Vietnam’s litchi to penetrate the market.

Australia grants ‘entry visa’ to Vietnam litchi
Meat imported from EU up sixfold
Meat imported from EU up sixfold

(VOV) - Frozen fresh pork imported into Vietnam from the EU has jumped 7.5 fold to 6,100 tonnes while imported beef has risen by sixfold to more than 1,000 tonnes over the past three years.

Meat imported from EU up sixfold
CPI increases slightly in HCM City, Hanoi
CPI increases slightly in HCM City, Hanoi

The Ho Chi Minh City’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.03% in April from the previous month and 0.8% against the same period last year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

CPI increases slightly in HCM City, Hanoi
Vietnam agriculture struggles with AEC formation
Vietnam agriculture struggles with AEC formation

(VOV) - Serious weaknesses in the lack of preparedness by businesses in Vietnam’s agro-forestry and seafood sectors threaten the realization of Vietnam’s integration into the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.

Vietnam agriculture struggles with AEC formation
Market for canned fruit products neglected
Market for canned fruit products neglected

The market for canned fruit products would present an opportunity to boost Vietnamese agricultural product consumption but domestic producers have long neglected this market due to various reasons.

Market for canned fruit products neglected
Food & Hotel Vietnam Exhibition opens
Food & Hotel Vietnam Exhibition opens

(VOV) - Around 353 exhibitors from 31 different countries around the world are showcasing products and services at the 8th Food and Hotel Exhibition which opens at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) on April 21.

Food & Hotel Vietnam Exhibition opens
Foreign buyers eye Masteri Thao Dien project
Foreign buyers eye Masteri Thao Dien project

Foreign buyers from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the UK are falling for apartments in the Masteri Thao Dien project in Ho Chi Minh City.

Foreign buyers eye Masteri Thao Dien project
Agro-fishery firms explore Finnish, North European markets
Agro-fishery firms explore Finnish, North European markets

Vietnamese firms were instructed to export agro-fishery products to Finnish and North European markets during a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20. 

Agro-fishery firms explore Finnish, North European markets
Vingroup announces major management change
Vingroup announces major management change

(VOV) - Vingroup has announced it will hold a partner conference on April 20 with Keller Williams, a Global Property Specialist based out of the US at Royal City in Hanoi to explore the possibility of utilizing their services. 

Vingroup announces major management change
Tra fish exports to the US fall
Tra fish exports to the US fall

(VOV) - Tra fish exports to the US for the three months leading up to April dropped by 14.4% on-year to US$62.59 million on the back of high anti-dumping tariffs, according to the Vietnam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

Tra fish exports to the US fall
Convenience – it’s what’s for dinner tonight
Convenience – it’s what’s for dinner tonight

(VOV) - The idea of planning and eating three square meals a day seems to increasingly be a thing of the past for many Vietnamese households.

Convenience – it’s what’s for dinner tonight
Milk products' prices continue to decline
Milk products' prices continue to decline

The prices of 50 types of milk products for children below 2 years of age will drop by between 0.4 and 4% beginning on April 20.

Milk products' prices continue to decline
Bkav-style marketing "explosions"
Bkav-style marketing "explosions"

In recent years, Bkav has made shocking statements, from the desire to become "Vietnam’s Microsoft", "Bkav is the best anti-virus software in the world", “going ahead of Microsoft, Google, and Samsung for a decade" and most recently its declaration of manufacturing the smartphone that is better than iPhone 6.

Bkav-style marketing "explosions"
General Motors launches 2015 Chevrolet Orlando
General Motors launches 2015 Chevrolet Orlando

General Motors Vietnam on April 17 introduced the 2015 Chevrolet Orlando, its latest generation of the seven-seat family MPV.

General Motors launches 2015 Chevrolet Orlando
Supporting travel agencies to join ASEAN playground
Supporting travel agencies to join ASEAN playground

(VOV) - A two-day training workshop is held in Hanoi on April 16-17 to help small-and medium-sized tourism businesses create a competitive advantage and be fully prepared after the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is formed.

Supporting travel agencies to join ASEAN playground
Argentinean firms keen on Vietnam products
Argentinean firms keen on Vietnam products

(VOV) - Many Argentinean businesses are eager to import coffee, rubber, car tyres, motorbikes, bikes, timber products and furniture made in Vietnam and export wine, wheat, canned fruit juice, soybean residue and confectionary to the country.

Argentinean firms keen on Vietnam products
Savills: City office occupancy at seven-year high
Savills: City office occupancy at seven-year high

The office-for-lease market in HCMC performed better in the first quarter than the final quarter of last year with average occupancy shooting up to a seven-year high, according to property service provider Savills Vietnam.

Savills: City office occupancy at seven-year high
IMF projects Vietnam growth at 6%
IMF projects Vietnam growth at 6%

Vietnam was expected to maintain the second fastest growing economy in ASEAN-5 in 2015, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook.

IMF projects Vietnam growth at 6%
Firms asked to put eggs in farming basket
Firms asked to put eggs in farming basket

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) will collaborate with relevant agencies to boost the participation of businesses in the agriculture sector.

Firms asked to put eggs in farming basket
Tuna industry failing on sustainability
Tuna industry failing on sustainability

(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) recently forecast the overall export value of tuna to increase slightly by 4% on-year to US$510 million for 2015. 

Tuna industry failing on sustainability
Globaltrans Air to become 4th general aviation service provider
Globaltrans Air to become 4th general aviation service provider

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has authorised the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to grant a business licence to the Globaltrans Air JSC in order to operate as a general aviation service provider.

Globaltrans Air to become 4th general aviation service provider
Shipping firms go aground, bankers burdened with old ships
Shipping firms go aground, bankers burdened with old ships

Many banks cannot collect debts from shipping firms, which have been taking losses for several years.

Shipping firms go aground, bankers burdened with old ships
SC VivoCity opens doors to a prestigious life
SC VivoCity opens doors to a prestigious life

SC VivoCity, the one-stop family lifestyle destination mall managed by Saigon Co.op and Mapletree, will open its doors to visitors on April 19, 2015.

SC VivoCity opens doors to a prestigious life
Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March
Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March

Vietnam's vehicle manufacturers sold a combined 16,399 units in March, up 62% from the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA). 

Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March
FrieslandCampina Vietnam with Family Farm festival
FrieslandCampina Vietnam with Family Farm festival

The Dutch Lady brand of the dairy company FrieslandCampina Vietnam will hold a Family Farm festival from April 15 till 19 at Le Van Tam Park on Hai Ba Trung Street in Ho Chi Minh City ’s District 1.

FrieslandCampina Vietnam with Family Farm festival
Vingroup buys Vinatex’s supermarket chain
Vingroup buys Vinatex’s supermarket chain

(VOV) - Vietnam's leading property developer Vingroup announced on April 10 that it is acquiring all of the outstanding shares of a subsidiary supermarket chain of 39 stores currently owned by the Vinatex group.

Vingroup buys Vinatex’s supermarket chain
Low-cost car sharing UberX launched in Vietnam
Low-cost car sharing UberX launched in Vietnam

Uber Technologies Inc. has launched budget car sharing service UberX in Vietnam with charges much lower than the taxi fares in Hanoi and HCM City.

Low-cost car sharing UberX launched in Vietnam
Vietnam alluring for global beer players
Vietnam alluring for global beer players

Foreign beer producers are flocking to Vietnam, salivating at the potential of the market, which was last year the third largest beer consumer in all of Asia.

Vietnam alluring for global beer players
New trade pacts mean steel to see hard times
New trade pacts mean steel to see hard times

The domestic steel sector would face difficulties due to fierce competition from imported steel, and the sharply reduced taxes levied on such imports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

New trade pacts mean steel to see hard times