Vietnam Business News
’Don’t export livestock’: official
VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Van Tam, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, tells Nong thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper that enterprises should...
Experts recommend digitalisation of local small businesses
Business leaders and experts discussed digital solutions to involve and integrate small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into the global market, at a conference in...
Hanoi shops employ topless men to lure customers
Many shop owners in Hanoi are hiring topless male waiters or hairdressers as a PR stunt to attract customers.A restaurant on Thai Ha Street...
Vietnam to miss 2017 growth target: WB
The World Bank (WB) released its Global Economic Prospects report on June 4, forecasting a global 2017 economic growth rate of 2.7 percent and...
Binh Son Refinery valued at $3.2bn ahead of IPO
Binh Son Refinery (BSR), the operator of Vietnam’s only oil refinery, Dung Quat, was valued at VND72.88 trillion ($3.2 billion) at the end of...
Foreign debt up 6.5-fold in 14 years
Vietnam’s foreign debt leaped 6.5-fold between 2001 and 2015, with the World Bank, Japan, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) being its largest creditors,...
HCM City seeks to calm land speculation
The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed relevant authorities to develop software that will allow the public to obtain land-use plans on their mobile...
Red tape hindering VN's power plant projects
Substandard investment procedures and regulations hinder investors in major power plant projects, baodautu.vn reported.Workers install equipment at an independent power producer (IPP) hydro power...