Vincom Plaza Tuy Hoà shopping mall in the southern province of Phú Yên. Stocks of the ‘Vin’ family weighed down the market on Friday. — Photo courtesy of Vingroup HÀ NỘI — Shares flip-flopped early on Friday as investors dumped stocks in the “Vin” family, weighing down the overall stock market. The benchmark VN-Index […]
Workers of Foster Electric Vietnam Co Ltd on a production line. The total import-export value of the whole country in June reached US$43.28 billion, up 15.8 per cent over May. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$5.46 billion in the first half of this year, the highest […]
Việt Nam has improved transparency on its real estate market. — photo plo.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s real estate transparency index this year rose one place to 56th, pushing the country into ‘semi-transparent’ market status for the first time in JLL’s report on biennial Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2020. The domestic property market […]
The logo of the Hà Nội Stock Exchange at its head office. A total of VNĐ12.5 trillion worth of g-bonds was put up for sale this week. — Photo baodautu.vn HÀ NỘI — The State Treasury of Vietnam raised VNĐ15.6 trillion (more than US$672.6 million) worth of government bonds at the Hà Nội Stock Exchange this week. […]
Saigon Innovation Hub in collaboration with foreign partners on July 16 launched a number of start-up incubation programmes. — Photo www.giaoduc.edu.vn HCM CITY — Saigon Innovation Hub (SiHub), under the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, and Expara, Singapore’s pioneer and leader in incubation, on Thursday launched a start-up incubation programme built on […]
Chow Lai Leng, first head of enterprise for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky. — Photo courtesy of Kaspersky HCM CITY — With three-digit growth in its corporate segment last year, the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has announced the appointment of its head of enterprise for Southeast Asia, Chow Lai Leng, the company’s first-ever position for the region. Lai Leng […]
Wayne Besant, CEO of AIA Vietnam speaks at the launching ceremony of the Personal Medical Case Management Service (Song Hành Y Tế) in Việt Nam on Thursday. — VNS Photo HCM CITY — AIA on July 16 launched its Personal Medical Case Management Service (Song Hành Y Tế) in Việt Nam along with global healthcare […]
Vietcombank’s VCB Digibank was official launched on Thursday,. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade Việt Nam (Vietcombank) on Thursday officially launched its new digital bank service, VCB Digibank, which integrates the bank’s online trading platforms. Đào Minh Tuấn, Vietcombank’s general director, said that digital transformation was identified […]
Zalo Shop platform. — Photo baotintuc.vn HÀ NỘI — Director of Việt Nam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that Zalo Shop has not registered with the ministry. The Zalo application allows traders, organisations and individuals, who do not own the application, to conduct part or the whole of […]
Organisations are still moving conservatively with their digital transformation efforts, with many adopting a protective stance with the mindset that disruption from COVID-19 will pass in due course. — Photo istock HÀ NỘI — Digital transformation is an indispensable factor to help businesses gradually get used to the new economic state after the COVID-19 […]
The VPBank’s eKYC helps customers open banking accounts without face-to-face meetings. — Photo courtesy of VPBank HÀ NỘI — VPBank is the first bank in Việt Nam deploying electronic know your customer/client (e-KYC), allowing customers to open a bank account totally online. The eKYC solution allows VPBank to overcome all geographical and time barriers […]
The Đà Nẵng Hi-Tech Park is a ‘green’ industrial hub in Đà Nẵng. The first electronic component factory commenced construction at the park. VNS Photo Công Thành ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city began construction of the first surface-mount technology (SMT) factory at Đà Nẵng Hi-Tech Park. The plant would make printed circuit boards […]
The head office of Bảo Việt Securities Co in Hà Nội. Experts have called for policy-making changes, which empower securities firms to evaluate and recognise professional investors. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — Intermediary financial institutions instead of bond issuers should be empowered to recognise professional investors when they come to purchase corporate […]
Discussion session at Tech Summit 2020 held on July 16 in HCM City by Forbes Vietnam magazine. — Photo courtesy of Forbes Vietnam HCM CITY — General data protection regulations should be issued to ensure privacy in Việt Nam, delegates said at the Tech Summit 2020 held on Thursday (July 16) by Forbes Vietnam magazine in HCM City. Nguyễn […]
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân views technologies at Viettel. — Photo courtesy of Viettel HÀ NỘI — Viettel Group is a strong brand name and it needs to continue to maintain its leading position in Việt Nam’s telecommunication industry and high ranking in the Southeast Asian region as well as Asia. National Assembly (NA) […]
Việt Nam’s 2019-20 sugarcane crop ended in May 2020 with an output of 7.4 million tonnes of sugarcane. — Photo daidoanket.vn HÀ NỘI — The General Department of Vietnam Customs must work with ministries, sectors and localities to tackle sugar smuggling and sugar trade fraud, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said. The PM has requested ministries […]
An aircraft of budget airline Vietjet (VJC) at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội. Shares of Vietjet (VJC) soared 3.9 per cent on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Shares soared in the last minutes of trading on Thursday amidst the maturity of July futures contracts. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ […]
Participants attend the webinar “Promoting Việt Nam-US trade co-operation in the context of COVID-19”, which was organised late Wednesday in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Linh Anh HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese and US firms shared ways to cope with the coronavirus crisis and to overcome immense challenges inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic during an online […]
Lavi Agri buys 100 tonnes of Long An dragon fruits. — VNS File Photo LONG AN — The Long An Dragon Fruit Association sold over 100 tonnes of dragon fruits to Lavi Agri Company Limited, a member of Lavifood JSC, on Wednesday. This is the first batch following the signing of the co-operation programme between the […]
