Microsoft and FPT last week signed an Enterprise Agreement focusing on digital transformations and cloud deployments. The agreement tightens the long-term strategic partnership that has been in place for almost 20 years between the two leading IT corporations.
Hastening institutional reform and improving competitiveness has become more pressing than ever for Việt Nam to help firms grab opportunities from several new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).
The property market will develop strongly in all segments this year, building on last year's robust recovery, experts tell Viet Nam News
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to Việt Nam is expected to increase, said Đỗ Nhất Hoàng, head of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Seafood exports are expected to increase by 5 per cent this year to around US7.5 billion despite many possible hurdles, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (Vasep).
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has not yet decided to adjust power tariffs this year and has been calculating basic prices, the ministry yesterday announced at an electricity production cost conference in Hà Nội.
The central city has invested VNĐ363 billion (US$16 million) to complete infrastructure in the second stage of the 1,010-hectare Hi-Tech Park in Hòa Vang District, 20km west of the city.
Cash as a mode of payment has declined in the country by 2 per cent in the past six years, from 14.02 per cent in 2010 to the current 12 per cent.
The Nội Bài Airport Services Company (NASCO) will list its 8.3 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) under the code NAS, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.
Long-term Government bonds will remain the focus of the finance ministry in the future to help the government extend the loan due dates and reduce pressure on paying its debts.
With only a few days left for Tết (Lunar New Year), artisans in craft villages are scrambling to make products like sticky rice cakes and other traditional cakes, jams, dried shrimp and others to supply to the market.
Shares declined for a second day yesterday on the two national stock exchanges as traders stayed away to avoid losses before the market enters the seven-day Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Lê Quốc Doanh signed a decision to cease imports of several nuts and seeds from Indonesia to Việt Nam due to a high risk of contamination from the seed beetle Caryedon serratus.
The High Quality Việt Nam Products Business Association, the American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam and the Washington-based Global Food Safety Forum on January 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation in food safety.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has approved 199 projects for the National Trade Promotion Programme in 2017, which will be implemented with VNĐ90 billion (US$3.96 million) sourced from the State budget.
Vietnam Oil and Gas Group topped the list of 500 leading companies announced at a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday. It was followed by Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co Ltd, Viettel Group, Electricity of Việt Nam, and the Vietnam National Petroleum Group.
There is plenty of optimism in the hospitality market this year underpinned by very strong international arrivals growth, according to a recent survey by a real estate consulting firm specialising in the sector.
The Vietnamese gas industry aims to double its exploitation output to reach as much as 21 billion cubic metres by 2035, according to a master plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc early this week.
Lao Động (Labour) and Tin Tức (News) newspapers discussed the issue with Vũ Khắc Liêm, deputy director of the ministry’s Tax Policies Department and Trương Minh Hoàng, vice chair of the NA Committee for Science, Technology and Environment.
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 Mr. Chan (pseudonym), a patient with vitiligo; Dr. Chan Yung, a specialist in dermatology; and Ms. Amy Wong, a registered social worker from the Hong Kong Vitiligo Support Group, urge individuals with vitiligo to seek professional medical consultation for personalized treatment plan promptly and to avoid unproven remedies)
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