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Outcomes of Vietnam Private Sector Forum announced

The Vietnam Private Sector Forum (VPSF) will try to create a space for businesses to voice out their proposals. 

Optimistic business trends up in 2018

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the fourth quarter of 2017, 44.8 per cent of firms reported better business performance in Q4 than Q3.

Despite healthy performance, foreign funds divest MWG

After a strong rally of 30 per cent in stock price over the past four months, Mobile World Group (ticker MWG) saw back-to-back divestments from numerous of foreign funds.

Vietnamese firms urged to focus more on intangible assets

Vietnamese firms were urged to increase their focus on intangible assets to strengthen brand value at a recent conference jointly held by Brand Finance and its local representative Mibrand Vietnam in Hanoi.

Central bank extends forex loan policy

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially extended a policy allowing exporters to take loans in foreign currencies for another year instead of stopping it on December 31 as planned.

Ministry tells pedagogy schools to re-plan training

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education Phung Xuan Nha, said that it was high time pedagogy schools stop the oversupplying of teachers in many provinces and cities.

Districts to manage parks in HCM City

Beginning next year, districts will be responsible for managing parks and trees, and the HCM City People’s Committee will invite competitive bids from the districts to explain how they would maintain green spaces. 

Growth plan for container depots

Vietnam needs about VND9-15 trillion to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years, while funding for the following decade will be about VND20-22 trillion.

HCM City prepares goods for Tet worth US$789 million

The volume of prepared goods for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has increased by 20-30 percent against the volume last year, according to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.

PM requests stronger changes in economic competitiveness in 2018

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all sectors, localities and enterprises to work together to make stronger changes in the competitiveness of the economy while concluding an online conference 

Government leader calls for greater anti-corruption efforts

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local leaders to pay more attention to combating corruption while stressing the need to ban giving and taking gifts during the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Vietnam provides training to help farmers professionalize

Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen, deputy director of the Department of Co-operatives and Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay ...

HCM City Book Street attracts 2.4m visitors

The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 has attracted 2.4 million visitors this year, earning a turnover of VND50 billion (US$2.2 million), according to the Viet Nam Publishers Association (VNPA).

Vietnam-China Association reviews achievements

The Vietnam–China Friendship Association in HCM City yesterday reviewed its achievements over the last five years and made plans to hold more cultural exchange events, seek more financial resources, 

Tet arrives early for Tham Phang Village

 VietNamNet Bridge – Villagers in Tham Phang Village in Muong Ang District of Dien Bien Province are celebrating Tet during one of the coldest winters in the region.

Detailed assessments of private firms needed

Dau Anh Tuan, head of the VCCI’s Legal Department and director of the project on enhancing provincial competitiveness talks to Thoi bao kinh te Viet Nam, about the importance of assessing companies’ capability

Hanoi to inspect enterprises owing social insurance payments

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s authorities have ordered the city’s inspectors to inspect enterprises with long overdue social insurance premiums. 

Vietnamese rush to invest in bitcoin, blowing bitcoin bubble

Calls for investing in bitcoin are numerous on the internet, with many ‘secret societies’ set up persuading people to deposit bitcoins.

Realist artists depict Hanoi life

A painting by artist Pham Binh Chuong depicting a corner of Hanoi’s Old Quarter in the gentle light of the morning is among the realist paintings now displayed in Hanoi at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.

VNSO welcomes Year of the Dog at Opera House

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will play Vietnamese and world masterpieces at a concert at Ha Noi Opera House on January 1.