The northern province of Phu Tho was has been recently praised for being the first locality in the country to use software to manage payments of land tax and other fees and related processes.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has urged the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to develop flexible and effective monetary policy initiatives in combination with fiscal policy to ensure macroeconomic stability. 

(VOV) - Thirty-five companies from a wide variety of industries received ‘most popular brand names of 2015’ awards at a December 26 ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Vietnamese bought record amounts of goods from China in 2015, pushing the trade gap to a historic high, according to the latest statistics from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) - Vietnam, more than most countries, relies heavily on international trade as a pillar of its economy. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has pledged to help the nation’s businesses increase foreign trade.

(VOV) - Thailand is one of top ten foreign investors in Vietnam with 300 valid projects, reported a recent Vietnam-Thailand trade and investment promotion workshop in HCM City.

The current challenges show that Vietnam does not have much time left. If it does not urgently develop appropriate strategies, the country will fall into prolonged stagnation, a kind of middle-income trap.

Vietnamese companies, especially small- and medium-sized, lack the knowledge to take advantage of the country's international integration, Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of the Business Association of High-Quality Vietnamese Goods, has said.

Links between businesses in Ho Chi Minh City and other cities and provinces in the south have improved significantly as a result of a trade co-operation programme started in late 2011.

(VOV) - Vietnamese products are increasingly being showcased at Lotte Mart shopping centres across the Republic of Korea (RoK) as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to stimulate retail sales in the East Asian market.