Vietnam Morning News For June 5

HCM City authorities act as rumours threaten to cause property bubble Prices in HCM City have increased by 30-70 per cent, reaching up to VNĐ20million (US$900) per square metre in some places. — Viet Nam […]

HCM City authorities act as rumours threaten to cause property bubble Prices in HCM City have increased by 30-70 per cent, reaching up to VNĐ20million (US$900) per square metre in some places. — Viet Nam […]

NA discusses $16b Long Thành airport project Land clearance for the Long Thành airport project in the southern province of Đồng Nai should be sped up to prevent price slippage that will affect investment capital […]

Vietnam PM Teases US $17 Billion Goods Deal Amid Washington Visit Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he intends to sign a deal for mostly high-tech imports from the United States worth U.S. $15-17 […]

Vietnam runs trade deficit of $2.7 billion in five months According to the Vietnam Customs, the total import-export turnover in the first five months of this year was estimated at 161.28 billion USD, a year-on-year […]

Vietnam-US trade growing 20% annually Two-way trade hit $47 billion last year, 33.5 times higher than when BTA came into effect in 2001. – Vietnam Economic Times Vietnam’s key rice crop output falls more than […]

Vietnam prepares for opening of petroleum market Vietnamese petroleum companies have enough time to build facilities and develop networks to prepare for competition with foreign distributors once Vietnam opens the petroleum market, experts say. – […]

Foreign trade law needed: deputies A law on foreign trade management is needed to better manage foreign trade activities as Việt Nam integrates deeper into the global economy, said lawmakers while discussing the draft law […]

ADB Adds 2 More Vietnamese Banks to Trade Finance Program The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Trade Finance Program (TFP) and two Vietnamese banks — An Binh Joint-Stock Bank (ABBANK) and Tien Phong Commercial Joint-Stock Bank […]

National Assembly doubtful about 6.7% growth target With economic results in the first four months of the year below the average performance in previous years as reported by the Government, the National Assembly (NA) is […]

Path to EU widened for Vietnamese garments-textiles Vietnam’s garment-textile sector is expected to expand its markets once the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into force in early 2018, reducing tax on Vietnamese garments and […]

Vietnam, Indonesia seek to achieve 10 billion USD trade Vietnam and Indonesia should actively prepare for the 7th session of the Joint Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation to seek more ways to achieve […]

Shares sink on investor sentiment Shares fell on both local exchanges on May 18, as investor confidence was weakened by negative global market trends and investors continued to seek short-term profits. VietnamPlus/ VNA European businesses […]