A customer at a supermarket. Việt Nam imports live hogs to reduce pork prices on the domestic market. — Photo tienphong.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allowed local businesses for the first time to import live hogs to reduce pork prices in the domestic market. On Thursday, Deputy […]
Strange phone calls from foreign subscribers aimed to entice customers to call back to generate unintended telecommunications charges. — Photo red.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recommends that people watch out for strange calls and do not send any money or provide personal information to strangers over the […]
Phạm Nhật Vượng, Vingroup Chairman of the Board of Directors, speaks at the annual general meeting of shareholders (AGMs) held on Thursday in Hà Nội. Vượng said its tourism arm Vinpearl was most ravaged by the disease. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Giáp HÀ NỘI — Conglomerate Vingroup JSC plans to earn VNĐ145 trillion (US$6.2 billion) in revenue this year, […]
Pepper prices’ volatility in one month. Source: tintaynguyen.com. Graphics: Ly Ly Cao. HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam pepper prices rose to a one-year high on Wednesday, driven by Chinese consumption recovery and higher demands from local businesses. Farmers in the Central Highlands and the south of Việt Nam sold pepper at VNĐ48,000 – 50,000 (US$2.08-2.17) per kilo on […]
Phú Nghĩa Industrial Park in Hà Nội. The capital city expects to lure a total investment of US$15 million from new projects in industrial parks and export processing zonesin the first half of this year. — Photo kinhtedothi.vn HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội expects to attract total investment of US$38.3 million in industrial parks and export processing […]
Nguyễn Anh Ngọc, deputy director of the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre, speaks at a meeting about the research and technology market in HCM City on Thursday. — VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — HCM City authorities are helping companies access new technologies by promoting linkages between researchers and businesses, but more collaboration is […]
A toll station on the National Highway 1A in Triệu Phong District, Quảng Trị Province. The highway was a build-operate-transfer project. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyên Lý HÀ NỘI — A full-scale audit should become compulsory for work carried out under public-private partnerships to make sure they are efficient and benefit all stakeholders, lawmakers have told the National Assembly. […]
A petrol station in Hà Nội. The local petrol prices were increased yesterday folliwng the rise in the world market. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — The retail prices of petrol and oil increased at 3pm on Thursday following the latest price review by the ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance. Bio-fuel […]
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Tuesday and Wednesday opened the first-instance trial in a case involving stock market manipulation at Bình Thuận Mineral Industry JSC (KSA). — Photo ndh.vn HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced one person to 18 months in jail over stock market manipulation at Bình Thuận […]
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Tuesday and Wednesday opened the first-instance trial in a case involving stock market manipulation at Bình Thuận Mineral Industry JSC (KSA). — Photo ndh.vn HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced one person to 18 months in jail over stock market manipulation at Bình Thuận […]
A worker at Tiền Phong Plastic JSC (HNX: NTP). The company shares gained 1.7 per cent on Thursday. — Photo nhuatienphong.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares’ growth contracted on Thursday as banks extended rallies and lower crude futures benefited oil-consuming companies. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.46 per cent […]
Customs check medical declarations of passengers before entering Hà Nội at Nội Bài International Airport. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Transport has just assigned the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) to study and propose measures to gradually loosen immigration and reconnect a number of international routes for […]
A flight which landed at Vân Đồn Airport. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam reported that the number of passengers through airports nationwide reached 2.88 million passengers this month, down 70 per cent compared to the same period last year. Of these, international visitors reached 78,000, down 97.6 per […]
A petrol station on Hà Nội’s Lương Yên Street. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh has requested checks on petrol stations which reported a lack of petrol and those found to have been “hoarding goods” to wait for price increases be strictly punished. Recently, a number of petrol […]
The first flight from Buôn Ma Thuột to Thanh Hóa Province lands at Thọ Xuân Airport on Wednesday. — Photo Vietnam Airlines HÀ NỘI — National carrier Vietnam Airlines on Wednesday officially launched a route connecting Thanh Hóa Province and Buôn Ma Thuật City of the Central Highlands province of Đắc Lắc. Vietnam Airlines received 141 passengers […]
HCM City has said there is enough petroleum products supply to comfortably meet demand following reports some petrol stations purportedly ran out of stock. — VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has assured there is an adequate supply of petroleum products to meet demand and it will prevent any hoarding […]
A shrimp raising pond in the southern province of Ninh Thuận. Farmers are encouraged to begin raising shrimp right now to catch up with opportunities after COVID-19 pandemic. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s pushback of the COVID-19 pandemic has helped shrimp exporters raise their competitiveness on the world market, […]
HCM CITY — Non-cash payments have increased sharply, especially through mobile devices and the internet, according to the State Bank of Vietnam. Speaking at a press briefing in HCM City on Tuesday to announce a series of events for Cashless Day 2020 (June 16), Phạm Tiến Dũng, director of the central bank’s payment department, said […]
Engineers at Nhơn Trạch Power Corporation, a member unit of PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power). — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) plans to pay a 2019 cash dividend of 3 per cent instead of paying in shares at a rate of 6 per cent as planned previously. The corporation targets to earn […]
A worker assembles a vehicle at Thaco’s Automobile Company in Chu Lai Economic Zone in Quảng Nam Province. Skilled workers are needed for Việt Nam to develop, according to the World Bank. — VNA/VNS Danh Lam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam should focus on a productivity-driven development model to become a high-income economy by 2045, […]
