On February 19 Viet Nam Maritime Joint Stock Bank (MaritimeBank) sold
64.2 million shares of Military Bank (MB), accounting for 4 per cent of
the military-owned lender''s registered capital.
The Ministry of Finance yesterday officially announced the list of goods
which would enjoy tax reduction when the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) is signed and comes into effect.
France''s stable, transparent trade and investment policies make it an
attractive market for Vietnamese goods, declared head of the Ministry of
Industry and Trade''s Trade Promotion Agency Bui Thanh Son.
Viet Nam was estimated to enjoy a trade surplus of US$700 million in
the first four months of this year, according to data from the General
Statistics Office (GSO).
The US remained Viet Nam''s largest goods consumer, importing more than
US$13 billion worth of goods over the past seven months (18 per cent of
Viet Nam''s total export value), according to the Ministry of Industry
and Trade''s Information Centre.
Statistics from the General Statistics Office show that 14 export items
exceeded US$1 billion in revenue by the end of this July. Telephones led the exports with a revenue of more than $11.6 billion, an 87 per cent increase from a...