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Vietnamese shares ended the week on a negative note as strong gains in oil prices were not enough to counter strong selling that weighed heavily on large-cap companies.

Ha Noi’s retail property market performed well in the first quarter of this year, however challenges remain from the development of e-commerce, experts said.

Dutch company Upp! UpCycling Plastic and Toan Hai Van JSC (a member company of TTC Land) on April 11 signed a co-operation agreement to build a cyclic plastic-waste disposal plant on Phu Quoc Island.

Vietnamese enterprises need to take advantage of tariff reductions under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to increase exports to Australia.

Budget carrier AirAsia officially launched daily flight between the central city of Da Nang and Chiang Mai, Thailand in promoting connection between Southeast Asia destinations and central Viet Nam on April 12.

The HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) on Wednesday urged the city to speed up the inspections of suspended property projects to protect real estate enterprises’ legitimate rights and prevent losses.

The fact that Japan forbids the use of benzoic acid as a preservative in chilli sauce while Viet Nam allows it does not indicate the country’s slack food safety standards, Viet Nam’s food administration said.

Everest Securities Company (EVS) said in a recent report that the local stock market would move higher from the end of the second quarter, with the index of the HCMC bourse seen climbing to 1,068 points.

Romania has said it is throwing its weight behind the early signing and ratification of the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA) and investment protection deal between the two sides.