(VOV) - The Deposit Insurance of Vietnam (DIV) on December 14 signed a contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Co Ltd (PwC) to provide consulting in connection with the Financial Sector Modernization and Information Management System (FSMIMS) project. 

Vietnamese cashew nuts are promoted at the 50th Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo at Victoria Park, Hong Kong (China) from December 12 to January 4. 

Four commercial banks have taken over finance companies, and other banks are consulting with their shareholders about buying such firms to expand their consumer lending.

(VOV) - Chinese government officials have lifted the ban on the import and culture of fresh prawns as of December 7, paving the way for their re-entry into the market, reports the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).  

The local beer market is set to face tough competition due to a rising number of foreign brewers moving into the market after Vietnam joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), experts said.

Final consumption expenditure (percent of GDP) in Vietnam was estimated at 70% last year by the World Bank with household consumption accounting for 90 percent, making the country among Asia’s top 5 retail markets. 

(VOV) - Africa represents a tantalizing market for expanded commerce, particularly in a range of food and farm-related industries, according to a panel of experts at a recent business forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - French beef and apple have been shipped to Vietnam after a ban on the import of these products was lifted on May 1.

The Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) triangle development region's trade and tourism fair 2015 opened in Champasac Province, southern Laos on December 8.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s mango exports to Japan have jumped high, said Nguyen Xuan Hong, head of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.