The Saigon Times

Experts are urging the Vietnamese government to shift its focus on improving the quality of foreign investment in the context of recent forecast by international institutions on the upward trend of the foreign capital inflows into the country. Vietnam needs foreign capital, but high and ...

Complaints and denunciations related to land have eased this year but land disputes are as complicated as ever, Government chief inspector Le Minh Khai told the National Assembly on November 7. Khai said the number of complainants coming to State administrative agencies in 2017 has ...

It requires tens of billion of U.S. dollars for the development of infrastructure in special economic zones of Van Don, North Van Phong and Phu Quoc in the coming years. Reports show that Phu Quoc special economic zone will need $40 billion by 2030 while ...

Up to 28 biggest industrial production projects will be in a list of projects subject to special control on environment by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, according to a draft plan.  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  ...

The number of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have joined global trade networks and have trade relationship with international partners makes up a small proportion, lower than in regional countries, heard a seminar in Hanoi City on October 31.Keep reading ...

The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular No. 102/2017/TT-BTC that guides the implementation of some articles stipulated in Decree No. 03/2017 of the Government. Accordingly, the Vietnamese citizens over 21 years old and with a monthly income of at least VND10 million are allowed to gamble ...

Extreme weather, especially abnormally heavy rain, has been increasingly frequent in HCMC this year as a result of climate change, according to the HCMC Steering Center of the Urban Flood Control Program (SCFC).Keep reading ...

At the discussion session on October 24, the National Assembly’s deputies are calling for a sustainable economic growth, instead of at-any-cost growth. Keep reading  ...

Titanium mining and processing projects in central coast provinces have left negative impact on other economic sectors and put the environment at risk of severe pollution. Keep reading  ...