10-month export turnover hits US$144 billion
10-month export turnover hits US$144 billion

Vietnam’s export value in the first ten months reached US$144.1 billion, up 7.2% from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

10-month export turnover hits US$144 billion
Over 120 products run for “most favourite award”
Over 120 products run for “most favourite award”

More than 120 made-in-Vietnam products have been named in the short-list to run for the “most favourite award” 2016 selected by customers under a programme called “Vietnamese prioritise Vietnamese goods”. 

Over 120 products run for “most favourite award”
Vietnam gears towards quality growth model
Vietnam gears towards quality growth model

Vietnam is gearing towards renewing its growth model by enhancing productivity, and adopting technological advances to create new competitive edges and driving forces for economic growth.

Vietnam gears towards quality growth model
Rethinking innovation in electronics manufacturing
Rethinking innovation in electronics manufacturing

VOV.VN - National prosperity depends on the capacity of the domestic sector to manufacture and innovate new products, said Luu Hoang Long, president of the Vietnam Electronics Industries Association.

Rethinking innovation in electronics manufacturing
Online shopping craze gives rise to E-card use
Online shopping craze gives rise to E-card use

Credit cards are gaining popularity in Vietnam thanks to the rise of online shopping.

Online shopping craze gives rise to E-card use
State-of-the-art Deutsches Haus topped out
State-of-the-art Deutsches Haus topped out

Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh Stadt held its official topping out ceremony on November 1 at the construction site at 33 Le Duan Street, District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

State-of-the-art Deutsches Haus topped out
PM orders stricter controls over multi-level marketing
PM orders stricter controls over multi-level marketing

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has released a directive requiring ministries and relevant agencies to tighten State management of multi-level marketing (MLM) activities. 

PM orders stricter controls over multi-level marketing
Tarriff exemptions for Chinese, ASEAN goods
Tarriff exemptions for Chinese, ASEAN goods

The zero percent tariff under the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) will bring more goods from ASEAN and China to Vietnam.

Tarriff exemptions for Chinese, ASEAN goods
Garment technology expo kicks off in Hanoi
Garment technology expo kicks off in Hanoi

VOV.VN - A garment technology expo entitled – HanoiTex 2016 (November 2-4) – one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive exhibition on clothing technology has opened in Hanoi at the International Centre for Exhibition.

Garment technology expo kicks off in Hanoi
HCM City overseas remittance on the rise
HCM City overseas remittance on the rise

Vietnamese expatriates living abroad will remit roughly US$2.5 billion to HCM City in 2016’s final quarter, deputy director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City branch Nguyen Hoang Minh estimates.

HCM City overseas remittance on the rise