Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines are forecast to be economic drivers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2016 and 2017, a Moody’s report said in its growth Outlook of ASEAN Economies to Emerge in 2016 and 2017.

From July 2017, Vietnam would no longer receive preferential loans in the form of official development assistance (ODA), a finance department official said at a conference on March 22. 

The Ministry of Science and Technology on March 22 named 77 Vietnamese enterprises that will be granted a 2015 National Quality Award.

VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and and his Russian counterpart Denis Manturov signed an intergovernmental Protocol on supporting the production of motor vehicles in Moscow on March 21.

Vietnam’s export activities saw continued growth in 2015, and the many free trade agreements that the country has signed will further boost these activities for this year and the  years to come.

CJ Cooperation will remain running in the upcoming auction to become a strategic investor of Vietnam’s leading meat processor Vissan despite doubt over the Republic of Korea firm’s ability to satisfy all selection criteria.

Improving labour productivity is now critical for Vietnam to boost gross domestic product (GDP) per capita to become an industrialised and upper-middle income nation in the next two decades.

Drought and salt intrusion has worsened and damaged a large shrimp farming area in the Mekong Delta since the beginning of this year, causing material shortage for export processing plants.

Vietnamese people are spending three times as much money on food as they did in 2004, according to the General Statistic Office (GSO).

VOV.VN-Vietnamese farm produce exports are predicted to thrive this year due to increased market demand and several free trade agreements Vietnam has signed.