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Regulations being revised to implement CPTPP

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is working to align Vietnam’s legal regulations with the CPTPP – a deal experts see as hugely important to the country. 

Vietnam women won't hold back against Jordan

The Vietnamese women’s national football team face Jordan in their final Group B match of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ second qualifying round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan today.

Legal framework for business households needed

 It is necessary to complete a legal framework for business households so as to promote their development and contributions to the economy, experts have said.

Stock market size reaches over 81% of GDP

 Viet Nam's stock markets had reached approximately 81 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of March 18, up 14 per cent compared to the end of 2018.

VN stocks progress ahead of reports

 Vietnamese shares took off on Monday as oil prices increased and news on annual shareholder meetings and 2019 business plans helped cushion investor confidence amidst a lack of supportive news.

No coach, no problem for Binh Duong

Becamex Binh Duong won their second match under acting coach Nguyen Thanh Son yesterday, beating Viettel 1-0 in the late match of the V.League 1’s fourth round.

Bubble tea, a gold mine attracting investors

Investors are flocking into the bubble tea market since demand is booming across the country.

100 patients receive free artificial knee and hip joint replacements

The 108 National Military Medical Hospital in collaboration with the Operation Walk performed artificial knee and hip joint replacement surgery for 100 poor patients 

Vietnam stands out as beneficiary from US-China trade war

 International experts have questioned which countries would likely be the beneficiaries of the trade war between the US and China and Vietnam remains the pointed one so far.  

India initiates anti-dumping probe into aluminium-, zinc-coated flat products from Vietnam

 India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of flat-rolled steel products plated or coated with aluminium or zinc originating in or exported from three countries, Viet Nam, China and South Korea.

Vietnam’s exports to CPTPP countries surge

Viet Nam’s exports to member countries of the CPTPP were expected to increase strongly through now to 2030, reaching 25 per cent of the country’s total exports, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

ACV gets further support for terminal investment at TSN Airport

 The Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises has thrown its support behind Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) as the investor in the T3 passenger terminal project at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC.

VN statistics office partners with IMF to re-evaluate Vietnam’s economic scale

 The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are working together toreview the methods to evaluate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) scale of Vietnam.

Underground water polluted because of mismanagement

VietNamNet Bridge - The news about land subsidence in the western provinces of the southern region has once again rung the alarm over the exploitation of underground water.

Foreign banks in Vietnam raise chartered capital

VietNamNet Bridge - Both Vietnamese and foreign banks are rushing to raise their chartered capital to satisfy the requirements of Basel II.

Hanoi: Property transactions in some districts on the up in Q1

 Transactions on the property market in the districts of Dong Anh, Gia Lam, Hoai Duc and Thanh Tri posted an uptrend in the first quarter of this year though Ha Noi saw an overall reduction on the market, according to Savills Viet Nam in the capital.

South Korean investors solidify foothold in Vietnam through M&A

 High growth potentials of the Vietnamese market has urged South Korean investors to make more merger and acquisition (M&A) deals with local firms to optimize business opportunities.

Incentives should be applied to hi-tech projects’ locally executed stages: ministry

 The Government’s preferential policies should be extended to stages of a hi-tech project conducted only in Vietnam instead of to the entire project, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

MoT to introduce investment opportunities for North-South Expressway

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MoT) will hold an investment promotion conference next week to introduce investment opportunities in the Eastern Cluster of the North-South Expressway project in the 2017-2020 period.  

Truong Hai and Hyundai Thanh Cong deny fire risk in vehicles in Vietnam

 Truong Hai and Hyundai Thanh Cong, the Vietnamese manufacturers of Korea-based Hyundai and Kia, have just denied the risk of fire hazard in their vehicles circulating in Vietnam.