(LSO) - On September 18, an inspection team from the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs, led by its Deputy Head Dinh Van Nha, had a working session with the Lang Son People’s Committee to examine the local implementation of the national budget for 2019 and budget plan for 2020. The meeting saw the participation of...

(LSO) - A working team from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) led by Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh on September 17 visited Lang Son and had a working session with representatives of the provincial People’s Committee on the agro-forestry-fisheries import-export situation through border gates in the province. The working session was attended by Ho Tien Thieu,...

Hanoi (VNA) – Masan Resources Corporation (MRC) said its Masan Tungsten Limited Liability Company has recently signed a contract to acquire the tungsten business of Germany-based H.C. Starck Group GmbH. Masan Resources Corporation's modern production line (Photo: VNA) With almost 100 years of experience, H.C. Starck is a leading premium supplier of the technology metals tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum and...

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,143 VND per USD on September 18, up 8 VND from the previous day (September 17). The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) sets the daily reference exchange rate at 23,143 VND per USD on September 18.(Photo: Vietcombank) With the current trading band of...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s economic restructuring and growth model reform in 2016-2020 have been benefiting from positive changes in policies and achievements in the 2011-2015 period, according to economist Nguyen Dinh Cung. During 2011-2015, Vietnam began to adjust its policies in the direction of promoting economic restructuring and changing the growth model for rapid and sustainable growth. (Source: VNA)...

Hanoi (VNA) – Fitch Ratings has assigned the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group's (PetroVietnam) first-time long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at 'BB' with a positive outlook. A worker of PetroVietnam (Photo: VNA) The agency has also assigned PetroVietnam a senior unsecured rating of 'BB' and standalone credit profile (SCP) at 'bb ', reflecting the company's high degree...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked local commercial banks to tighten control of loans that use savings books as collateral to ensure the safety of the banking system. Commercial banks are required to strictly oversee capital use purposes and the disbursement of loans related to savings books (Photo: cafef.vn) According to the SBV, commercial...

Hanoi (VNA) – About 22.7 percent of construction firms said they performed better in Quarter 3 while 40.9 percent said their business remained stable, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) Meanwhile, 36.4 percent of surveyed firms thought they had a more difficult period. The result is based on a survey conducted by the GSO...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) and Japan’s JICA Safe Crop project have organised a conference in Hanoi, aiming to seek ways to stimulate the consumption of Hanoi’s safe agricultural products. Hanoi's safe agricultural products are displayed as part of the conference (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn) The on September 13 event is mean to connect producers and distributers at...

(LSO) - Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lang Son Duong Xuan Huyen had a working session on September 12 with representatives from DaBaCo Vietnam Group and Truong Thinh Phat JSC, which were invited to attend Lang Son province’s investment promotion conference in 2019. At the session, representatives from DaBaCo Group said the firm is studying to invest...