Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has announced its largest promotion programme in the year with five million super-saving tickets from only VND5,000 (US$0.21).

The northern key economic region’s socio-economic development is of great significance to the socio-economic development of the Red River Delta and the country as a whole, heard a conference on December 27.

VOV.VN - The Securities Journalists’ Club has announced top 10 events in Vietnam’s stock market in 2016. 

China has announced a list of 22 Vietnamese companies which are eligible for exporting rice to the country through official channels, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue made a fact-finding tour of two loss-making State-owned plants in the northern city of Hai Phong on December 27.

A programme designed to encourage stronger cooperation between farmers, cooperatives, and enterprises to develop safe and transparent agricultural supply chains was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc should become a development centre of the northern region and the whole country regarding industry, service, tourism, innovative ideas, and agricultural renovation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

Along with promotion programmes, banks have been expanding their networks in an aim to reach their annual targets.

The recent launch of motorbike models with high-engine displacement has attracted the Vietnamese and stirred the domestic market, even though import prices are 2-3 times higher than world prices.

2016 marked a major watershed regarding transfer pricing in Vietnam, with regulations now having been in effect for a decade, and the announcement of a new round of tax reforms by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) introducing regulatory changes to tackle base erosion profit shifting practices.

Vietnam’s export turnover of aquatic products reached US$7 billion in 2016, an increase of 6.6% over 2015, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant 1 under the Duyen Hai Electricity Centre in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has supplied nearly 5.9 billion kWh of electricity to the national grid since January this year, 2 percent higher than the set target.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue called for support to women to start their business during a forum held in Hanoi on December 26.

Natural disasters and environmental pollution can reduce GDP by 0.6% per year from 2016-2020, according to the National Centre for  Socio-economic information and Forecast (NCIF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged to work hard to remove and adjust unsuitable land use policies to accelerate agriculture development during an online year-end conference of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on December 26.

VOV.VN - Indonesian steel mills have filed a complaint with governmental regulators against Vietnamese steel exporters, accusing them of conspiring with Chinese millers to dump color-coated steel sheets.

VOV.VN - Transnational investor pledges with the Foreign Investment Agency have tapered off in the wake of the demise of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), said speakers at the Vietnam Business Forum.

Vietnam is expected to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) instead of the current Vietnamese accounting standards (VAS) by 2025 in its efforts to enhance comparability and improve transparency.

Provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region should strengthen their linkages to enable the region to capitalise on its development potential, a recent seminar heard in HCM City.

European investors are running 1,809 valid projects worth US$23.16 billion in Vietnam, accounting for 8.7% and 8% of total EU projects and investment in the country.

Vietnam estimated to gain US$7.3 billion from the export value of wood and wooden products this year, a slight increase of 1% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s General Department of Forestry.

The National Assembly Standing Committee has given the thumbs-up to the government’s proposed adjustments for the use of official development assistance and concessional loans for 2016.

As one of the leading engineering firms in Vietnam, since its day of establishment 10 years ago in Dung Quat Economic Zone, Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) has always tried to fulfill its fair share of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Vinpearl Can Tho Hotel, the first five-star hotel in Can Tho city, was inaugurated on December 24, becoming the tallest building in the Mekong Delta region.

VOV.VN - The outlook for the Myanmar market looks good— showing high potential for Vietnam exports and investment, said Bui Huy Son, director of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency.

VOV.VN - Streets that sell souvenirs for festivals like Hang Luoc, Hang Ma, and Luong Van Can are flooding with various kinds of Christmas and New Year gifts and decorations.

Numerous foreign investors are lining up for Dung Quat Oil Refinery’s shares at its initial public offering (IPO) expected at the end of 2017.

In 2016, Vietnam has seen the closing of numerous long-delayed steel projects invested by both foreign and domestic enterprises.

VOV.VN - Trade value between Vietnam and Russia reached US$532 million in October and November, up 33% against the same period last year, according to Vietnam Customs.

Experts, speaking at a recent conference in Hanoi, gave three scenarios for the 2017 domestic property market, with the most likely one being that the market will move sideways.