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Pork price dives under VND75,000 per kilo

  Some large livestock companies have reduced pork prices. Photo vietnambiz.vn HÀ NỘI  Some large livestock companies have reduced pork prices to an average of VNĐ75,000 per kilo, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường said after visiting the firms on Sunday. During the visit, Vũ Anh Tuấn, Deputy General Director of the […]


Citibank and INGbank to provide credit to Nhơn Trạch power projects

  A view of Nhơn Trạch 2 Power Plant . PV Power was gearing up preparations for construction of Nhơn Trạch 3 and 4 thermal power plants. – Photo PV Power HÀ NỘI – Citibank and INGbank will be in charge of arranging capital for the Nhơn Trạch 3 and 4 thermal power plants, according […]


New document released to regulate use of non-residential real estate

  Condotel projects in the central city of Đà Nẵng. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has sent a document to local authorities to regulate the licensing of non-residential property projects. — Photo vietnambiz.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has sent a document to local departments to regulate […]



Coronavirus hurts transport companies amid fears of public gatherings

  Transport companies say they are losing millions of dollars due to falling demand caused by novel coronavirus fears. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY – Transport companies have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Dương Trí Thành, general director of Vietnam Airlines, said the epidemic has significantly reduced demand on both domestic […]


Property developers race towards digital technology

The Q7 Saigon Riverside Complex project of Hưng Thịnh Corporation attracts many investors in HCM City.— Photo Hung Thinh Corporation Thiên Lý Amid the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) many property developers in Việt Nam are seeking to adopt digital technology both for enterprise management and in their projects. Hưng Thịnh Corporation is among them. […]


Industrial sector’s growth likely to hit almost 3% in Q1

  Manufacturing electronic components at the 4P Co. Ltd., in Hưng Yên Province. Việt Nam’s industrial production growth is expected to slow in the first quarter due to COVID-19. VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam’s industrial sector in the first quarter is projected to grow 2.68 per cent compared to the same period […]


Trading remains quiet amid risk concerns

  Workers at the TNG Thái Nguyên Investment and Trading JSC produce garments for export. Under the EVFTA, the abolition of more than 99 per cent of tariff lines with a roadmap creates favourable conditions for the export of key goods to the EU market, including textiles, footwear, agriculture, fishery and wood products. VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Nguyên […]


Vinamilk CEO takes chairmanship at GTNFoods

  New chairwoman Mai Kiều Liên (third, left) and other new members in GTNFoods Board of Directors for the 2020-24 term. — Photo tienphong.vn HÀ NỘI — Dairy firm Vinamilk’s CEO Mai Kiều Liên on Saturday was voted by GTNFoods JSC’s shareholders to become the chairwoman of the latter. The decision was made at GTNFoods’ […]


Trade centre with high-class Japanese goods opens in HCM City

  A man shops for Japanese goods at Akuruhi Tower. VNA/VNS Photo Mỹ Phương HCM CITY — A trade centre displaying domestically-produced, high-quality Japanese goods, opened its doors in HCM City’s District 1 last week. Up to 90 per cent of goods on sale at the centre – the first of its kind in the country – are produced in […]


Cần Thơ City to solve difficulties for enterprises

  Garments are made at Hào Tân Co in Cần Thơ’s Nình Kiều District. Photo baocantho.com.vn  CẦN THƠ — The Mekong Delta City of Cần Thơ will set up specialised working groups to work closely with local enterprises in removing difficulties in a timely manner in order to help the firms ensure production.  The municipal People’s […]


Ca Mau looks for measures to achieve export turnover target

  Shrimp being processed at a Minh Phú Seafood Corp factory in Cà Mau Province. Seafood is one of the province’s key export items.  VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh  CÀ MAU — The southern province of Cà Mau is working hard to support local enterprises to realise the target of US$1.2 billion in export turnover set for this year amid the […]


HCM City aids manufacturing to remain on growth track

  Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone in HCM City’s District 7. VNS File Photo/VNA. HCM CITY   HCM City is providing assistance to the manufacturing sector to sustain industrial growth. It will amend the development plans for industrial parks (IPs), build a new IP measuring over 360ha for hi-tech industries, change start-up programmes, and create new […]


Property industry business group calls on HCM City to ease developers’ pain

  Real estate developers are stuck with hundreds of projects in HCM City due to legal issues, according to the HCM City Real Estate Association. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY The HCM City real estate market is facing several problems including multiple agencies having overlapping functions and other administrative bottlenecks, high land-use fees and […]


VN banks more open for EU investors under newly-approved trade pact

  Among high-profile names, Techcombank is expected to be the target of European investors. Photo Techcombank HÀ NỘI Investors from the EU will have opportunities to own higher stakes in Vietnamese banks than those from other countries under Việt Nam’s commitments in the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). Under the EVFTA signed this week by the […]


FPT aims to increase profit by 18%

An FPT office. FPT targets to increase its profit before tax by 18 per cent in 2020. — File Photo HÀ NỘI — FPT Corporation plans to earn VNĐ32.45 trillion (US$1.4 billion) this year, with profit before tax of VNĐ5.5 trillion. The corporation expects revenue to increase 17 per cent over last year and profit before […]


Firms on edge of delisting after losses

  Fish delivered to An Giang Fisheries Import Export JSC for processing. The company will move to the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) after its shares were delisted from the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE). – Photo agifish.com.vn/ HÀ NỘI – An Giang Fisheries Import Export JSC will start trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market […]


Tiki among top brands in all categories in YouGov BrandIndex 

    Infographic of top recommend rankings in YouGov BrandIndex. Photo courtesy of Tiki    HCM CITY— Tiki is the only e-commerce platform to be among top brands in all three categories of YouGov in 2019: Top Advocacy, Top Index and Top Recommend. In a release on February 14 the company said it ranks first […]


EVFTA brings chances and challenges to local agricultural production

    Rice is loaded at Saigon Port in HCM City. With the ratification of the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement, Việt Nam can export 80,000 tonnes of rice a year with a zero tax rate to the EU. VNA/VNS Photo Đình Huệ   HÀ NỘI — The new trade agreement between Việt Nam and […]


Shares subdued as market shakes

    Photo shows the entrance of Times City, the urban area built by real estate, retail and tech conglomerate Vingroup (VIC). VIC lost 2.14 per cent on Friday. — Photo cafeland.vn HÀ NỘI — Banking stocks weighed on the VN-Index on Friday, as the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange lost 0.08 per cent to end […]