Vietnam was the fifth largest buyer of US apples last year with an import value of 51 million USD, up 48 percent year-on-year.

Shares in securities companies seem to have lost their shine for investors in the face of fierce competition from foreign-invested firms.

The Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2020 was officially launched on December 12 to support the development of Vietnam’s rising technology eco-system.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on December 12 that it is offering nearly 70,000 tickets priced from 199,000 VND (8.65 USD) per flight, exclusive of taxes and fees, to serve travelling demand during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Vietnam’s foreign trade turnover is likely to surpass 500 billion USD in 2019, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said at a press conference in Hanoi on December 12.

The impressive results of cooperation in trade and investment between Vietnam and Japan in recent years were greatly contributed by the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee under the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the Vietnamese government’s determination to reform the country’s business environment and provide all possible support for foreign enterprises, including those from the US, to do business in Vietnam.

Car sales in November failed to meet expectations even though the year-end shopping season has started and despite various discounts of up to hundreds of millions of dong.

The 2019 Vietnam International Machinery Fair and 2019 Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11, offering opportunities for companies in the manufacturing and supporting industries to compare notes and explore business opportunities.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) is selling its ownership at a hydropower unit as it continues the path to become a pure agriculture business.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered relevant ministries, sectors and authorities of 28 coastal localities to implement measures to stop IUU fishing by fishing ships in international waters.

The Vietnam International Fashion Fair (VIFF) 2019 officially opened at Hanoi's Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace in Hanoi on December 11, attracting about 100 leading garment-textile firms.

Shares rose on Thursday morning on the two exchanges.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,165 VND/USD on December 12, up 2 VND from the previous day (December 11).

Shares managed to increase on Wednesday thanks to the growth of banking stocks.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has become the 16th Vietnamese bank to meet the minimum capital...

Despite being considered as the driving force of Vietnam’s economic growth, agriculture has been held back by an incomplete logistics system which fails to ensure quality and connect farms with markets, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Ho Chi Minh City should draft a master plan to develop its logistics sector, said Pham Thanh Kien, Director of the municipal Department of Trade and Industry.

Cashless payments would not only increase of the circulation of capital, it would also help boost the internet economy, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Completing mechanisms and management policies is among the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh’s efforts to lure more foreign investors and improve the quality of foreign direct investment in the locality.