President Tran Dai Quang has granted the media an interview on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession to the UN. 

Though global trade growth is on the wane and protectionism walls are up in some areas, Vietnam is still in good position to overcome the trade slowdown, with potential to further boost manufacturing and room to grow the services sector.

 Over the course of the past 40 years, through many international fluctuations, Vietnam has become an active member of the UN and has always upheld its responsibility to carry out the noble missions of the UN.

 Champion Dash 2017 promises to be an energetic outdoors sport event and a chance for participants to test their limits and receive valuable awards.

 In spite of receiving investments from foreign investors with powerful financial capability and strong brands, numerous coffee chains in Vietnam still either closed or scale down operations.

Many of the 127 wish-listed projects in the fields of infrastructure and industrial manufacturing on offer for more than three years, but have yet to captivate foreign investors due to poor feasibility and planning.

 A high credit growth target of 21 percent could be achieved this year, but with it come risks on credit quality and the potential for unevenly distributed loans, privileging large private firms instead of smaller ones.

 Vietnam might, for the first time, allow 100 per cent foreign-invested firms in three logistics service areas, paving the way for an influx of foreign investment capital in the sector.

 The authorities in HCM City have set up a number of rules for foreign English teachers including banning pupils from adopting English names.

 Several local experts have expressed their concerns over ambitious high-rise development plans for Hanoi Station and the surrounding area.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to streamline 464 to 612 conditions for establishing new businesses, equivalent to some 38.15 to 50.3 per cent of the total business conditions.

The use of cryptocurrency and blockchains in Vietnam is currently limited to just one per cent of the total population, though experts anticipate that the number could grow to 30 million users in the next ten years.

Da Nang has attracted 43 new FDI projects worth US$60 million in the first eight months this year, 4.6 times the amount in the same period last year.

The HCM Stock Exchange has warned that shares of Truong Thanh Furniture Corporation could be delisted as its accumulated losses might have exceeded the company’s charter capital.

 Van Don, a rural district of Quang Ninh Province in the northeastern region of Viet Nam, may soon see a VND5 trillion (US$220 million) resort complex.

 Five commercial banks have been selected to pilot a 24/7 e-tax payment scheme from November this year.

 Financial leasing institutions are the lastest solution to resolve capital shortages of local businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

VietNamNet Bridge - Banana prices have seen sharp increases in the last 30 years, with an estimated market value of $15 billion per annum.

 With the Government releasing the policy to develop the solar energy industry, it is poised for a boom, a workshop heard in HCM City on September 18.

 Districts in Hanoi are successfully managing billboard advertisements that can render urban areas unsightly, officials have said.