Category: Economy
Belarus, Vietnam Sign $100m Worth of Contracts
Belarus and Vietnam signed 10 commercial contracts worth over $100 million, Belarus Premier Mikhail Myasnikovich told media after his meeting with prime minister of the [...]
» More
FDI sector continues robust export growth
Regardless of economic difficulties, foreign investment enterprises (FIEs) have constantly posted strong export growth, with year-on-year growth of 31.1 percent in 2012 and [...]
» More
Vietnam misses four of the 15 major targets in 2012: Nguyen Sinh Hung
In the discussing session on social-economic development hold by Standing Committee of National Assembly dated 14th May, minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh [...]
» More
Iran, Vietnam target $500m trade
Iran will work closely with Vietnam to raise annual two-way trade to $500 million in the future, said Iranian minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari. The [...]
» More
Vietnam-Mexico trade on the rise
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Mexico reached $199 million in the first quarter of this year, up 1.01 percent compared to the same period last year. Of the figure, [...]
» More
Positive signs on economy as NA meets
The economy showed positive signs in the first quarter of this year, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee was told yesterday. It was also told that GDP growth hit [...]
» More
HCM City aims to double per capita income by 2020
HCM City sets a target to double its average income by 2020 and triple it by 2025, according to a master plan approved by the People’s Council on May 13. The [...]
» More
Export turnover to UAE hits $946m
Vietnam’s export earnings to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached $946.3 million in the first quarter of 2013, a year-on-year increase of 179 percent. The figures [...]
» More
Vietnam to Cut Current Expenditures by 10pct to Narrow State Budget Deficit
The Ministry of Finance has proposed the government cut its current expenditures by another 10 percent from now to the end of this year, or by VND4 trillion ($191.39 [...]
» More
Vietnam’s Leaders Stall Economic Reforms
Like other would-be tiger economies, Vietnam faces a trifecta of new threats: a crisis-paralysed Europe, a faltering US, and a newly spendthrift Japan. Yet the biggest risk [...]
» More
Economy remains weak: IMF
The economy will continue to be as bleak this year as in 2012, said Sanjay Kalra, resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam. Speaking at a [...]
» More
High-class personnel market heats up
Ten years after receiving the first job websites, Vietnam has witnessed the boom of job websites in recent years together with the Internet boom. Labour experts believe that [...]
» More
Vietnam Allows Extension of 2.5tr dong VAT Tax for Businesses
General Department of Taxation (GDT) said a preliminary report by locals showed that 64,181 enterprises were allowed to extend value added tax (VAT) in January and February [...]
» More
BVSC forecasts CPI in May to rise less than 0.3pct
In its macroeconomic report in April 2013, Bao Viet Securities Co (BVSC) forecasted the consumer price index (CPI) in May to likely to rise slightly, at less than 0.3 [...]
» More
Vietnam’s Tourist Industry Requests Hefty Tax Cuts
The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has made a request to the government to provide significant tax breaks for the country’s tourist sector in order [...]
» More
