Vietnam's rice exports this year excluding border trade are expected to remain at last year's 6.5 million tonnes, according to the Vietnam Food Association.

(VOV) - Instabilities in the Chinese securities market and escalating tension in the Middle East have affected the global stock market. 

The domestic automobile market witnessed a boom in 2015 with a series of records, but concerns still exist as manufacturers worry they cannot compete with imports after import tariffs are cut. And customers fear the prices will fall as a result of tax policies. 

Big cities and provinces in the country have completed stockpiling of goods reserves keeping in mind the increase in demand in the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will not issue new banknotes with denominations lower than VND5,000 (22 US cents) for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday to save costs.

Sapporo Holdings Ltd President Tsutomu Kamijo unveiled that the oldest beer brand in Japan wants to expand operations in Vietnam. 

The shareholders of big listed banks - Sacombank, ACB and SHB – in 2015 had total stock assets worth VND3.55 trillion, an increase of VND275 billion compared with the previous year.

Phu Quoc, 40 kilometres west of southern Kien Giang province, is the biggest island in Vietnam where hospitality investment has shaken up the emerging real estate sector here over the past few years.

Experts say the new mechanism for exchange rate introduced by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has created flexibility, enabling both credit institutions and enterprises to exercise greater control over their business operations.

Vietnam's second largest mobile network operator MobiFone has acquired 95% of stake in Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG), an official told local media on January 7 after completing negotiations.