Việt Nam News

To help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from the pandemic Mastercard has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite across most of its Asia Pacific websites with information and resources on how to digitalise and run businesses more efficiently.

With Tết approaching, more and more people in HCM City are shopping for furniture for home or for use at parties.

The insurance industry is forecast to continue gaining double-digit growth this year thanks to new bancassurance contracts signed late last year and the recovery of the economy.

The strategic partnership between Việt Nam and Thailand is developing strongly and comprehensively in all fields, especially economic, trade and investment co-operation.

Việt Nam's economy is likely to experience a strong bounce back in 2021 with GDP growing at 6.9 per cent in the best-case scenario in which the country must be able to secure significant FDI investment boosts coupled with a strong recovery of the global economy, according to a forecast by the Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE). 

The State Securities Commission of Việt Nam (SSC) has ordered the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) and securities firms to apply short-term, mid-term and long-term solutions for overload orders which forced the exchange to halt trading since the end of last year.

Domestic airlines will add more night flights before, during and after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday to meet increasing passenger demand.

Nestlé Vietnam has been awarded the certificate of merit by Đồng Nai Province People’s Committee for its outstanding contributions to the State budget in 2019 at a conference to review tax payment activities in 2020 and honour top taxpayers in 2019.

Shares bounced back slightly in the afternoon trade but the VN-Index still lost 5.11 per cent - the biggest daily retreat since the first quarter of 2020.

E-wallet firm Gpay, a member company of G-Group Technology Corporation, announced it had completed its Series A investment with the participation of KB Fina, a joint venture between G-Group and South Korean KB Financial Group, in Ha Noi yesterday.

Passengers can purchase tickets at its website, www.vietravelairlines.com.

The Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam Co Ltd (MMV) on Monday began recalling 9,066 units of Xpander and Outlander models to replace fuel pumps.

Vinamilk said it exported ten containers of plant-based milk to China in the early days of 2021 and five more containers of condensed milk will soon depart for the world’s largest market.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) plans to invest VNĐ8 trillion (approximately US$345,576) in Vietnam Airlines JSC (HVN). The amount is equal to 25 per cent of HVN’s charter capital.

A major supplier of Apple products has signed a deal to build a factory in Viet Nam.

Nguyễn Đức Ninh, director of the National Power Regulation Centre, has said Việt Nam will cut its renewable electricity capacity due to oversupply.

Top priority will be given to luring FDI to industrial and service projects using modern and environmentally friendly technology.

Car sales in Việt Nam in 2020 dropped 8 per cent year-on-year to 283,983 units across all segments despite a strong increase seen in the fourth quarter, the latest data released by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) showed.