Foreign investors will be permitted to establish their wholly foreign-owned companies providing logistics services, following Decree No.163/ND-CP, which will come into effect on February 20.

 A new wave of private agricultural investments has surged in the country, helping to super-charge the capital-poor agricultural sector.

 In a bid to more effectively control state capital in enterprises, the government will establish an official committee dedicated to manage it in the first quarter of 2018.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh held a meeting on January 10 with US Congressman Paul Gosar who affirmed that Arizona State is willing to boost cooperation with Vietnamese localities in all fields.

If applying the personal income tax (PIT) rates introduced to the public last August, the state budget revenue would lose VND3.1 trillion a year. 

 Contracted Uber and Grab cars are not allowed to run across 13 streets in the capital city during rush hours, 6 – 9 am and 4:30 – 7:30 pm, starting January 11.

 Hanoi sets a target of developing additional 11 million sq.m of housing in 2018, including 430,000 sq.m of social housing, nearly 348,000 sq.m of resettlement housing and more than 2.1 million sq.m of commercial housing.

 The volume of fruits and vegetables imported from Thailand is expected to surge this year as import tariffs imposed on these products are reduced to zero percent, heating up pressure on their Vietnamese peers.

Forecast to be in a finer state than in 2017, the Vietnamese economy in 2018 is expected to provide even more favourable conditions for foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and domestic market are promising to become stronger.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say the golden age of Vietnam’s fashion industry is encountering difficulties amid the arrivals of foreign fashion brands.

 Temperatures have continued falling, freezing several northern mountainous areas, including Phia Oac Mountain in Cao Bang Province.

 Dinh La Thang tells court the pressure for project progress led to him acting unlawfully.

 About two teachers and 21 pupils at Quan Toan Secondary School in Hai Phong City fainted and had to be hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas from the local steel factory on January 8.

 F&N Dairy Investments Pte Ltd, a subsidiary owned by Thai business tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, has spent millions of USD to buy stakes at Vinamilk after another subsidiary bought a USD4.8bn stake in Sabeco last year. 

 The revenue and profit indicators of Vietnam Airlines Corporation showed growth as planned in 2017, the firm reported.

 Viet Nam saw a decline in cash withdrawals for the third consecutive year in 2017, with the rate reducing from 15 per cent in 2016 to 10 per cent in 2017, reports from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) showed.

 The quality of E5 bio fuel in Viet Nam is ensured and meets international standards. All features, capacity and fuel consumption remain the same, and in some criteria E5 is better than RON 92, officials said.

 Viet Nam’s pharmaceutical retail industry is forecast to see significant competition in 2018, with the entry of new players with strong financial capacity and experience in distribution.

 Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports reached a record $3.5 billion for year-on-year growth of 43.02 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Dak Lak has taken a number of measures to manage, monitor and care for elephants so as to help conserve and develop the animals, said Director of the province’s centre for elephant conservation Huynh Trung Luan.