Việt Nam News

With people afraid to visit public places like supermarkets because of Covid-19, e-commerce floors have become a convenient and safe shopping place for Tết items.

An Bình Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBANK) achieved a pre-tax profit of VNĐ1.37 trillion (US$59.3 million) in the first 11 months of the year, equivalent to 101 per cent of the target for the full year.

Việt Nam needs to increase policies to promote the development of the domestic mechanical engineering industry and enable local manufacturers to compete with foreign competitors.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, smuggling and trade fraud, especially drug trafficking remained complex issues in 2020, the customs sector has coordinated with other agencies and forces to successfully unveil many cases, including major drug trafficking rings.

The US, New Zealand and Canada are the most attractive countries for employer investment based on 200 factors that evaluated skills availability, cost efficiency, regulation and productivity, while Việt Nam is among the top five in cost efficiency, according to ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions’ Total Workforce Index (TWI).

Việt Nam needs to speed up its transition to clean, secure and market-based energy by switching to advanced technologies, improving the energy sector’s performance and encouraging private investment, a conference in HCM City on December 23 heard.

Vietnamese shares advanced on Friday on the back of gains in numerous blue-chip stocks.

Cốc Cốc browser and search engine developed by the Hà Nội-based technology company of the same name has attracted 25 million users, becoming the second largest in the Vietnamese market.

Sài Gòn – Hà Nội Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has just become the only Vietnamese representative to be honoured as “Bank of the Year 2020” by The Banker magazine.

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank - HoSE: HDB) has signed agreements to issue convertible bonds and enter into strategic tie-ups with foreign investors to fulfil its plan to supplement tier 2 capital by US$160 million.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Decision 3390/QĐ-BCT on the application of official anti-dumping measures for some coil and sheet cold-rolled steel products originated from China.

The northeastern province of Quảng Ninh’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) has been estimated at 10.05 per cent in 2020 despite the adverse impact of COVID-19.

The purchasing power in the domestic market is expected to increase by between 15-20 per cent from now until the 2021 Lunar New Year, with food products seeing the strongest rise, said Trần Duy Đông, director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Domestic Market Department.

South Korea was the top investor in education in Việt Nam in the first 11 months of this year with US$8.2 million, or 57% of the country’s total FDI in the sector.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed special policies to be raised for large State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to make them spearheads in key industries of the economy.

There have been lots of opportunities to make impressive returns during this strangest of years, if you’ve been able to forecast the weather accurately and be nimble in realigning your holdings to new realities.

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Đào Minh Tú has said despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the bank has operated local monetary policy effectively and flexibly this year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to present the Việt Nam National Quality Awards 2020 to 61 enterprises, with 21 receiving the golden prize.