Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s tourism industry recorded a successful year with VNĐ400 trillion (US$17.6 billion) of total revenue in 2016. However, the travel companies' profits are not commensurate with their revenue, vneconomy.vn reports.

At the Build 2017 developer conference held on Thursday, Microsoft Corp shared the first details of its next major update to Windows, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

Eleven teams of developers from APEC member economies will be in Hà Nội from May 18 to 19 to participate in a 24-hour app challenge to build a new mobile or web solution to one or more key challenges faced by medium, small, and micro enterprise owners, who are interested in expanding their businesses through cross-border trade.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) catfish inspection programme is not yet suitable for Việt Nam and more bilateral discussions are needed, the Government said on Thursday.

The Bình Minh Plastic Joint Stock Company (BMP) has decided to issue around 36.4 million bonus shares to raise its charter capital from VNĐ455 billion (US$20 million) to VNĐ819 billion.

The Eco-Products International Fair 2017 (EPIF) opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on Thursday with the theme “Green Technologies and Products: Actions for the Future”.

Quỳnh Lập II thermal power plant will be built using the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) method in Đông Hồi Industrial Zone, Hoàng Mai Commune. It will produce an annual power capacity of 1200 megawatts (MW), with two reactors

Việt Nam Nutrition Food JSC (Nutifood) yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with the provincial People’s Committee of Đắk Lắk to invest more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.1 million) in high-tech agriculture.

Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) and Experian, a global information services company, on Tuesday signed an agreement for the implementation of a Credit Risk Modelling project for Basel II.

More than 1,000 participants including local and foreign investors, start-up businesses, partners and investment funds would join in the second International Start-up Conference and Exhibition in the central on July 21-22.

The Vietnam eTrade Conference 2017 (VETC) will be held in Hà Nội on May 16, according to the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. (HSBC Vietnam) has officially launched Touch ID, a fingerprint recognition technology enabling corporate clients to easily and securely access their accounts to view account balances and recent transactions with the HSBCnet Mobile app.

PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) on Monday recorded its 10 millionth oil barrel at Block 433a & 416b of the Bir Seba mine in the Sahara Desert, Algeria.

Real estate developer SonKim Land Corporation has closed the first round of a follow-up fundraiser at US$46 million, out of an expected $100 million, from EXS Capital Limited.

The Vietnamese textile and garment industry needs to diversify its raw material import sources if it wants to develop, a senior industry figure has said.

Vietnam Airlines Corporation estimated reaching a syndicated revenue of VND21.2 trillion in Q1 this year, a year-on-year increase of nearly 12.5 per cent, making a pre-tax profit of VNĐ854 billion.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) worldwide, including Việt Nam, are turning to each other to learn and share ideas in a mobile economy.

Microsoft and the Việt Nam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA) co-oragnised the “Technology for Good Day” event in Hà Nội on May 10 to introduce a free cloud computing programme to Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisations.