The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has notified the exemption of measures if Vietnamese steel export enterprises prove that the exported products are made from material not using Chinese-origin substrate.

Vietnamese seafood exports to the European Union last month crashed over a shortage in EU-compliant raw materials,  the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.

The Vietnamese Government on May 15 issued a decree stipulating that Vietnamese traders are allowed to process legal goods for foreign merchants, excluding the commodities banned or temporarily suspended from export and import.

Vietnamese start-ups will have the opportunity to attend professional training courses, receive consultations from experts and seek investment capital by attending the K-Startup Grand Challenge 2018. 

Major cities around the world have seen a movement towards vertical living instead of horizontal, and Việt Nam is seeing a similar trend, a seminar heard in HCM City on Tuesday.

The State Treasury of Việt Nam has so far this year raised over VND57.6 trillion (US$2.52 billion) through G-bond auctions in the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

The threat of a trade war between the US and China has created considerable volatility in Asian markets in recent weeks. Investors fear that it poses a continued threat to the growth of Vietnamese companies and, potentially, to Vietnamese economic growth. These concerns are valid, but to my mind, demand greater scrutiny.  

With a market of 93 million people, Việt Nam has seen rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering great opportunities for the sector to expand, experts have said.

The southern province of An Giang has exported 5.4 tonnes of three-coloured mangoes to Australia for the first time, reported the provincial People’s Committee.

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 rose VNĐ500 to VNĐ19,940 (US$0.87) per litre at 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced.

Việt Nam’s shrimp export value to Canada reached US$27.7 million by March 2018, a year-on-year increase of 16 per cent, according to Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The State Securities Commission (SSC) will promote the standardisation of corporate governance for public companies this year.

The Việt Nam Industry Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, officially launched Việt Nam Supplier Development Programme (SDP) in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Kaspersky Lab said in the first quarter of 2018 its anti-phishing technologies prevented more than 3.6 million attempts to visit fraudulent social network pages, 60 per cent fake Facebook pages.

There will not be much change in the property market in the second half of the year, a senior Ministry of Construction official has said.

Shares concluded the week on a negative note as investors remained cautious on the market outlook amid low volatility and constant net selling by foreign traders.

The development of Việt Nam’s automobile industry depends a great deal on its supporting industry, which needs to be developed comprehensively, experts have said.

To meet the growing demand for organic foods, retailers are scouring for producers and also planning to invest in organic agriculture themselves.

Business representatives have urged commercial banks to revise loan policies and simplify loan procedures to help them pursue investment opportunities.

The upcoming European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will create a strong driving force for fostering a comprehensive economic partnership between Việt Nam and the European Union via the abolition of 99 per cent of import tariffs in the next seven to 10 years.