UN DEVELOPMENT BODY HELPS VN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CREATE STRATEGIES
[16-03-2016]Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the portfolio of a project funded by a United Nations body on development policies and strategies for the industrial sector through capacity building.
VN€™S SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES STRUGGLE FOR CREDIT
[15-03-2016] Rising demand for credit across Vietnam’s private sector is expected to drive bank loan books above the highs recorded last year. Lending from the country’s banking sector will increase by between 18 to 20 per cent this year, according to forecasts from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), on the back of strong economic growth.
FREE TRADE COMPLEXITIES IN VIETNAM: TPP AND EVFTA
[15-03-2016] Vietnam’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have set the stage for dramatic economic gains in Vietnam, once the new agreements are fully ratified and enter into force.
SINGAPORE BECOMES LEADING INVESTOR IN VIET NAM
[15-03-2016] Singapore has become Viet Nam's leading investment partner after investing more than US$36 billion in numerous local projects, including processing, technology, manufacturing, real estate, construction, transportation, and storage.
THAI FIRMS INVESTING IN VIETNAM PLASTICS
[15-03-2016] Thai investors are increasingly investing in Viet Nam's plastic industry, with many of them keen to fully acquire the Government's stakes in companies it plans to equitise. Thai SCG Group alone has invested in 20 companies. Last year it acquired 80 per cent stakes in Tin Thanh Packing Joint Stock Company, one of the country's top manufacturers of flexible plastic packaging.
VN FIRMS ASKED TO PREP FOR FTA WITH EU
[04-03-2016] The ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam has called on the Government and enterprises to prepare for the implementation of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).
CUSTOMS TO UPDATE OPERATIONS
[26-02-2016] The General Department of Customs would enhance efforts of administrative reforms and modernisation this year to create favourable conditions for imports and exports, a conference heard yesterday. Speaking at the conference to raise measures to improve customs operations in 2016, General Director Nguyen Ngoc Tuc said that customs modernisation was just at an initial stage, and added that greater efforts were required.
CPI PICKS UP 0.42% IN FEBRUARY
[24-02-2016] The consumer price index (CPI) in February posted a month-on-month surge of 1.27% and went up 0.42% against last December, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The CPI rose 1.03% in the first two months of 2016 against the same period last year.
