Economy and commerce

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) event to be held in Vietnam in November, will put the emphasis on Hanoi’s fast-tracking of innovation and inclusiveness, while the country will also bank on efforts to deepen regional cooperation.Keep reading  ...

Foreign investment in Vietnam is still on the rise, with the latest number showing that more than $28.2 billion were registered to invest in the country in the first 10 months of this year, up 37.4 per cent on-year. Accurate valuations are the first step. Keep reading ...

Việt Nam has made great strides in integrating with the global economy and accomplished a great deal as its rapid economic growth in the past 30 years testifies. It is committed to opening up its finance sector, an important pillar in the economic integration process, ...

The Government has recently issued Resolution No. 112/NQ-CP on simplifying administrative procedures and civil papers related to population management within the scope of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)’s State management functions. Accordingly, the government approves the plan on replacing population management via household registration ...

The removal of 675 business and investment conditions by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is considered as a demonstration of the strong determination of the industry and trade sector to create the maximum favourable conditions for enterprises, contributing to building a government of ...

Viet Nam’s GDP size has almost tripled and the country has expanded economic and trade ties with more than 200 countries and territories across the world since it hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for the first time in 2006.Keep reading ...

According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018, Vietnam’s business climate in 2018 has risen up 14 levels from 2017, to 68/190 of the economy surveyed.Keep reading ...

As of October, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development had received 45 notifications, including 35 of which coming from nations adjusting maximum residue limits (MRL) in agricultural products. Vietnam’s exports of agricultural products, thus, will face more and more technical barriers in overseas markets.Keep reading  ...

Vietnam could be classified as an emerging market in 2020 if its free-float rate increases and the market infrastructure becomes better at accommodating foreigners, according to the provider of stock market indexes and portfolio analytics MSCI.Keep reading ...

Industry insiders are scrutinising a Ministry of Planning and Investment draft to the decree regulating investment into innovative startups that has recently been publicised to elicit comments from the public.    Keep reading ...