The capacity of Tan Son Nhat International Airport will double as many projects to expand it and ease traffic congestion have been announced, a high ranking official said.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and its subsidiaries posted combined revenue exceeding US$3.34 billion in 2016, up more than 10% year on year.

 Improving quality will be key for made-in-Vietnam products to keep its market share in the face of increasingly fierce competition from imports, according to a trade official.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export in 2016 hit US$2.4 billion, representing an increase of 30% from 2015 and exceeding the year target of US$2.2 billion set by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Perhaps no country more than Vietnam will feel the effects of the demise of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in terms of diminished foreign direct investment and trade, says the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.

The US continued topping the list of 200 countries and territories importing Vietnamese goods in 2016, with a total import value of over US$34.8 billion, according to the Government’s portal.

 Vietnamese shares may advance in 2017, analysts say, cautioning that market conditions can get volatile with international events of 2016 continuing to exert unpredictable impacts on Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes to incorporate 50,000 new companies this year (2017) so that there are 500,000 operational ones by 2020, Chairman of the city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.

The central city of Da Nang should aspire to become a top destination and hub for tourism, finance, logistics and hi-tech investors, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics Tran Dinh Thien has said at the Science Workshop on Da Nang’s 20-year Development and Future Outlook.

Nearly 5 million workers in the textile, electronics and retail sectors will be affected by the technology movement, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vietnam (VCCI) on labour market trends.