Hanoi and South Korea's Incheon aim to increase their visibility among Vietnamese and international travelers through a series of events to promote MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism and medical tourism to Vietnam.
Eleven Japanese banks, including Mitsui Sumitomo Banking Corp and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will provide a 81 billion JPY (680 million USD) loan for the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to build a thermal power plant.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung provided guidance on inter-ministerial coordination in macro-economic management and operation during the first quarter of 2015 while chairing a meeting in Hanoi on March 30.
The garment and textile industries in Thailand and Viet Nam should strengthen co-operation to improve competitiveness and exploit the ASEAN market, delegates said at a recent meeting held in HCM City.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested drastic actions to restructure State-owned enterprises (SOEs), with a focus on equitisation and withdrawal of State capital from non-core business lines.
Vietnamese engineers have worked to master advanced oil rig construction technology and have now exported their giant oil platforms.
Vietnam has opportunities to expand exports of wood products this year, especially to the US market, delegates said at a conference on March 12.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the total retail sales of consumer goods and services achieved 542.6 trillion VND in the first two months of 2015, increasing by 11.4 percent against the same period of last year.
Ho Chi Minh City is to continue playing its role as an engine of Vietnam’s growth and a nucleus of development in every aspect in the southern key economic zone, experts agreed at a March 6 workshop in the city.
The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional 100 million USD loan for an ongoing project to help improve living standards for the poor in six northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.
The ASEAN Community, scheduled to establish in 2015, is expected to greatly benefit tourism sector as the Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) among ASEAN members will take effect in all member countries.
The Government has adopted Resolution 01/NQ-CP detailing key tasks and measures to realise the 2015 socio-economic development. The resolution has set a target of reaching a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.2 percent and a 10 percent rise in export value in 2015.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries and localities to implement synchronous support measures to remove difficulties for businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, and boost their growth.
Small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to improve their competitiveness amid rapid global integration, to grab opportunities as signs of economic recovery are already emerging in 2015.
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) concluded the 11th and the last round of free trade agreement negotiations in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on January 23 after five days of sitting.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to monitor global oil prices closely and have flexible solutions to respond to changes.
HCM city was honoured at a conference on January 16 as a regional leader in the microchip industry, ranking third in Southeast Asia (SEA).
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a programme to develop and upgrade industrial clusters and value chains for products having competitive advantages in five sectors: electronics and information technology, textiles, food processing, agricultural machinery, and tourism nd related services.
KTĐT - The Bkav Corporation recently displayed its international-standard SmartHome solution and smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show "CES 2015" in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States.
Vietnam is set to manufacture 200,000 automobiles and 4 million motorbikes in 2015, up 2 % against the 2011-2015 period, according to the Heavy Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
KTĐT - The southern region has attracted US$7.21 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.
