A new solar power plant will come into operation in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan in middle of this year, following an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract inked between Ninh Thuan Energy Industry JSC and Sharp-NSN joint venture on Monday.

BAA Training Vietnam, an aviation training centre in HCM City, has announced that it will purchase more training equipment, including a state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo full flight simulator which has been assembled and approved by Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is expected to restart work on the Con Dao Passenger Port at a revised cost of VND158 billion (US$6.8 million).

Though the Covid-19 epidemic has spread to Japan and South Korea, some local exporters to the two markets are still experiencing good results.

Stocks fell sharply in volatile trading on Tuesday as an emergency rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to assuage concerns of slower economic growth due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has delayed its visit to Vietnam to assess Vietnam’s food safety control system for Siluriformes fish order, mainly tra fish, for the second time, from March 2 to 13.

The Việt Nam Flour Corporation (Vikybomi) has created new food products made from wheat flour and farm produce such as dragon fruit and watermelon amid a reduction in fruit exports to China.

Experts discussed solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of auditing public-private partnerships (PPP) during a conference on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

The index of industrial production (IIP) in the first two months of this year increased by 6.2 per cent over the same period last year.

The Finance Ministry's proposed threshold of VND11 million ($475) as minimum taxable income to be too low, experts say.