Vietnam attracted $25.4 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2017, up 34.3 percent year on year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
Since it is a major economic player in South East Asia, the largest investor and the second largest trading partner of ASEAN, the EU needs to ensure that cooperation on connectivity – both in hard and soft infrastructure – gathers pace accordingly.
The World Economic Forum's latest global competitiveness list presents a mixed picture for Asia, with big gains by Indonesia and Vietnam and demotions for the likes of Japan and India.
Supermarkets in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Zhejiang, and Dalian now stocking bananas from Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group.
Derivatives transactions totaled VND2.8 trillion ($123.16 million) in the fifth week of the market’s launch, from September 18 to 22, up sharply in both value and volume (35,408 contracts).
There is great potential for co-operation between HCM City and Korean localities and businesses considering the demand for development in the city and Koreans’ strengths, a city leader has said.
Many Vietnamese exporters are seeking new markets for tra (catfish) as they face high tariffs in the United States, long one of the biggest consumers of Vietnamese tra fish.
The VASEP Marine Product Committee and Vietnamese seafood processors and exporters on September 25 promised to implement the EU’s demands on fighting IUU fishing and the national action plan to combat IUU fishing.
A high-rise boom in ever-growing HCM City is posing new management challenges for authorities, a construction official reported yesterday.
Vietnam and Hungary have issued a joint statement on the occasion of Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán Viktor’s official visit to Vietnam from September 24-26.
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