The handling of bad debt among credit institutions would be audited this year in order to formulate recommendations for effectively implementing a National Assembly resolution, according to the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV).

Viglacera Corporation –JSC has said it will export 50,000 cubic metres of ALC (Autoclaved Lightweight Concrete) panels worth millions of US dollars to Singapore.

Fitch Ratings has assigned Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) a long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) of 'BB' with a stable outlook for the first time.

Vietnamese enterprises need to take advantage of tariff reductions under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to increase exports to Australia.

A business networking event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12 to promote trade ties between Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises.

More than 10,000 sugarcane–farm households in the central province of Phu Yen are earning higher profits thanks to the use of bagasse from a sugar factory to produce electricity.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori will co-chair the upcoming fourth meeting of the Vietnam-UAE Intergovernmental Committee in Abu Dhabi on April 18.

Budget carrier AirAsia’s first flight connecting Thailand’s Chiang Mai province and Vietnam’s central coastal city of Da Nang landed at Da Nang International Airport on April 12, with 180 passengers on board.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency organised the Vietnam export promotion forum 2019 in Hanoi on April 12, with the aim of seeking measures to improve trade promotion and increase the efficiency of export promotion.

The US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) will remain a reliable partner of Vietnam, affirmed USABC President and CEO Alexander C. Feldman at his working session with Minister-Chairman of the Vietnamese Government Office Mai Tien Dung in Washington DC on April 11 (local time).

Under a recently issued programme, Vietnam is set to step up the use of and response to trade remedies to support the future development of several domestic industries.

The second edition of the Young Hoteliers Awards ASEAN was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11 to seek young talents in tourism and hospitality.

Adopting green building standards and certifications is highly desirable, especially with rising energy costs and pollution, experts told a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.

The banking system and operations of credit institutions are crucial to the nation's economy, according to an official.

The daily reference exchange rate was set at 22,996 VND/USD on April 12, up 5 VND from the previous day.

The Global Textile and Apparel Supply Chain Conference (TASCC), the first of its kind in Vietnam after 11 previous editions in China, took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.

The Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has won two international digital banking awards from The Asset, making it the first bank in Vietnam to receive the awards for three consecutive years.

Vietnamese agricultural products have many opportunities to enter the European market, but exporters need to understand local consumption trends and come up with suitable brand-building strategies, said experts at a conference on promoting farm produce exports to Europe.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Asian-African Markets will hold a trade promotion trip to South Africa to display goods at wholesale and retail supermarkets from May 8-16.

Many foreign investors, including the UK’s Savills Estate Agents, have regarded Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular as a promising market in the property sector, Savills Group CEO Mark Ridley has said.