Day: April 8, 2024

Vietnam sends three more officers to UN peacekeeping missions

Hanoi: The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on April 8 to hand over the President’s and the Defence Minister’s decisions to send three officers to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, Sout…

Top Vietnamese, Chinese legislators hold talks

Beijing: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China Zhao Leji presided over a welcome ceremony for and held talks with Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue in Beijing, China, on April 8.

Special consumption tax can hurt beverage industry

Hanoi: A draft proposal to increase special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages may hurt the Vietnamese beverage industry’s ability to compete on their home turf, putting the entire supply chain at risk, said industry insiders.

Lam Du An, Deputy G…

Foreign investment driven towards new breakthrough phase

Hanoi: Vietnam has so far drawn nearly 500 billion USD in registered FDI capital after nearly four decades of opening up its economy, with investment quality improvement considered a key task for a new breakthrough phase ahead, the Ha Noi Moi newspape…

Revised land law to make real estate market more bustling

Hanoi: The Land Law (revised) passed in January by the National Assembly (NA) is a huge step forward that demonstrates the attention of the Party, the State, the Government, and the NA in protecting the rights of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and Vietname…

Vietnam – EU’s second biggest coffee supplier in 2023

Hanoi: With 652,000 tonnes of coffee exported to the EU worth 1.66 billion USD in 2023, Vietnam was the second biggest coffee supplier of the EU in terms of volume and third largest supplier in terms of value.

Even though the EU’s coffee import in 20…

Vincom Retail officially leave Vingroup, new investors appear

Hanoi: Vingroup JSC has announced that Vincom Retail is no longer its subsidiary.

It has successfully transferred 55% of charter capital of SDI Trading Development and Investment JSC, which owns 99% of the charter capital of Sado Trading Commercial J…

PM hopes for increased Vietnam-Russia oil, gas cooperation

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 8 for Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov, General Director of Russia’s Zarubezhneft JSC, who is on a working visit to Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities in oil and gas and ener…