HCMC – Maritime Commercial Bank on Tuesday inked a strategic deal with Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) including the bank’s assistance for the corporation to issue bonds to invest in its projects. Under the agreement, Maritime Bank will give consulting services for VEC in mobilizing capital to carry out expressway projects, the bank said in its statement. Apart from underwriting VEC’s bond... 

Aquiculture, forestry and agriculture exports in February totalled over US$1.4 billion, increasing Vietnam’s year-to-date turnover to US$2.8 billion, up 25 percent against the same period last year. Agriculture exports gained nearly US$1.5 billion, rising by 11 percent compared to the same period last year, while aquiculture and forestry exports reaped US$628 million and US$617 million, showing... 

Half of the businesses in Vietnam, mainly in the southern provinces and cities, are now facing a shortage of workers, according to the Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs (Molisa). After Tet, the number of people applying for jobs is falling far short of the rising demand for workers, especially in industrial and export processing zones. Many businesses cannot find new employees... 

Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed in February to $700 million, down for the third consecutive month, a local newspaper said on Thursday. January’s trade deficit was revised to US$945 million from $1.3 billion previously reported, online newspaper VnEconomy (vneconomy.vn) said, quoting data from the government’s General Statistic Office. February exports reached $3.7 billion while... 

Around 200 tonnes of seafood from five businesses in the southern province of Kien Giang have been granted certificates for export to the EU market. These are the first seafood exports to that market since the “illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU)” fishing regulation came into effect. Under the regulation effective on January 1, 2010, all seafood consignments exported to the EU market must...