Việt Nam News

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, on March 28 announced the expansion of the She’s Next Grant Programme in Việt Nam to support women entrepreneurs in capital mobilisation, business governance and development.

The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and the French Development Agency (AFD) on March 28 signed an agreement on a non-Government guaranteed loan worth 80 million euros (US$87.8 million) to implement the southern Việt Nam power distribution project invested by EVN's subsidiary - the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC).

The market opened the week on a negative note, with both benchmark indices losing more than 1 per cent, as selling pressure weighed on investors' sentiment from the beginning of the session. 

The upcoming event “Automation in the Việt Nam National Digital Transformation Program: Intelligent and Innovative” is expected to help develop the automation fields during industrialisation and modernisation

The resumption of  Đà Nẵng-Bangkok route will once again provide Vietnamese travellers with a highly convenient and cost-saving travel option, especially for those in the central region looking to discover Thailand, one of the most popular international destinations for Vietnamese tourists, Vietjet said in a statement.

Several airlines have sent appeals to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport, calling for favourable policies amid mounting fuel prices.

Petrol price is expected to go down substantially from April after the National Assembly on March 23 passed the resolution on reduction of environmental protection tax rates on petroleum products.

Industry real estate developer BW Industrial Development Joint Stock Company marked its entry into Long An with the acquisition of industrial land in the province

Many bus operators have had to adjust their schedules under the pressure of increasing petrol prices and the number of passengers is not improving.

As fruit and vegetable exports to China face difficulties, many Vietnamese enterprises have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in systems and processing plants to sell their products in Europe and the US.

The People's Committee of the northern province of Yên Bái handed over the decision approving the investment to nine investors with a total capital of more than VNĐ1.475 trillion (US$64 million) at a meeting of businesses and investors on Sunday.

The nation’s biggest city and economic hub will need to provide focused support for businesses to achieve digital transformation, experts say.

Securities companies have forecast that the stock market may continue to struggle this week and investors should adopt risk management measures.

In 2021, corporate bond yields were at their lowest level in history at just 7.86 per cent a year. The interest rate may have created a bottom and will support corporate bond yields inching up in 2022.

The Italy-Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce (CCIV) will open a representative office in HCM City in June to support Vietnamese and Italian firms seek partnerships, according to its President Fulvio Albano.

Food producer KIDO Group targets a 33 per cent jump in revenues this year to VNĐ14 trillion (US$617 million).

Mobile money (MM) has not gained much popularity in the country among mobile phone users due to several shortcomings.

The blockchain community in Việt Nam has grown strongly in the past five years. However, its application is still limited