VGP – The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank) has become the first bank in Viet Nam receiving SWIFT’s Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPI) certificate.

VGP – Viet Nam’s fruits and vegetables exports in May were estimated at US$304 million, raising the total export value in the first five months of 2018 to US$1.62 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. 

VGP – The Republic of Korea retained its position as Viet Nam's leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VGP – Viet Nam’s tra fish (pangasius) exports to China continued to record year-on-year strong growth of 43% to US$145 million in the first four months of 2018, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VGP – Viet Nam was ranked 18th, scoring 65.5 points, one place higher than the previous ranking in 2017 in MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) released by the MasterCard.

VGP – Vietnamese fruits are making its presence felt in the Japanese market at a trade promotion programme held within the 10th Viet Nam festival in Tokyo.

VGP - Air Seoul Inc., the budget unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will launch a new route to the central city of Da Nang this week, according to the airlines’ announcement on May 17. 

VGP - Fitch Ratings on May 14 upgraded Viet Nam’s long-term foreign and local currency from BB- to BB with stable prospects thanks to increases in foreign reserves and strong economic growth. 

VGP – Viet Nam’s exports to India in the first three months of 2018 reached US$1.568 billion, up 111% (or US$743.19 million) against the same period last year, according to Viet Nam’s trade representative office in India. 

VGP - The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) will debut in Viet Nam on July 2.