A critical solution to promote businesses’ competitiveness is to improve labour productivity which is still a weakness of Vietnamese enterprises, an official of the Ministry of Finance said at a workshop on June 24. 

Up to 39 standards are scheduled to be laid down for the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in July, which will conform with international criteria. 

VOV.VN - The Indonesian Embassy held a meeting in Hanoi on June 23 to introduce Vietnamese businesses to the 31st Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI), which is scheduled to take place in Jakarta on October 12-16.

The General Department of Taxation has requested French Casino Group and Thai Central Group to declare and pay a transfer tax worth VND3.6 trillion (US$161.2 million) on the transfer of Big C Vietnam’s supermarket chain, according to newswire Tuoitre.vn.

Some Korean newspapers Yonhap, the Korea Times and the Korea Herald cited sources as saying that Lotte Group is suspected of creating a slush fund in the process of investing in real estate in Vietnam through a paper company, involving several affiliates.

Honda Malaysia is recalling 147,894 Honda vehicles to replace the front passenger airbag inflator as a proactive measure to ensure customer safety. 

KPMG, one of the Big4 and the leading firm in audit and professional services, announced on June 22 that it will be launching a new service to provide corporations and organisations access to highly trained professionals for short-term secondments.

A representative from the Vietnamese tax watchdog said it was important to clarify the legal basis for taxing Uber and Uber taxi drivers in order to prevent tax avoidance.

VOV.VN - National Citizen Commercial Joint Stock Bank (NCB) announced on June 22 that it has been honoured by the United Kingdom’s Global Banking and Finance Review with two top banking awards.

VOV.VN - Vinamilk has been listed – for the third consecutive year in a row – on the Nikkei Asian Review Top 300 list, which names its selection for the region’s most dynamic companies.