The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has unveiled a draft plan to set up 11 parks across the country by 2020 to research and innovate agricultural technologies.

Recent surveys about the tax policies applied to foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) show that Vietnamese have become choosier about foreign direct investment (FDI) and FIEs (foreign-invested enterprises).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Government halve value-added tax (VAT) and exempt or cut corporate income tax by 50% for enterprises joining a planned tourism promotion program in the final three months of this year and throughout next year.

While Chinese fruit can easily pass through border gates’ quarantine checkpoints, European farm imports face stricter requirements.

Vietnam Consumer Confidence has fallen slightly to 134.7 points (down 0.3% m/m) in October, according to latest report by ANZ-Roy Morgan.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the Vietnamese banking industry have contributed to the sector's restructuring in recent years, but experts are suggesting that big banks get involved in the process.