Asia Pacific IT conference held in Hà Nội

The University of Economics and Business (UEB) of Việt Nam National University joint the Japan society for Information and Management (JSIM) to organise the 2016 Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management in Hà Nội on from October 21 to 22.

DIV officially launches new IT system

Deposit Insurance of Vietnam (DIV) has officially operated a new information and communication system for its business process related to deposit insurance.

Gtel Mobile licensed to provide 4G in VN

Minister of Information and Communications Trương Minh Tuấn on Tuesday signed a licence allowing Gtel Mobile Joint Stock Company (Gtel Mobile) to provide 4G telecommunication service in Việt Nam.

Seminar talks using rice husk

Finding suitable technological solutions to turn rice husk into amorphous silica, a feedstock for many industries, would add huge value to the rice industry, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.

Vinafood 1 Flour mill sells 34% stake

Vinafood 1 Flour One Member Company Limited, a member of state-owned Vietnam Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1), will auction over 8.2 million shares, equivalent to a 34 per cent stake.

VN markets take second small dip

Shares sank for a second day on the two national stock exchanges on declining liquidity that showed investor caution ahead of October economic data expected to be released next week.

VN-EAEU FTA slashes import taxes

The government has issued a decree on Việt Nam’s list of preferential import tax rates for the 2016-18 period to cut more than 5,000 tariff lines to zero.

Viet Nam holds trade seminar in France

A one-day seminar to promote trade and investment activities between Việt Nam and France under the Việt Nam-European Union Free Trade Agreement was organised in Paris on Thursday.

Vietnam promotes trade, investment in Germany

Việt Nam’s trade office in Germany and the Trade Promotion Agency (TPA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) organised a trade and investment promotion forum on October 18.

VN firms urged to use e-commerce

Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, should increase the use of e-commerce to boost their exports and showcase their products to potential partners globally, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.

IPR enforcement helps business

Improving enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) would assist the process of technology transfers, develop new products and motivate the creativity of the business community, speakers said during a conference in Hà Nội.

Local firms urged to exploit EU market

Vietnamese firms must draw up long-term business strategies to exploit opportunities in the European Union (EU), as the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will come into force by 2018.

New regs issued on debt and asset trade

The Ministry of Finance has issued a directive on the financial management of the Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC), which will be enforced on November 1, 2016.

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