Many Vietnamese consumers say the hectic year-end schedule keeps them so busy that they can’t go shopping, but the development of e-commerce and e-payment is helping them avoid going to stores or supermarkets by themselves.
The stock market will likely remain quiet this week as investors hold back from making further purchases, lowering trading liquidity, brokerage companies say.
The State Bank of Việt Nam revealed recently that it would continue to keep bank lending interest rates unchanged from last year’s levels.
Some 48 per cent of 501 Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which participated in The Future of Business survey, have positive views about the current situation.
Incorrect news broadcast by overseas media can hurt exports of tra fish this year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) has said.
Nguyễn Thanh Trúc in District 1 has just paid her monthly electricity bills via internet banking.
HCM City authorities and businesses have worked hard to provide safe food products for Tết (the Lunar New Year) on January 28.
A wide range of fruits and vegetables, speciality products for Tết (Lunar New Year) such as cashew nuts, candied fruits, meat paste, rice and traditional fish sauce are available at the Green-Nice Tết Market that opened at 12 Phùng Khắc Khoan, Đa Kao Ward, District 1 in HCM City on January 21.
Microsoft and FPT last week signed an Enterprise Agreement focusing on digital transformations and cloud deployments. The agreement tightens the long-term strategic partnership that has been in place for almost 20 years between the two leading IT corporations.
Hastening institutional reform and improving competitiveness has become more pressing than ever for Việt Nam to help firms grab opportunities from several new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).
The property market will develop strongly in all segments this year, building on last year's robust recovery, experts tell Viet Nam News
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to Việt Nam is expected to increase, said Đỗ Nhất Hoàng, head of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has not yet decided to adjust power tariffs this year and has been calculating basic prices, the ministry yesterday announced at an electricity production cost conference in Hà Nội.
Seafood exports are expected to increase by 5 per cent this year to around US7.5 billion despite many possible hurdles, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (Vasep).
The central city has invested VNĐ363 billion (US$16 million) to complete infrastructure in the second stage of the 1,010-hectare Hi-Tech Park in Hòa Vang District, 20km west of the city.
Cash as a mode of payment has declined in the country by 2 per cent in the past six years, from 14.02 per cent in 2010 to the current 12 per cent.
The Nội Bài Airport Services Company (NASCO) will list its 8.3 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) under the code NAS, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.
Long-term Government bonds will remain the focus of the finance ministry in the future to help the government extend the loan due dates and reduce pressure on paying its debts.
With only a few days left for Tết (Lunar New Year), artisans in craft villages are scrambling to make products like sticky rice cakes and other traditional cakes, jams, dried shrimp and others to supply to the market.
Shares declined for a second day yesterday on the two national stock exchanges as traders stayed away to avoid losses before the market enters the seven-day Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.
