The Vietnamese electric motorbike market is seeing the participation of more and more domestic and foreign manufacturers.

The Dung Quat oil refinery, based in the central province of Quang Ngai, exceeded its designed capacity by 7 percent in the first quarter of 2019, helping it gain over 606 billion VND (26 million USD) in post-tax profit during the period.

The annual Top Thai Brands 2019 exhibition will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 9-12 with over 250 exhibitors.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on April 19 to review Vietnam’s macro-economic development in the first quarter and update macro-economic prospect for 2019.

The Vietjet Aviation JS Company will launch an additional 20 new international routes in 2019.

Japanese financial service group SBI Holdings Inc. has joined up with Vietnamese information and communication technology giant FPT Corp. to launch a retail point rewards programme in Vietnam.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to boost economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Canada once it takes effect, according to insiders.

Twenty-six Vietnamese businesses in the supporting industry joined the fourth Manufacturing World Nagoya (M-Tech Nagoya) trade show, which took place in Nagoya, the capital city of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture from April 17-19.

Credit packages with preferential interest rates offered to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ho Chi Minh City contributed largely to the city’s economic growth of 8.3 percent in 2018, heard a conference held in the city on April 18. ​

The execution of guarantee for customs clearance will be piloted in 2021-22 in an effort to enhance trade facilitation, a customs official said.

Vietnam's fiscal deficit will stay high at 5.7 percent (including interest repayment) in 2019 due to delays in the divestment of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and lower import tax revenues, according to Fitch Group’s Fitch Solutions forecast.

Products from well-known US brands like Sephora, Victoria's Secret, Lacoste, Nike, Adidas and Coach will be shipped to Vietnamese customers more quickly and conveniently than ever.

VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) expects its post-tax profit to grow 31 percent year on year in 2019 to 487 billion VND (20.9 million USD), attendees heard at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting on April 18.

Although the petrol price has increased twice in April, adding 1,000 VND per litre in the latest adjustment on April 17, the consumer price index (CPI) is still under the control of the Government, experts have said.

The domestic property market showed stable development in the first quarter of this year with the emergence of potential new property trading regions.

The Vietnam International Exhibition on Aesthetic, Beauty, Cosmetic, Hair, Nail and Spa and Wellness, known as Cosmobeauté Vietnam, opened in HCM City on April 18 with more than 200 exhibitors taking part.

The Government should impose strict punishments on the trade of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms, participants said at a conference held in Hanoi on April 18.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 22,998 VND/USD on April 19, up 10 VND from the day earlier.

The US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 held a workshop on boosting Vietnam-US cooperation in airport infrastructure development in Vietnam, gathering 80 representatives of the public and private sectors of both nations.

Vietnam is an attractive market for the automobile industry, Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato Mohd Zamruni Khalid said at a workshop on business opportunities in automobile spare parts manufacturing between the two countries in Hanoi on April 18.