Growing bad debts reaching hundreds of millions of US dollars keep pressuring BIDV, Vietcombank, and VietinBank.

Vietnam has high demand for automotive robotics solutions

In alignment with improvements in investment policies, both domestic and foreign investors are expected to approach the most comprehensive legal consultancy services on investment in Vietnam.

The total value of Vietnamese fruit market is estimated at $20 to $30 billion. However, this thriving market seems to be neglected by agro firms, while there have been more and more imported fruits showing up in Vietnamese people’s fridges.

Enhancing competitiveness for agricultural products

More positive signs would appear in HCM City’s property market in the year-end months despite difficulties in the first half of the year, said Chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association Le Hoang Chau.

The US Federal Reserve’s latest rate cut will benefit commodity and equity markets in the short term, according to specialist Nguyen Tri Hieu.

The Ministry of Construction has requested its department in cities and provinces urge enterprises in the real estate sector to report suspicious transactions and cash transactions worth VND300 million and above.

Vietnamese textile and apparel firms are facing tough times expanding their businesses, especially in terms of human resource development, experts said on Friday.

The Vietnamese stock market last week suffered after having rallied for four consecutive weeks amid negative news from the international markets.

Hanoi Gift Show 2019 to feature handicraft products

Attempts to date to move the population away from their preference for cash need to be continually built upon.

The bidding for the North-South Expressway will be conducted publicly and transparently in order to select qualified contractors.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is seeking feedback for a draft circular specifying the criteria for recognizing products and goods that are made in Vietnam.

The US was the largest importer of Vietnam in the first seven months of 2019 with a turnover of 32.5 billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 25.4 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The prices of seafood and fruits imported from the US into Vietnam have drastically decreased due to a US-China trade war.

FDI into Vietnam falls 13.4 percent in seven months

More than 80 percent of strikes in the first half of the year occurred at foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong has for the first time moved up to the top 200 of the Forbes’ rich list as of July 31.

Food and beverage industry and telecommunications continued to dominate the list of Vietnam’s top 10 most valuable brands in 2019 with the most representatives.