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Việt Nam HR Awards 2020 Gala to take place next month

This is the first time those award-winning businesses share their success stories in using HR strategies to confront the crisis. — Photo courtesy of the organiser HÀ NỘI — The award ceremony of the Việt Nam HR Awards 2020 Gala will bring the perspectives of more than 10 C-suite speakers in dealing with the COVID-19 […]


Reforms of checks on imported products would create large room for growth: minister

  Officials of Móng Cái Customs Department, Quảng Ninh Province checks products. Reforms of checks on imported products would help improve the business climate and reduce time and cost. — Photo baoquangninh.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Reforms of checks on imported products would help improve the business climate while reducing time and costs, which would give significant room for growth, […]


HDBank honoured at ASEAN Business Forum +3

  HDBank is honoured as one of the outstanding enterprises of Việt Nam – ASEAN in 2020 for its contributions to regional and global economic development. — Photo courtesy of the bank HCM CITY — HDBank has been honoured as one of the outstanding enterprises of Việt Nam – ASEAN in 2020 for its contributions […]


High quality products aimed at European market

  Phùng Đức Tiến, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. — Photo baodautu.vn Phùng Đức Tiến, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about Việt Nam’s plan to export high quality agro products to the European market. Can you give us an overall assessment of Việt Nam’s exports of aqua-products to […]


Housing prices keep rising in HCM City on lack of supply

  Property prices in HCM City are continually rising due to a shortage of new projects. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY – The prices of properties with land in HCM City increased by 15 per cent in the third quarter from the same period of last year due to lack of new supply, according […]


Việt Nam HR Awards 2020 to take place next month

  This is the first time those award-winning businesses share their success stories in using HR strategies to confront the crisis. — Photo courtesy of the organiser HÀ NỘI — The award ceremony of the Việt Nam HR Awards 2020 will bring the perspectives of more than 10 C-suite speakers in dealing with the COVID-19 […]


State firms more resilient than foreign, Vietnamese private companies: survey

  Findings of the Business Pandemic Resilience Diagnostic conducted by Grant Thornton Vietnam HCM CITY — Business resilience is highly correlated with level of digitisation, the Business Pandemic Resilience Diagnostic conducted by Grant Thornton Vietnam, a leading provider of national audit, tax, advisory and outsourcing services, has found out. The diagnostic rated the business resilience of each participating company […]


Việt Nam to increase imports of coal and gas

Workers pump gas into shells at the Northern Central Gas Store in Vũng Áng Industrial Zone, Hà Tĩnh Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng HÀ NỘI — Data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade shows Việt Nam will sharply increase imports of coal, gas and primitive energies to meet development needs from now to […]


VN to be a magnet for foreign investment in 2021: policymakers

  A corner of Bầu Xéo Industrial Park in southern Đồng Nai Province. — VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will stay among the world’s top destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021 thanks to the country’s successful effort to contain and fight off the COVID-19 pandemic, according to policymakers.  Deputy Minister of […]


Digital economy and fintech see growth amid COVID-19

  A member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Group scans a QR code with his MoMo e-wallet at a machine in HCM City on Monday. — Photo courtesy of MoMo HÀ NỘI — The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Group met with the local fintech firm MoMo in HCM City on Monday. Nguyễn Bá Diệp, co-founder and vice president of […]


Việt Nam urged to develop night-time economy

  A night party on a beach of Nha Trang. Economists want Việt Nam to take the chance to develop the night-time economy in the new normal. — Photo bizvietnam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has missed some economic development opportunities and should not ignore the chance to grow the night-time economy, according to economist Trần Đình Thiên. […]


Vietnam Airlines loses VNĐ10.7 trillion in January-September period

  Vietnam Airlines Group, including Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO, still took the leading position in the domestic market with 51.7 per cent market share in passenger transportation. — Photo Vietnam Airlines HÀ NỘI — Vietnam Airlines Group, listed as HVN on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange, earned nearly VNĐ24 trillion (US$1.04 billion) […]


VN stocks gain for a third day

  Masan’s sauce products displayed in a supermarket. The company shares soared 6.6 per cent on Tuesday. – Photo nhipcaudautu.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares extended gains for a third day as insurance, banking and consumer companies continued their rallies on earnings hopes. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange gained 0.44 […]


Gov’t support aids automobile industry

  Cars produced at a plant of Ford Việt Nam in Hải Dương Province. The domestic car industry was benefiting from the Government’s support policies. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The domestic automobile industry was forecast to thrive, given the Government’s supports in tax policies for imported automobile components coupled with the increasing income […]


VPBank strives to support SMEs during pandemic

  VPBank’s headquarters. The bank has launched a range of programmes to support small and medium sized enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Photo courtesy of VPBank HCM CITY — VPBank and Mastercard announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday in HCM City with the aim of helping Vietnamese small-and-medium sized enterprises […]


Trung Nam Group inaugurates VNĐ12 trillion solar power project

  Workers install the 220/500kV transmission line for Truang Nam – Thuan Nam solar complex in Ninh Thuận Province. – Photo courtesy of Trung Nam Group  NINH THUẬN — Trung Nam Group inaugurated a 450 MW Trung Nam-Thuận Nam solar power farm project, a 500kV transformer station and 220/500kV transmission line in Ninh Thuận Province yesterday. The VNĐ12 […]


Military-run telecom giant Viettel to sell 6 per cent stake in Viettel Post

  An employee at Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation (VTP). Viettel plans to divest 6 per cent stake in its affiliate Viettel Post. — Photo viettelpost.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Military-run telecom giant Viettel plans to divest a 6 per cent stake in its affiliate Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation (VTP) via a public auction at the Hà Nội Stock […]


Projects post $1.13 billion in losses

  The Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Corporation project – one of 12 loss-making projects under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Nguyên HÀ NỘI — Twelve loss-making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) have posted accumulated losses of VNĐ26.3 trillion (US$1.13 billion). The Government’s report to […]


Dragon Capital fund to buy more than 2.8 million ACB shares

  A transaction office of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) in Hà Nội. — Photo vietnambiz.vn HÀ NỘI — DC Developing Markets Strategies Public Limited Company (DCDMSPLC), a member fund of Dragon Capital fund group, has registered to buy more than 2.8 million shares of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB). The transaction is expected to be conducted from October […]


Work starts on Mekong Delta’s biggest mainland wind project

  Delegates attend the plant’s groundbreaking ceremony. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhật Bình BẠC LIÊU — Hacom Bạc Liêu Energy JSC on Sunday started construction on the first phase of Hòa Bình 5 wind power farm on 28ha in Vĩnh Thịnh Commune, Hòa Bình District, the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu. The first phase of the project, with a total […]