The Sai Gon Safari Park has been added to the list of projects in which Ho Chi Minh City is soliciting investment, said Director of the city’s Department of Planning and Investment Le Thi Huynh Mai.

Numerous challenges are facing the export of Vietnamese coffee, which has continually declined in both volume and value since the beginning of this year.

Green margins dominated the stock market on May 20, helping the benchmark VN-Index easily rise by 10.65 points from last week’s last trading day (May 17) to reach 987.13 points.

Nearly 90 percent of enterprises operating in processing and manufacturing predict that their production and business would be better or remain stable in the second quarter of 2019, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The risk of money laundering in Vietnam is at “average high” level, and that of terrorist financing at “low” level, according to a recent report released by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Despite credit growth among Vietnamese credit institutions remaining low this year, experts are not concerned about the slowdown, saying it was a good sign for the economy.

Vietnamese logistics application service provider Abivin has beaten rivals from 40 countries to win the Start-up World Cup 2019.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,069 VND per USD on May 20, up 15 VND from the last working day of previous week (May 17).

A ceremony to inaugurate Vam Cong bridge - the second cable-stayed bridge across Hau river, a tributary of the Mekong, was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 19.

The De Heus group of the Netherlands and Hung Nhon Group operating in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have set up a joint venture to invest in a 1.5-trillion VND (64.1 million USD) high-tech pig breeding project in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Exports of aquatic products in the second quarter could increase by 8 percent at the highest, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Challenges related to network security, customer trust and an inadequate legal framework are road blocks to the digital transformation of Vietnamese banks, experts told a recent conference in HCM City.

Vietnamese firms should take advantage of the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system to increase the value of their brand names and protect their intellectual property rights, experts have urged.

Indian-based Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) has plan to establish an information and technology (IT) centre in Ho Chi Minh City, which will provide training and recruite some 10,000 IT engineers in the next five years, said HCL Executive Vice President Sanja Gupta.

Vietnam holds huge potential for developing the resort market thanks to high economic growth and growing travel demand, experts said at a recent workshop in Hanoi.

The French supermarket group Auchan Retail has decided to sell 18 loss-making stores in Vietnam, said CEO Edgar Bonte.

The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) plans to handle some 50 trillion VND (2.14 billion USD) worth of bad debts in 2019, and issue special bonds to purchase 20 trillion VND (856 million USD) of non-performing loans.

A forum on human resources development for the logistics industry and future trends in Vietnam took place in Ho Chi Minh City on May 16, gathering 200 scientists, experts and firms in the country and overseas.

A delegation of Vietnamese businesses has visited Canada to promote textile and garment exports to the North American nation under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,054 VND per USD on May 17 morning, down 2 VND from the previous day.