Economy and commerce

Vietnam is poised to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) of 35 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, the biggest amount over the past 10 years, according to the country’s Foreign Investment Agency on Wednesday.Keep reading  ...

Only 51 per cent of Vietnamese adults have credit registry coverage, much lower than the approximate 100 per cent in developed countries.Keep reading ...

According to the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), Vietnam will have to cut 669 tariff lines to zero percent in January 2018.Keep reading ...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has been assigned to give the National Assembly (NA) an explanation of official development assistance (ODA) loans of VND600 trillion, VnEconomy quoted a Ministry of Finance official as saying.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has lost thousands of billions of dong in taxes as foreign enterprises, especially large-scale ones, refuse to pay based on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.Keep reading ...

Country is growing fast on nearly all economic fronts, but overcrowded roads, ports and airports threaten to throttle the expansionKeep reading ...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said here on Wednesday that Vietnam will continue strongly developing the private sector into an important impetus of the economy.Keep reading ...

The business community will define the future of the Vietnamese economy in the coming decades and will be an important driving force to achieve the country”s prosperity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said today.Keep reading ...

The World Bank (WB) yesterday released its bi-annual report on Việt Nam’s economy, lifting its forecast for Việt Nam’s 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 6.7 per cent, from the rate of 6.3 per cent it predicted in July.Keep reading ...

While the Vietnamese government is making great efforts to improve the country’s business and investment climate, unclear tax- and fee-related regulations are tormenting local firms planning to expand.Keep reading ...