Economics

Vietnam’s savvy shoppers spend 44% more online than general consumers

Vietnam’s savvy shoppers spend 44% more online than general consumers

Turning OCOP products into rural tourism experiences

Turning OCOP products into rural tourism experiences

Can Tho City promotes green processing from rice and biomass

Can Tho City promotes green processing from rice and biomass

Vietnam seeks to build stronger ecosystem for FDI

Vietnam seeks to build stronger ecosystem for FDI

Vietnam’s wood industry eyes higher growth from domestic market

Vietnam’s wood industry eyes higher growth from domestic market

Vietnam enters investment grade credit rating category for first time

Hanoi to unveil beverage tourism map at 2026 festival

VinFast to launch eBus platform in US

Can Tho elevates tourism offerings to draw international travelers

Vietbuild Can Tho 2018 opens

Vietbuild Can Tho 2018 opens

The Vietbuild Can Tho 2018 International Exhibition, a traditional playground for domestic and foreign construction and real estate exhibitors, opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 2.

Solutions to building farm produce brand names in Can Tho discussed

Businesses in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho are facing challenges providing clean agricultural products that conform to international standards, experts said on July 31 at a workshop held in the city.

FDI disbursement rises 8.8 percent in seven months

FDI disbursement rises 8.8 percent in seven months

Foreign investors in Vietnam disbursed a total of 9.85 billion USD from beginning of this year to July 20, up 8.8 percent from a year earlier, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.

Ca Mau strives to speed up ODA projects

Ca Mau strives to speed up ODA projects

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has sought measures to hasten the progress of projects using official development assistance (ODA) capital in the locality.

Vietnam tea exports ranked fifth worldwide

Vietnam tea exports ranked fifth worldwide

Vietnam is now the seventh biggest tea producer in the world and the fifth biggest exporter of the product.

US remains Vietnam’s largest importer

US remains Vietnam’s largest importer

The US remained Vietnam’s largest export market with a value of nearly 21.6 billion USD as of mid-July, accounting for 19 percent of the total.

Rice export sees huge opportunities from traditional markets

Rice export sees huge opportunities from traditional markets

Vietnam's rice export has posted remarkable figures in the first half of 2018, and the sector expects business to get better in the remaining months of the year as the country's traditional rice markets are increasing import.

Mekong Delta provinces invite construction bids

Mekong Delta provinces invite construction bids

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works.

Vietnam wins contract to export rice to RoK

Vietnam wins contract to export rice to RoK

A Vietnamese company has won a bid to export 60,000 tonnes of Japonica brown rice to the Republic of Korea (RoK), defeating competition from rivals of China, Thailand and Australia.

Bamboo Airways given approval for investment

Bamboo Airways given approval for investment

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved Bamboo Airways’ investment project at Phu Cat Airport in the south central province of Binh Dinh.

Can Tho steps up economic reform for better global integration

Can Tho steps up economic reform for better global integration

Economic reform, in companion with renewing growth model to improve productivity and competitiveness capacity, is a top priority of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to realize the goal of global economic integration and sustainable development.

Vietnam’s 50 Leading IT Companies 2018 programme launched

Vietnam’s 50 Leading IT Companies 2018 programme launched

The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) launched Vietnam's 50 Leading IT Companies 2018 programme in Hanoi on July 3.

National conference on sustainable growth opens

National conference on sustainable growth opens

The National Conference on Sustainable Development 2018 opened in Hanoi on July 5, focusing on measures to promote public-private partnership and improve productivity and competitiveness towards sustainable growth in the digital era.

Vietnam Airlines announces Branded Fares Matrix

Vietnam Airlines announces Branded Fares Matrix

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on July 2 said it will implement the Branded Fares Matrix (BFM) as part of its efforts to catch up with the modern global airline sector.

Banks optimistic about growth rate this year

Banks optimistic about growth rate this year

The banking sector is optimistic about its growth prospect in 2018 as all of surveyed banks expect the growth rate to be more than 10 percent.

US to early recognise Vietnam’s rules on catfish management

US to early recognise Vietnam’s rules on catfish management

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working hard with a view to early recognizing Vietnam's regulatory system on catfish management to be equivalent to that of the US, said first Deputy Secretary of USDA Stephen Censky.

Bamboo Airways buys 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft

Bamboo Airways buys 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft

Property developer FLC Group, which owns Bamboo Airways, signed an agreement to buy 20 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing of the US on June 25.

Dong Thap strives to turn mango into key export product

Dong Thap strives to turn mango into key export product

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, the largest mango producer in the region with 9,200 hectares of mangos and a annual output of nearly 100,000 tonnes, is working to turn mango into a sustainable hard currency earner by 2020.

PM: Soc Trang will become “treasury” of investors

PM: Soc Trang will become “treasury” of investors

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his belief that the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will become a "treasury" of investors in the near future.

Netherlands wants to set up agricultural partnership with Can Tho

Netherlands wants to set up agricultural partnership with Can Tho

The Netherlands wishes to establish a partnership with Vietnam’s Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in agriculture as the two sides share many similarities in soil and climate conditions, as well as major agricultural products, said Dutch Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Simon van der Burg.