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.