Việt Nam News

The change in tourism trends caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made coastal real estate near HCM City attractive to tourism property developers.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a profound shock to the economy and businesses, Saigon Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Corporation (SABECO) has still strengthened its commitments for sustainable development as well as bringing positive changes for Việt Nam and the people here.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is encouraging individuals and organizations working in artificial intelligence in Việt Nam to join an AI network between the country and Australia.

Pro-competitive policies can help Việt Nam continue its progress in logistics sector and help the country recover quickly from the economic impacts of the pandemic, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development said in two new reports it released on August 31.

Steel enterprises have boosted exports while facing difficulties in domestic consumption due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).

Online sales are being implemented by mooncake businesses with a variety of products from the common to the high-end.

Market experts forecast that foreign investors will perform strong net buying in the fourth quarter of this year to prepare for next year’s economy recovery after large-scale immunisation campaigns.

E-commerce platforms have announced a resumption of deliveries in HCM City’s extremely high risk areas (red zones) from August 30 a week after they were banned.

The stock market gained for three straight sessions before the National Day holiday, which was different from the previous holidays when investors tended to take profits causing the market to fall or move sideways.

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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính visited Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen Co. Ltd. during a working trip to the northern province of Thái Nguyên on September 3.

Thanks to the adoption of drastic COVID-19 prevention measures at ports, the volume of goods that passed through ports in the first eight months of the year increased by 18 per cent year-on-year to 16.8 million TEUs, the Việt Nam Maritime Administration said.

The bancassurance service offered by Sacombank and Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has won the 2021 award for Most Trusted Bancassurance Provider Vietnam from Finance Derivative, a financial and business analysis magazine published in the Netherlands.

Vinamilk has continued to expand its foothold in the global markets despite pandemic challenges which helps it maintain stable growth so far this year.

Siemens has officially launched a contest titled “Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050” with an aim to provide an opportunity for automation engineers and students in Việt Nam to demonstrate their talent, use their creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in order to come up with innovative ideas and solutions for the automation industry.

Việt Nam has targeted mastering a number of high technologies to form an ecosystem of enterprises producing high-tech products, and put them into production to increase the export value of high-tech products.