Deputy PM wants ministries to minimise stakes in SOEs
Deputy PM wants ministries to minimise stakes in SOEs

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has called on ministries and agencies to minimise the controlling stake of the State in State-run enterprises (SOEs).

Deputy PM wants ministries to minimise stakes in SOEs
Striving for Vietnam-US investor-friendly environment
Striving for Vietnam-US investor-friendly environment

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City officials said they would look to simplify the tax structure and administrative rules as part of their continuing effort to create a better Vietnam-US investment-friendly environment.  

Striving for Vietnam-US investor-friendly environment
Car imports drop in February
Car imports drop in February

Vietnamese auto businesses imported about 5,000 completely built-up unit (CBU) cars, worth US$131 million, in February, 1,000 cars less than the previous month, the General Statistic Office (GSO) said.

Car imports drop in February
Hanoi hosts forum for female entrepreneurs in ASEAN region
Hanoi hosts forum for female entrepreneurs in ASEAN region

More than 350 women entrepreneurs from 10 ASEAN member countries participated in a recent conference titled Fostering Women Entrepreneurs in Advancing the AEC Development in Hanoi.

Hanoi hosts forum for female entrepreneurs in ASEAN region
Will Vietnamese garment contractors win in the TPP?
Will Vietnamese garment contractors win in the TPP?

VOV.VN - The much-debated Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement involving Vietnam and 11 other countries is now set to undergo at least a lengthy two-year period of much argument about the real value of the deal.

Will Vietnamese garment contractors win in the TPP?
VPA expects pepper prices to soften
VPA expects pepper prices to soften

VOV.VN - Pepper shipments from Vietnam, the globe’s largest producer, will likely rise 13% this year, putting downward pressure on export prices, said leaders at a recent conference in Hanoi assessing the industry’s prospects for the year.

VPA expects pepper prices to soften
Intel’s startup contest awards 1st prize to furniture company
Intel’s startup contest awards 1st prize to furniture company

Bizsofa, the furniture company that is the exclusive distributor of furniture for the UK embassy in Hanoi and some high-end suppliers in Ho Chi Minh City, has won the highest prize in the competition ‘Make your start-up amazing with Intel’.

Intel’s startup contest awards 1st prize to furniture company
Vingroup’s boss Pham Nhat Vuong has US$1.8 billion
Vingroup’s boss Pham Nhat Vuong has US$1.8 billion

Chairman of Vingroup Pham Nhat Vuong is still the only Vietnamese on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, ranked 1,011th. This is the 5th time Vuong was named on this list.

Vingroup’s boss Pham Nhat Vuong has US$1.8 billion
What are domestic retailers doing upon foreigners’ massive arrival?
What are domestic retailers doing upon foreigners’ massive arrival?

Vietnamese retail chains are hurrying to expand their networks in anticipation of stiff competition with foreign giants.

What are domestic retailers doing upon foreigners’ massive arrival?
Plastics producers expect 16% growth
Plastics producers expect 16% growth

Vietnam's plastics sector will maintain its strong growth rate of 14-16% in the next few years due to its young population and high consumption capacity, according to the Vietnam Plastics Association. 

Plastics producers expect 16% growth