The Japanese government will help Vietnam fight imported counterfeit goods, hoping to enhance the effectiveness of rules under the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Vietnam remains the bright spark in the ASEAN economy with growth accelerating to 6.7% in 2015, according to ICAEW’s latest Economic Insight: South East Asia report. This comes as foreign direct investment (FDI) reached record levels with export growth staying strong despite low commodity prices.
HCM City’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) reached 732. 44 trillion VND (33.2 billion USD) in the first nine months of the year, up 7.76 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
KEPPEL Land has entered into a conditional investment agreement to subscribe for 40 per cent equity interest in Empire City, for a total consideration of US$93.9 million.
The World Bank on Tuesday (Feb 23) released a new report that lays out the pathway for Vietnam to reach upper-middle-income status in two decades.
Rising income levels and a growing awareness among Vietnamese citizens of the benefits of insurance is on track to steer the industry to double-digit growth in 2016.
After years of stop-and-go efforts at privatizing its state-owned enterprises, Vietnam's latest push appears set to successfully offload some shares and boost its stock market.
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Officials from the Philippines and Vietnam meet on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, including sealing a strategic partnership that will enhance defense and maritime cooperation in the South China Sea (East Sea).
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Vietnam has connected its customs clearance system to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia after launching its single window operational centre.
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More than four decades after choppers lifted the last U.S. troops back across the world, Vietnam's Da Nang Hi-Tech Park hums with activity. The park, one of several established as part of Vietnam's 2020 IT Master Plan, houses offices and factories for a growing number of international IT and software companies, hardware manufacturers, and infrastructure plants powering the central Vietnamese city at the heart of a tech boom.
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