Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese retail companies are in pole position to seize the lion’s share of the market, especially after some foreign businesses have left the country. Shoppers at a Bach Haa Xanh store (Photo: tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn) With total sales of up to 180 billion USD predicted for 2020, the Vietnamese retail market is drawing attention of international companies...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Investors are looking for industrial and logistics assets through joint ventures with local industrial developers and/or acquisition of land and operating real estate, Jones LaSalle Vietnam Co Ltd (JLL Vietnam) said in a statement. The Tan Binh Industrial Park in HCM City. (Source: sggp.org.vn) The company also said mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in real estate...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Construction has green-lighted Kien Giang province’s proposal to suspend the master plan to develop Phu Quoc Island into a special administrative-economic zone (SEZ). Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) In a report to the Government Office, the ministry said: “Right now is not the right time to establish a master plan to develop Phu...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) 2019 is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 29-31, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) 2019 is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 29-31 (Illustrative photo: VNA) This year’s...

(LSO) - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the northern province of Lang Son, in coordination with the Trade Promotion Centre of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on August 16 kicked off a fair of safe agricultural products and week promoting the province’s Chi Lang custard-apple and other local specialities at the exhibition...

Hanoi (VNA) – Boasting great potential of marine economy in terms of natural resources, transport, fisheries, tourism and coastal economic zones, Vietnam has set the target to become a powerful marine nation, which meets all standards on sustainable development of sea-based economy. Vietnam has set the target to become a powerful marine nation, which meets all standards on sustainable...

Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision approving a list of 93 State-owned enterprises which will be equitised from now to the end of 2020. The State holds 65 percent of the charter capital of the Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Source: VNA) Accordingly, the State holds at least 65...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allowed Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways to expand its fleet to 30 jets by 2023. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The airline is permitted to operate narrow-body aircraft like Airbus A319/A320/A321 and wide-body ones like Airbus A330, A350, or Boeing B787. The total investment of the project is 5.7 trillion VND...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has publicised a draft circular that would adjust existing regulations managing gold trading, Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) newspaper reported. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The draft circular would amend Circular 16/2012/TT-NHNN dated May 25, 2012 to instruct the implementation of Decree 24/2012/ND-CP issued by the Government....

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement would provide a big impetus to Vietnam's exports to the EU and be key to Vietnamese companies penetrating one of the largest and most lucrative markets in the world, experts have said. Deputy chairman of EuroCham in Vietnam Jean Jacques Bouflet speaks at the seminar in Ho Chi Minh City...