Archive for August 22nd, 2019
Vietnam slashes business license fee to spur economic growth
The new adjustment is revealed as part of a recently-released circular of the Ministry of Finance, prescribing the rates of charges for provision of enterprise information [...] » More
Vietnam’s disbursement of public investment sluggish in recent years
The disbursement of domestic capital in the January July period reached 35 percent of the year’s plan, while that of foreign capital was much lower, at 8.6 percent. [...] » More
PM urges central region to tap into potential
The nation’s central region should seek solutions to realise its potential to boost its economic development, prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said today, August 20. [...] » More
Vietnam sees more investment opportunities from China’s BRI
Vietnam, together with some other Southeast Asian countries, is increasingly seeing investment opportunities related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), two [...] » More
Hanoi strives to eradicate poverty by end-2019
In the period of 2016-2018, the rate of poor households in Hanoi city fell to 1.16 percent, with 52,000 poor households having escaped poverty. There will be no poor [...] » More
Shrimp exports recover in July
Vietnam’s export of aquatic products in July showed positive signs with an increase of 9 per cent year-on-year, particularly with exports of shrimp and other products [...] » More
Export turnover to countries with FTAs enjoys robust growth
Vietnam’s exports to markets that have signed FTAs with Vietnam have recorded robust growth during the seven-month peirod, according to the Ministry of Industry and [...] » More
US tops H1 chicken exports to Vietnam
The US was the largest exporter of chicken to Vietnam in the first half of this year, at around 62,400 tonnes or over $48.6 million. This accounted for 44 percent of [...] » More
Authorities urged to promote Central region’s economy
Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wants the central regions of Vietnam to become a driving force for the country’s socio-economic development and an important sea gateway [...] » More
Vietnam needs joint efforts to develop smart urban areas
In order to develop a smart city, policy planning is very important in developing smart transportation systems in general and trams in particular. Smart and sustainable urban [...] » More
Promising signs lay ahead for Japanese FDI inflow
A number of positive signs are emerging from the trend in which Japanese firms look to shift their investment to Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, with many [...] » More
Bac Kan Steps up Administrative Reform, Improves Competitiveness
By issuing many documents such as Plan 477/KH-UBND dated November 7, 2018 on improving the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) in 2018-2019, Plan 64/ KH-UBND dated [...] » More
Rising population puts housing development under pressure in HCM City
The HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has written to the HCM City government proposing various housing development models to meet the rising demand for houses in the [...] » More
PM chairs central region economic development conference
Conference discussing regional development held on August 20 in Binh Dinh province. A central region economic development conference is being held on August 20 in [...] » More
EVFTA: a ‘highway’ with many toll collection stations
The EU Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA) has been compared to a highway which allows businesses to go faster and boost their exports. However, on the highway, there are [...] » More
