Vietnam, EU to sign EVFTA on June 30 in Hanoi

The European Council announced on June 25 that it has approved the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and assigned the EU to sign the deals with Vietnam on June 30 in Hanoi.The EVFTA ...

Over 220 trillion VND invested in Mekong Delta’s infrastructure

Over 890 projects in infrastructure with total investment of 221 trillion VND (9.43 billion USD) are being carried out by in the Mekong Delta by 898 businesses from Ho Chi Minh City, according to statistics of the municipal People’s Committee.The projects are mainly in building ...

Vietnam international commercial mediation centre debuts

The Vietnam International Commercial Mediation Centre (VICMC), the first of its kind set up under a license of the Ministry of Justice, has made its debut. As a member of the Vietnam Society of International Law (VSIL), the VICMC is established and operates for non-profit purposes. ...

Fitch revises Vietnam outlook upwards to positive

Global credit rating agency Fitch said Vietnam will remain one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm announced the revision of Vietnam’s outlook to Positive from stable on Thursday, affirming that the country will keep its ‘BB’ sovereign credit rating.The agency ...

Hung Le

White Book on Vietnamese businesses 2019 to come late May: GSO

The first edition of the White Book on Vietnamese businesses compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO) is expected to be released later this month, according to the GSO.The book, containing basic information on the assessment of businesses’ growth in the 2011-15 and 2016-18 periods, ...

Vietnam mulls PPP Law with sovereign guarantees to reassure investors

Government guarantees are among the 10 points the Ministry of Planning and Investment listed in a document it recently sent to relevant ministries and agencies to collect opinions for its public-private partnership (PPP) bill.Under the MPI bill, projects considered for minimum revenue guarantees will be ...

Nguyen Huong

State Bank issues new regulations on use of foreign currencies in Vietnam

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued Circular 03/2019/TT-NHNN to amend and supplement several provisions of Circular 32/2013/TT-NHNN on restricting the use of foreign currencies in the territory of Vietnam.Accordingly, Circular 03 supplements certain provisions regarding the cases that non-residents are allowed to use foreign ...

S&P raises Vietnam’s credit rating with stable outlook

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings’ recent upgrade of its long-term sovereign credit rating for Vietnam, the first time since 2010, was expected to help the country to attract more foreign investments into the economy and expand exports.In August 2018, credit rating agency Moody’s Investors ...

How Will Foreign Investment Change Vietnam’s Economy?

Vietnam’s cheap workers might not be the country’s stars for much longer: low wages helped to propel the communist nation to some of the fastest growth rates in the world, but analysts say it needs a new economic model now.Keep reading ...

Ha Nguyen

Better links with FDI firms can aid local businesses

Over the past 20 years Việt Nam has embraced trade and successfully integrated into key global value chains. Việt Nam’s gross exports have expanded at an average rate of 18 per cent over the past decade, when overall global trade expanded at just 3.5 per ...

VNS Reporter

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