Việt Nam News

Personal bank deposits has decreased consecutively for the past two months as depositors have withdrawn their savings to pour into more attractive investment channels amid declining deposit interest rates.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đỗ Thắng Hải had an online meeting with Panamanian Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Juan Carlos Sosa on November 24 to discuss ways for bolstering bilateral trade and investment.

Despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-way trade turnover between Việt Nam and the European Union (EU) in the first ten months continued to grow by nearly 20 per cent compared to the same period last year.

The HCM City Business Association held a conference to nominate the year’s ‘typical products and services’ of the city and finalise plans for an exhibition of Vietnamese goods on November 23.

Viet Capital Securities Joint Stock Company said it has successfully signed a deal for a syndicated loan worth US$100 million with a greenshoe option to extend it to $150 million.

Japan considers Việt Nam to be a leading partner in Asia and in the world, the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hagiuda Koichi said on Thursday.

Sacombank has received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard version 3.2.1  Level 1 certification, the highest level, from the US’s ControlCase.

Shares extended gains for a third consecutive session on Thursday with the VN-Index hitting a record high, propped up by a slew of banking, securities and real estate stocks.

CME Solar Investments (CMES), one of the country’s leading renewable energy developers and responsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility) on Wednesday signed an agreement to received debt financing from the leading impact investment fund - responsAbility.

Bayer has won gold, silver and bronze awards in the most engaging mobile creative and video advertising categories for its ‘Battle of PO’ film a unique stop-motion claymation that seeks to promote gut health among Vietnamese, at the MMA SMARTIES Awards 2021.

The Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) Programme is an AU$ 33.7 million (US$22.5 million) Australian Government funded initiative that promotes gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, with a focus on the ethnically diverse provinces of Sơn La and Lào Cai in Việt Nam’s north-west. The programme has spared no efforts in helping local enterprises overcome the obstacles caused by the pandemic to maintain operations. Lê Hương chats with Phil Harman, the programme’s team leader, on the efforts.

Việt Nam and Russia have vowed to boost agricultural and aquatic trade ties during a webinar to study the Russian market and increase the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the country.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has begun a programme called ‘Mobile price-stabilisation sales points’ at export processing zones and industrial parks to ensure workers there can buy safe foods at fair prices.

The Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Challenge 2021 (AAC 2021) successfully organised a Demo Day on Tuesday for the five most outstanding start-ups participating in the challenge.

A green data centre in Đà Nẵng's Hi-Tech Park worth US$100 million has been agreed to thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Trung Nam Group and Singapore’s Infracrowd Capital. 

Shares advanced on Wednesday, led by gains in banking stocks and market witnessed record high liquidity.

Faced with the complicated developments of the COVID-19 outbreak in recent times, banks in HCM City and elsewhere in the country are strictly complying with social distancing regulations while also ensuring their systems operate smoothly and efficiently and fully meet the needs of individual and corporate customers.

The AEON 1% Club Foundation, a member of Japanese retail and financial services corporation AEON, granted 60 scholarships to Vietnamese university students at an online ceremony on Wednesday.