Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and agencies when developing inspection and audit plans to ensure that enterprises are inspected and audited no more than once a year.

Tea exports in the past eleven months reached 118,000 tonnes, earning US$197 million, increasing 7.1% in volume and 4.3 % in value compared to the same period last year.

Vietnam’s textile and garment exports this year are estimated to reach US$28.5 billion, meeting roughly 92% of the set plan due to market difficulties, the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) reports.

Kazakhstan can be the gateway for Vietnamese firms to enter the East Europe market, according to Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Beketzhan Zhumakhanov.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) jointly organised a workshop to seek ways to help Vietnamese workforce better prepare for changes in technology and labour requirements.

Ho Chi Minh City is resolved to improve its investment environment and create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the United Kingdom, to do long-term business in the city, said a local official.

The Korea Rice Foodstuffs Association (KRFA) of the Republic of Korea inaugurated its Vietnam representative office in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 13. 

The World Bank (WB) is willing to assist Vietnam in reforming State-owned enterprises (SOEs), WB Country Director for Vietnam Ousmane Dione told Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Business operations of HCMC-based DongABank are as usual even though the former boss of the commercial joint stock bank, Tran Phuong Binh, was detained by police on charges of financial irregularities recently.

Japan’s BELLSYSTEM24 Inc., has inked a definitive agreement for investing in Hoa Sao Group Joint Stock Company, which is Vietnam’s leading contact centre corporation.