Việt Nam News

The proposal was presented by the NA Economic Committee Chairman Vũ Hồng Thanh on Monday as a part of the socio-economic development plan for 2020.

Shares retreated in the final minutes of trading on Monday as investors looked to take profits after the market had gained substantially in recent weeks.

VinUni announced three majors of Business Administration, Health Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science for its first ever academic year of 2020-21.

Vietnamese electronic wallet and payment application Momo jumped 48 places to sit at 36th in the top 100 global innovative fintech firms this year.

Vietnamese products have entered over 200 markets around the world including markets with strict import regulations and standards such as the EU, Japan, South Korea and the US, according to a recent report released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

About 14,200 tonnes of Vietnamese tea, worth over US$22.5 million, was shipped to Taiwan between January and September, marking a year-on-year increase of 6.1 per cent in volume and 8.3 per cent in value.

HCM City plans to develop a regulatory framework and policies associated with blockchain technology to minimise potential risks in building a smart city, a top city official has said.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang should offer incentives to attract investment in tourism infrastructure and services in Hà Tiên- Kiên Lương, Rạch Giá- Kiên Hải- Hòn Đất, and U Minh Thượng to realise their tourism potential, experts have said

One thing that stands out in many banks’ third quarter reports is the sharp drop in profits from foreign exchange trading activities.

The first Vietnam Market in Malaysia is expected to open in March 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, creating more opportunity to boost exports of Vietnamese products.

Nguyễn Thị Duyên, 35, from the rural commune of Đức Thượng in Hà Nội, spends an extra VNĐ500,000(US$21.5) on milk after her 11 year-old son was said to be “shorter than others” in his class.

Three years after the implementation of a government directive aimed at salvaging 12 failed business projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), little progress had been made and the majority were still losing money, according to a recent Government report supplied to the National Assembly. 

The index’s struggle was totally normal and any declines in the early days of next week are also expected especially after the benchmark index and VN30 large-caps have made the strongest rallies so far in the year.

More than per 76 per cent of current investment projects following public private partnerships (PPP) are in the field of transport infrastructure, but investors still feel insecure.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Region needs to be more innovative in production to grow sustainably in the context of climate change and environmental and integration challenges, experts have said.

Digital transformation would push Việt Nam’s finance-banking system in the years to come, helping it catch up with global standards, said Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyễn Kim Anh.

The livestock and related sectors’ exports were worth US$855.4 million in the first nine months of the year and is expected to reach $1.2 billion for the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Singapore’s Keppel Group broke ground yesterday (November 8) for the Saigon Sports City, a 64-hectare integrated smart township in HCM City’s District 2.