Vietjet operates one of the most modern and environmentally friendly fleets. —Photo courtesy of the airline HCM CITY — Vietjet has teamed up with the five-star hospitality group Vinpearl offering half-priced fares and hotel stays in order to celebrate the 75th Independence Day. From August 31 to September 4, passengers can book tickets at www.vietjetair.com and Vietjet Air’s mobile app using the promotion code […]

  Office buildings in HCM City. The city’s office market has begun to be affected by the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic. — File Photo HCM CITY — The HCM City office market has started to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with grade A buildings impacted more than grade B, experts have said. CBRE said in […]

Central bank cuts key rate again to boost lending On August 1 the State Bank of Việt Nam cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to support the economy, which has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was its third cut this year after an earlier 0.5-percentage-point reduction in May. The […]

  A lounge at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport has few guests. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY – The second wave of Covid-19 that began at the end of July, the peak summer travel period, has disillusioned airlines that had earlier begin to hope for a recovery. After the first wave was […]

  Beers on display at a supermarket in HCM City. — VNS Photo Xuân Hương HCM CITY — Domestic beer consumption in the second half of the year is expected to improve over the first six months, while next year the beer industry can grow by 20 per cent compared to the low base this year. Despite progress, beer consumption […]

  Students join a celebration in Thái Quang Kindergarten, the VNĐ 50 million facility build by shoe maker Taekwang Vina Company to serve their employees in Đồng Nai Province. — Photo courtesy of the company HÀ NỘI — Manufacturing firms are increasingly focusing on offering quality childcare services to ensure they retain workers. “Without a factory-based childcare […]

  The enactment of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Law in 2020 signals the Government’s intention to attract more private sector investments in the infrastructure sector. Photo luatvietnam.vn  HÀ NỘI — More foreign participation is forecast in Việt Nam’s construction market over the coming years, buoyed by the gradual opening up of the Vietnamese economy to […]

  Investors look at a property project. Prices in this market have levelled off after a period of high prices but not reduced. — Photo batdongsan.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Experienced investors continue to sink money into the real estate market despite the problems the COVID-19 pandemic has caused for the sector. Most property experts said the real estate market would […]

  Over the past week, live hog prices nationwide gradually decreased each day. —Photo vnmedia.vn HÀ NỘI — Efficient reproduction of pigs and enhancing imports of frozen pork and live pigs have made prices of live hogs fall, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The ministry forecasts that pork supply will increase […]

  Tường An’s cooking oil production line. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — Shares of Tường An Vegetable Oil Joint Stock Company have soared nearly 68 per cent in two trading weeks after the company announced high cash dividend rate. Tường An shares soared 6.9 per cent to trade at VNĐ59,100 (US$2.55) apiece on Friday. The […]

  Frog legs processed for export at Tân Thành Lợi Company, Long An Province. Việt Nam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports totalled $26.1 billion in the first eight months of this year. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam ran a surplus of US$6.2 billion in agro-forestry-fishery trade in January-August, 4.9 per cent higher than the […]

  The rig PV DRILLING II will commence a 100-day drilling campaign in Việt Nam from September 2020.  — Photo courtesy of PV Drilling HÀ NỘI — The PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling)’s rig PV Drilling III will implement its contract to drill five new wells for Kris Energy in Cambodia for three months, […]

  Vinamilk’s cattle farm in Tây Ninh Province. Shares of Vinamilk (VNM) rose 1.8 per cent on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Đức Hoảnh HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares advanced on Friday thanks to global upbeat sentiment as investors cheered the speech by the US’s FED chairman Jerome Powell at a conference overnight. The benchmark VN-Index […]

  Việt Nam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh at the meetting. – VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – ASEAN Economic Ministers held a video conference with the region’s partner countries including China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN+3) on Friday. The meeting, organised within the framework of the 52nd ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related conferences […]

  The ASEAN Economic Ministers and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Consultations which took placed virtually on Friday as part of the 52nd meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting— Photo MoIT HÀ NỘI — ASEAN and Japan will work together to reduce the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure economic and financial […]

  Clothing products are made by workers at South Korean KH VINA COMPANY LIMITED in the central province of Thanh Hoá. — VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh HÀ NỘI — The country lured US$19.54 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in January – August period, down 14 per cent year-on-year, a report by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under […]

  An auto assembly line at Trường Hải Auto Corporation. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Xuyên HÀ NỘI — Trường Hải Auto Corporation (THACO) shipped a haul of 80 Kia Soluto cars to Myanmar on August 26, all of which had been manufactured at the Thaco Kia factory in the Thaco-Chu Lai Industrial Park in Quảng Nam […]

  ASEAN Economic Ministers and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (centre) discuss co-operation via a video conference on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo   HÀ NỘI — The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the US Trade Representative (USTR) Consultations took place virtually on Friday as part of the 52nd meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM-52). The function was co-chaired […]

  Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh chairs the meeting between Economic ministers from ASEAN member countries and representatives from China’s Ministry of Commerce. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — Economic ministers from ASEAN member countries held a meeting with representatives from China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. This 19th consultation took place within the […]

Rice production line at the Trung An High-tech Farming JSC. — VNA/VNS Photo CẦN THƠ — Trung An High-tech Farming JSC is completing the packaging of the first batch of rice to the EU, which will enjoy zero per cent tax. Earlier, the company, based in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ, signed rice contracts […]