Việt Nam News

HCM City leaders promised all assistance to businesses to ensure their sustainable growth and competitiveness at a meeting between them on Saturday (August 4).

Diversifing international markets and creating more products are the two main ways to promote tourism in the central province of Khánh Hoà Province and its Nha Trang city, an international conference heard on Saturday (August 4).

HCM City People’s Committee will equitise Sài Gòn Jewelry Co Ltd (SJC), Việt Nam’s largest gold and gold jewelry production and distribution company, in 2019.

The 1,000 biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2017 contributed more than VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion) to the State budget, increasing 8.45 per cent from the previous year, and accounting for 63 per cent of total tax contributions.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade met with more than 50 experts, researchers and business leaders at a meeting yesterday to discuss solutions to develop the city’s main products in the trading and services sector.

The central city, in co-operation with Qatar Airways, plans to launch a direct flight connecting Đà Nẵng and Doha City in the Middle East later this year, a source from the city’s tourism department confirmed, saying that the two sides have been in negotiations to open the newest air route soon.

The global cyber security competition Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, themed Legends of Việt Nam, is scheduled to begin on August 18.

Executives from leading technology companies and officials discussed ways to speed up introduction of e-governance and creation of smart cities based on the safe use of IT at a conference in the Mekong city of Cần Thơ this week.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has issued identification numbers to ponds that breed tra fish under a government decree on aquaculture management that went into effect last July.

An Giang has reported exports of US$455.9 million in the first seven months of this year, a rise of nearly 7 per cent year-on-year.

The fourth industrial revolution offers many opportunities for Việt Nam, but also poses a number of challenges. To take advantage of Industry 4.0, the country requires strong government reforms, especially in building a firm legal corridor for the digital industry.

Vietnamese shares rose for a second session on Friday, driven by property developer Vingroup and its sub-units as well as energy firms.

Việt Nam is India’s fourth largest trade partner in Southeast Asia and accounts for a fifth of pharmaceutical exports.

Việt Nam has moved up one place to rank 88th among 193 countries in the United Nations E-Government Survey 2018.

The Việt Nam Computer Emergency Response Team uncovered several advanced persistent threat attacks on government websites in the central city of Đà Nẵng in late July.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will chair a meeting on wood processing industry and forestry exports in HCM City on August 8, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Việt Nam Administration of Forestry has announced.

The ‘Sơn La Longan and Safe Farm Produce Week 2018’ launched on Friday at the Trade Promotion Centre of Agriculture, No. 489 Hoàng Quốc Việt, Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội.

Real estate developer Vingroup on Friday launched its first Vincom commercial centre in the northern province of Thái Nguyên, increasing the company’s number of trade centres to 56.