VOV.VN - The US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) hosted a digital-marking seminar on September 21 in Hanoi that focused on using social media and websites to market small businesses.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has suggested deeper links in economics, trade, culture, and tourism between Vietnamese localities and their Russian counterparts, including Saint-Petersburg.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will accelerate the completion of management policies and documents to tighten multi-level marketing regulations while limiting licensing for the activity, said minister Tran Tuan Anh.

Higher anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese frozen warm-water shrimp exports levied by the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) will affect the psychology of businesses and shrimp farmers in Vietnam.

A proposal to use State funds to settle commercial banks’ bad debts, as stated in the draft plan on economic restructuring for the 2016-2020 period, has been met with a cold shoulder.

Initiatives on sustainable marine development were raised at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20 that aimed to improve public awareness of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) for 2016-2030. 

The Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Park Joint – Venture Co. Ltd. kicked off the construction of an office area at the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in central Nghe An province on September 20.

The Hanoi People’s Committee will divest from 96 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) located in the city from 2016-20, according to a city government decision.

More than 150 car models of 18 renowned brands will be put on show at the second Vietnam International Motor Show (VIMS 2016) in Ho Chi Minh City from October 26-30.

Vietnam expects to earn US$900 million from exporting beverage products by 2035, according to the industry’s planning.