The very slight increase in July’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is attributed to the government and local authorities’ efforts to curb inflation, reports the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) is planning to build a 528-m tower, the second tallest building in Asia after the Buri Dubai Tower in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The online labour market saw a strong growth in the second quarter of this year, according to the country’s leading provider of online employment services, VietnamWorks.com.
A Code of Conduct for labour exporters, announced in Hanoi on July 15, calls on target businesses to ensure the safe and convenient return of guest workers, especially females, after their labour contracts expire.
A total of 400,000 people will benefit from the first year of a vocational training scheme for rural workers until 2020, said the General Department of Vocational Training (GDVT) of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
Viet Nam earned an export turnover of US$8.6 billion from agricultural, forestry and fisheries products in the first six months, an increase of 13.1 per cent over same period last year.
The country’s GDP is likely to reach 6.5-6.8 percent this year, meeting the National Assembly-set target, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at a monthly government meeting that took place in Hanoi on July 1-2
Vietnam ’s economy accelerated strongly as the second quarter’s year-on-year growth in gross domestic product rose to 6.4 percent from the first quarter’s 5.83 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Many localities have become more careful when attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) as they have laid out specific conditions and commitments for investors...
International arrivals in Vietnam were estimated at over 2.5 million in the first six months of the year, representing an increase of 32 percent over the same period last year.
