Mavin Group, a food joint venture between Australia and Vietnam, is aiming to export Vietnamese duck meat in the future, given the increasing demand for this product.

Representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on February 21 worked with consultants and contractors of the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Urban Railway Line 1 (Metro No.1) project in the city to discuss solutions to accelerate its implementation.

Kookmin Bank of the Korean KB Group has opened its first branch in Hanoi on the 25th floor of Landmark72 building after receiving approval from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Hanoi’s authorities will work to promptly solve petitions of Korean-based Charmvit Group so that it can effectively carry out a horse racecourse project after being licensed, said a municipal official.

Vietnamese products like handicrafts and farm produce, and tourism and transportation services are being showcased in New Delhi, India, within the framework of the fourth ASEAN-India expo that opened on February 21.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is building brands for local key products in the fields of agriculture, forestry and fishery.

The daily reference exchange rate on February 22 reversed the week’s downward trend to rise 3 VND to 22,906 VND per USD.

The establishment of a logistics centre in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will make active contributions to stable and sustainable economic development in the region, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Truong Quang Hoai Nam said at a workshop held in the city on February 20.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh has suggested that the World Bank (WB) continue providing Vietnam with capital and technical support and have a mechanism for the country’s ‘graduation’ from international development assistance (IDA) sources to maintain its sustainable achievements in socio-economic development and poverty reduction.

2018 was a successful year for the wood industry, with the export of wood products earning the country over 8.9 billion USD (not including non-wood forestry products), up 14.5 percent from the previous year.

Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish led a delegation to the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on February 21 to learn about investment opportunities in the locality.

The 2019 High-Quality Vietnam Goods awards were presented to 542 businesses at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on February 20.

The yield of Government bonds (G-bond) has continued to decline and hit seven-month lows as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) seems unlikely to hike interest rates and the domestic monetary market has shown positive movements.

Many banks have seen their employee efficiency increase significantly, with each member of staff earning them more than 1 billion VND (43,000 USD) in pre-tax profit on average last year.

A Vietnam-Argentina business forum took place in Hanoi on February 21 with a view to promoting cooperation between the countries’ enterprises.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang aims to ship 300 tonnes of star apples to the United States until the end of the 2018-2019 crop, raising the shipment of the fruit to 400 tonnes, or hree times compared to the previous year.

Metfone, the Cambodia-based affiliate of the military-run telecom group Viettel, has sustained its share of 48 percent, also the biggest, in the local telecom market after operating here for a decade.

Vietnam is current the top exporter of wood and furniture in Southeast Asia, the second biggest in Asia and the fifth in the world, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The amendments to enterprise and investment laws should be aimed at promoting the development of the private sector, a conference held in Hanoi was told on February 20.

The Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited has announced the first order to export around 1,000 tonnes of galvanised steel pipe worth 600,000 USD to India.