A conference was held in Hanoi on March 7 to review the campaign on building corporate culture for the 2016-2018 period which was launched by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The central province of Quang Tri will carry out 30 large-scale projects with the total investment of about 100 trillion VND (4.31 billion USD) in 2019.

Vietnam ranked fourth in the world in its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of 122 percentage points (pp) in the final quarter of last year, according to the Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey conducted in collaboration with Nielsen, a global measurement company.

The Vietnamese Government should paid due attention to outlining policies to promote breakthrough technologies as well as to bolster digital economic development in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Osmane Dione said on March 7.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) have decided to use the Vietnam National E-Procurement System (VNEPS) to conduct online bidding for construction and goods supply contracts for their projects.

The southern province of Binh Duong plans to focus on developing industry and smart services in 2019 by improving cooperation between the State, businesses and scientists, and promoting international exchanges.

The second Indochina Retail Technology and Innovation Summit, a conference focusing on retail technology, is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) kept the daily reference exchange rate on March 7 at 22,940 VND per USD, unchanged as compared to the previous day.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked competent ministries and sector to enhance inspections, supervision and settlement of violations related to peer-to-peer (P2P) lending model which has been springing up in Vietnam in recent two years.

Tata Coffee Vietnam, a member of India’s Tata Group, on March 6 inaugurated its freeze-dried coffee plant worth 65.5 million USD in the southern province of Binh Duong after 19 months of construction.

The Van Don Economic Zone (EZ) in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be developed into a dynamic economic hub with a focus on tourism development and production of high-quality products and services and an international trade centre for the region.

Building a specialised stock market for start-ups will help connect them with investors to ensure regular capital for operation and development, experts have suggested.

Total state budget revenue was estimated at nearly 246.5 trillion VND (10.6 billion USD) in the first two months of 2019, up 18.2 percent year-on-year and equivalent to 17.5 percent of the target for the whole year.

The MCE-MARD Group of the Netherlands has proposed to grow 5,000 ha of clean cashew trees in the southern province of Binh Phuoc to process the nuts for export, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Huynh Anh Minh on March 6.

The southern province of Dong Nai recorded a trade surplus of 500 million USD in the first two months of 2019, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

The Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair 2019 (VIFA-EXPO) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 6.

As many as 20 Vietnamese firms are attending the International Food and Beverage Exhibition (FOODEX 2019) that opened in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba on March 5.

Up to 70 percent of Japanese businesses have announced that they want to expand operations in Vietnam, especially in manufacturing, trade and service, and retail sector, according to the Japanese External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

Banks and insurance companies are ramping up cooperation in selling life insurance products (bancassurance) to cash in on the high growth segment as some have posted annual triple-digit growth rates in the business.

E-commerce is a potential goldmine for businesses over the next two years with a potential reach of 10 billion USD.