Firms team up to develop the first mini smart city in Việt Nam

Phenikaa-X Joint Stock Company, a member of Phenikaa University in Hà Nội, will work with Viettel Networks and Qualcomm to build a mini-smart city within the Phenikaa University campus, following a Memorandum of Understanding inked between the three sides in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

Investors warned against investment through unlicensed floors

The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) has warned investors on the risk of conducting business and investment activities on trading floors that are not organised and operated by the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) and its subsidiaries.

Banks race to increase capital at year-end

State-owned and private joint stock banks have been racing to increase charter capital in the last months of this year to boost financial strength and meet the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV)’s regulations on capital adequacy ratio.

VPBank and Phố Xanh Group enter an agreement

VPBank and Phố Xanh Group have signed a strategic partnership agreement to meet capital needs for individuals who want to access bank loans to buy real estate distributed by Phố Xanh Group.

Made-in-Vietnam solar panels escape US anti-circumvention investigation

The US Department of Commerce has recently announced it will not conduct an anti-tariff circumvention investigation against solar panels made in Việt Nam, Thailand and Malaysia at a request by a group of anonymous businesses called American Solar Manufacturers against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC).

Vietrade and Alibaba.com accelerate Vietnamese food & beverage online export

The Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) and Alibaba.com, a global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform from Alibaba Group co-hosted the “It’s my time – Việt Nam F&B online export summit” to launch the latest digital solutions for F&B companies to export their products worldwide.

Businesses wary of increasing production for Tết

With the COVID-19 pandemic remaining unpredictable, food and beverage businesses are keeping production at moderate levels and not introducing many new products for Tết (Lunar New Year) unlike other years.

Will work-from-home continue in post-pandemic Việt Nam?

For the four months of the strict social distancing, Nguyễn Bích Trâm learned how to oil paint. Like millions of other people, she is happy the situation now allows for work to return to the office, but she does admit she has gotten used to the ease of working from home. 

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