The relevant ministries, sectors and localities in Vietnam have cut over 5,000 administrative procedures to facilitate small and medium enterprises in entering the market and operating in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met on January 24 representatives of Indian groups and businesses as part of his activities during the India visit for the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the celebration of the 69th anniversary of Indian Republic Day.

Functional is carrying the road map for the new streets in the city of Dalat, in which 6 roads are named flowers such as Roses, Walls, Phoenix, Huangyan, Huangyan and Camel.

Vietnam will participate in an ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from January 22-26 by hosting artistic performance to promote Vietnam tourism.

An extra of 2,226 new style cooperatives were established in 2017 increasing 46.5 percent over the previous year, of these 51 percent come from agricultural field, reported Vietnam Cooperatives Alliance yesterday.

Vietnam’s 500 largest enterprises (VNR500) in 2017 were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi, on January 19, by the Vietnam Report Joint Stock Company, with Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd topping the list.

Vietnam is efficiently implementing many regional and bilateral free trade agreements pursuant to the national policy of global integration. The FTAs have expanded Vietnam’s export markets and improved its export values, economic structure, and competitiveness.

A cherry blossom festival will return to Tuyen Lam Lake in Da Lat city, in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from January 26-28.

Vietnam’s tourism sector posted a record number of 12.9 million international arrivals in 2017, an increase of 29.1% from 2016. Visitors from China rose by 48.6%; the Republic of Korea, 56.4%; Russia, 32.3%; and African countries, 25.6%.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung called on businesses from the UK to make investment in Vietnam during a reception for Lord James Mayer Sassoon, Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, in Hanoi on January 17.