Category: Economy
HCM City encourages industrial production
HCM City enjoyed robust industrial growth in the first nine months of the year thanks to improvements in its business climate, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade [...]
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Maximising advantages of the circular economy
Vietnam is making great inroads to reduce environmental pollution and pursue green growth, with the renewal of the growth model. Le Thanh Thao, country representative of the [...]
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Breakthrough policies essential to drive state capital divestment process
Huynh The Du, lecturer at the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, highlights the importance to have in place breakthrough policies to optimise the efficiency of [...]
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The risk of losing Filipino cement market
The Philippines is initiating an investigation on whether to apply safeguard measures on imported cement, raising concerns that Vietnam could lose a major export market. [...]
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Vietnam should prioritise local factories for high-speed railway: senior official
The north-south high-speed railway should be seized as an opportunity for the country’s manufacturing sector and labour, a senior official says. Nguyen Duc Kien, vice [...]
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Big tourism plan needs further study
The transport sector needs further study to turn its plan to open new air routes for tourism development into reality. According to the transport ministry’s blueprint [...]
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Vietnam vows to heighten localisation ratio of thermal power equipment
Mechanical engineering is considered the backbone of the national economy. However, after many years of development, the industry can only satisfy 32 percent of domestic [...]
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Eurocham: EVFTA a ‘win-win’ for Europe and Vietnam
EVFTA to have significant impact on European businesses in Vietnam, latest Eurocham survey finds. Nine out of ten European companies want the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement [...]
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‘Significantly lower’ port charges set to rise
International shipping lines could face a 10 per cent increase in container handling service charges at ports in the northern region, starting from early 2019 under the [...]
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Digital economy necessitates regulation
Fresh problems emerging from the digital economy, such as conflicts of interests between conventional businesses and digital-based businessesUber and Grab are the case in [...]
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Corporate development criteria released
A set of criteria to evaluate the corporate development of the country and of each province and city were released at a press conference on Saturday in the capital. The [...]
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Taiwan’s investment approvals exceed $30 billion
As of August, Taiwanese enterprises had registered to invest $30.9 billion in Vietnam, making Taiwan the fourth largest foreign investor in Vietnam, after South Korea, Japan [...]
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Vietnam to open electricity wholesale market next year
The competitive electricity wholesale market will be fully operational starting in 2019 following a successful year-long pilot period. Deputy minister of Industry and Trade [...]
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Tra fish exports to exceed 2 billion USD
Tra fish export value is expected to exceed 2 billion USD this year, higher than the industry’s target, according to experts. Truong Dinh Hoe, general Secretary of the [...]
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State employees’ average income remains highest
Employees at State-run businesses earn the highest monthly salary of VND11.92 million on average, while the income of workers at foreign-invested and private enterprises is [...]
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