Economic News

Deputy PM urges Thai group to accelerate pace of refinery project

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:52:00

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hailed the effective operation in Vietnam of the Thai group SCG at a reception for SCG’s President and CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash in Hanoi on October 24.

Rescued animals handed over to Cuc Phuong National Park

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:50:00

Rangers working in the central province of Thanh Hoa province have discovered an operation involving the illegal transportation of pangolins and turtles.

3 Vietnamese children rescued from UK cannabis farm

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:49:00

British police said Tuesday they've rescued three Vietnamese teens aged 15-17 who were forced to work in a Greater Manchester cannabis farm.

State should hold 100 percent stake at post-merger stock exchange

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:47:00

The State should hold 100 percent capital at the Vietnam stock exchange, expected to be merged from the two current bourses under the revised draft Law on Securities, an official said.

VN has potential to become Southeast Asian innovation hub: conference

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:45:00

Vietnam could become the leading information technology innovation hub in Southeast Asia, experts told a conference in HCM City on October 24.

VN’s tax payment jumps 22 notches

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:43:00

Viet Nam made tax payment easier by upgrading the information technology infrastructure used by the General Department of Taxation.

Foreign investment disbursement reaches 23.2 percent

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:41:00

Disbursement of foreign capital for infrastructure construction only reached 23.2 percent of the plan as of October 15, 2019, reported the Finance Ministry on October 23.

Households still waiting for rooftop solar power price approval

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:39:00

Many households and enterprises in Vietnam have proposed continuing the solar power purchasing price at 9.35 cent per kwh, as applied before June 30.

Following the tracks laid by Hanoi's Train Street

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:34:00

To track the myriad tales that Hanoi's Train Street can tell, one has to reckon with different avatars it has donned over decades.

Customs to work extra hours to clear truck jam at border

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:32:00

Local authorities on both sides of the Vietnam -China border have agreed to work extra hours to allow more Vietnamese agricultural goods to cross the border into China, said Nguyen Cong Truong, Vice Chairman of border province Lang Son's People Committee.

Sketching artists preserve memories, inspire love for Hanoi

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:28:00

A growing group of Hanoi lovers are taking to the streets and sketching precious images of the rapidly changing city for posterity.

Innovation takes center stage at Vietnam ITO Conference 2019

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:25:00

The 2019 Vietnam Information Technology Outsourcing (VNITO) Conference kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on October 24, centering on a series of programs and activities aimed at promoting innovation, digitalization and technology application in Vietnam.

Viet Nam is moving forward on global scale

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:23:00

Viet Nam has made it among the 45 largest economies on the globe thanks to tremendous achievements in socio-economic development.

Thanh Hoa welcomes inauguration of modern poultry processing plant

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:17:00

A ceremony was held to mark the inauguration of Viet Avis, Vietnam’s most modern poultry processing plant, in Hoang Quy commune of Hoang Hoa district in Thanh Hoa province on October 24.

African swine fever infected pigs dumped on river bank in central Vietnam

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:14:00

Seven sacks of pigs infected with African swine fever were spotted on the banks of a river in Nghe An Wednesday.

Pace of business climate reforms slows in East Asia and Pacific region

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:11:00

Economies in the East Asia and Pacific region carried out 33 business-climate-enhancing reforms during the past year, and while many economies in the region make doing business easy for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs by global standards, the overall pace of reforms slowed, the World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business 2020 study says.