Nearly 121,900 new enterprises were established with total registered capital of VND1.158 quadrillion (US$46.7 billion) in the first nine months of this year, figures released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 8 attended and delivered an important speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN BIS) as part of his attendance to the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in Vientiane, Laos.

A trade conference to foster connections between industrial machinery and equipment businesses of Ho Chi Minh City and Spain’s Basque Country was held in the southern largest economic hub of Vietnam on October 8.

Simon White, President of the Australia-Vietnam Business Council in Queensland, on October 8 said the Australian state places importance on Vietnam – its fifth largest export market, and hopes for stronger cooperation with businesses and localities of the Southeast Asian nation.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) forecasts that the revenue of the food and beverage (F&B) industry will grow by 10.92% this year, reaching more than VND720 trillion (US$29.8 billion).

The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria and Tunisia last week coordinated with the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) to organise a conference to connect Vietnamese businesses and their peers in Tunis.

The Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos Business Forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6 to promote trade connections among businesses of the three countries.

VOV.VN - The northern port city of Hai Phong will offer special commitments, including due care, substantial support and effective measures, to accompany and assist foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses toward a win-win approach, said a leader of Hai Phong.

VOV.VN - As many as 163 Vietnamese businesses have been certified to meet the conditions for rice export, according to an update from the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has affirmed Vietnam’s willingness to offer favourable conditions for member companies of the MEDEF (the French Business Confederation) as well as foreign investors to do business effectively in the nation.