APEC finance ministers will focus on discussing four cooperation priorities in 2017, including long-term infrastructure investment, base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI), and inclusive finance, at their 24th meeting and related events in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, from October 19-21.
Adjusting preferential policies for investment projects according to development plans in different areas is essential to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI), Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises Nguyen Mai said at a seminar held in Hanoi on October 17.
SMEs, which make up 90 percent of businesses in Vietnam, should take advantage of new marketing tools like social media to have access to global value chains, experts said.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) inked a cooperation agreement with the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) on October 17.
A favourable geographical location is one of the central Quang Tri province’s advantages in attracting investment, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chinh.
Share increased strongly on the HCM Stock Exchange on October 17 as investor confidence rose for companies that were expected to release good quarterly earnings reports.
The Moscow-based REGNUM News Agency and the Research Support Foundation “Workshop of Eurasian Ideas” held a roundtable focusing on APEC 2017 and Vietnam in Moscow, Russia, on October 17.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has directed departments and investors to open air routes for Van Don international airport, which is expected to be put into operation in April 2018.
The 2017 HCM City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2017), the city’s biggest startup event of the year, will take place from October 23-28.
The Vietnam Asset Management Company has decided to hike its reference interest rate on bad debts to 9.9 percent from the fourth quarter, up from 9.7 percent.
An increasing number of enterprises from the UK will come to Hanoi to explore investment opportunities in the future, said British Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Steph Lysaght.
The 13th Vietnam-Singapore Connectivity Ministerial Meeting opened in Hanoi on October 17, aiming to strengthen economic connectivity and trade cooperation between the two countries.
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