04-10-2018 10:00
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, after coming into force, will increase and even remove the foreign equity cap for EU telecom companies to expand their business and investment in the Southeast Asian market. Thanh Thu reports.
03-10-2018 09:00
Fuelled by the business community’s growing confidence, industrial production will continue being the key driver for economic growth in Vietnam, especially after its quality has been significantly improved. Thanh Thu reports.
03-10-2018 08:00
This Thursday (October 4), the government will hold a hallmark conference in Hanoi to review 30 years of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung told VIR’s Thanh Thu about the significance of this event and the country’s new policy of luring FDI capital in the near future, especially against the backdrop of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
28-09-2018 09:00
With its fresh commitment to expand public-private partnerships with more foreign partners, Vietnam’s agriculture has received a big push towards innovation, which would help protect the economy and ensure food security.
02-08-2018 15:00
Starting early next year, EU investors will be able to tender for several types of public infrastructure projects in Vietnam for the first time under EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments.
20-06-2018 10:01
Every two years during the Hue Festival, a rural market is held at Thanh Thuy Chanh village, also known as Thanh Toan village, in Thua Thien Hue province. The market is one of the local community tourist attractions.
09-06-2018 08:00
A new governmental decree increasing the discount cap for sales promotions in certain situations has received favourable feedback from the business community, despite the remaining restrictions on promotions.
24-05-2018 08:00
Under the pressure of a rapidly aging population and dwindling social welfare funds, Vietnam is planning to raise the existing retirement ages for both men and women to mitigate the economic impacts of these issues.
16-05-2018 16:34
The Vietnamese government have re-affirmed the great contributions that foreign direct investment (FDI) has made to the Vietnamese economy in the past three decades, stressing that this type of capital will continue being vital to the country.
07-05-2018 15:00
Gamuda Land, one of Malaysia’s leading real estate developers, has had its town making principles recognised at the FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence Awards 2018.
02-03-2018 09:00
In a bid to sate Indonesia’s growing thirst for coffee, the nation’s coffee firms are rushing to Vietnam to seek partners in order to secure a stable input of raw materials.
26-02-2018 14:45
A gigantic project – worth over $37 billion – to build a synchronous smart city project in northern Hanoi may have to wait some time before being realised, due to an absence of specific criteria for this type of development.
26-01-2018 13:36
Wishing to cash in on Vietnam’s skyrocketing demand for drinks, French beverage firms have asked local authorities to ease special consumption tax lines, which they find to be too high and contrary to the country’s commitments of reducing taxes for beverages under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.
19-01-2018 17:57
The south-central province of Phu Yen is on the radar of many local and foreign investors.
20-12-2017 16:46
Vietnam’s labour productivity has increased more slowly than economic growth, and one of the most effective ways to sort out the problem is to boost foreign-invested and local firm linkages. Thanh Thu reports.