Việt Nam News

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Văn Tùng is taking part in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017 (GEC 2017), which opened in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday.

It will take another five to 15 years for Vietnamese entrepreneurs can become global business leaders, according to a study by the Human Capital Leadership Institute.

Construction of a new terminal at Đà Nẵng International Airport is mostly completed and a trial operation is scheduled for April 25 - 28, said Lê Khắc Hồng, General Director of the Đà Nẵng International Terminal Investment and Operation on March 13.

Central Quảng Ngãi Province's authorities and relevant sectors are racing against time to clear sites for several giant projects in Dung Quất Economic Zone, which will be executed this year.

The drop in import tax on cars from ASEAN countries has led a hike in car imports to Viet Nam in the first two months of this year, especially from Thailand.

A footwear and leather export promotion conference, themed “Increasing business and export capacity for Vietnamese footwear and leather enterprises,” is organised on March 15 in HCM City.

The Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) on Thursday announced two incubation programmes to support innovative tourism firms in Việt Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. 

The International Agriculture Festival and Fair of Mekong Delta region, which opened in Can Tho City on Wednesday, has 150 domestic and international exhibitors showcasing agro-based products and technologies.

Hitachi Asia Ltd on Thursday announced the appointment of Kazunori Sudo as general director of Hitachi Asia (Việt Nam) Co Ltd.

Việt Nam spent US$927 million on importing 1.66 million tonnes of petroleum products over the past two months, surging 2 per cent in volume against the same period last year.

The Public Procurement Agency (PPA) on Wednesday launched a project to improve the skill of its staffs implementing public procurement and enabling small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group this month has plans to sign an agreement with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to gauge consumer satisfaction, the group said.

Japan’s Deloitte and Germany’s Roland Berger consulting firms are interested in offering their services to draw up Việt Nam’s steel sector master plan.

From now until the end of June, Mobile World plans to launch 10-15 stores in neighbouring countries

Singapore-based F&N Dairy Investments Pte. Ltd. (F&N) has registered to buy shares of Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) for the third time, asking for 21.77 million shares.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has requested network operators to withdraw and deactivate nearly 20 million pre-activated SIM cards and banned the sales of these SIM cards, however, many stores continued selling them online.

The Topica Founder Institute (TFI) held its fifth anniversary ceremony this week, reviewing its contribution for the start-up community in the past years.

FPT Information Systems (FPT IS) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on application performance monitoring and security with Dynatrace LLC and ECQ Global on Thursday.