Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has set a target of bringing a million workers back to work by the end of 2021.

Sacombank has won two awards, the ‘Vietnam Domestic Trade Finance Bank of the Year’ and ‘Vietnam Domestic Technology and Operations Bank of the Year,’ from The Asian Banking and Finance magazine.

Shares fell slightly on Wednesday but liquidity dropped to the lowest in September, showing increasing investor caution about the market outlook.

Việt Nam witnessed a steep decline in gross domestic products (GDP) of 6.17 per cent in the third quarter of this year, the General Statistics Office said on Wednesday.

Member enterprises of the Sakai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) doing business in Việt Nam have made good evaluations about the country and expressed their wish to expand investment there, SCCI Chairman Kazumasa Kuzumura has said.

Microsoft capabilities will empower VIB to architect a multi-cloud ecosystem using Microsoft Azure as the primary cloud for VIB applications, while ensuring the same applications can move or run across a secondary cloud if necessary, VIB said in a statement. 

With a score of 64.02 points, the northern province of Thái Bình has improved the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) ranking by jumping to 25th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide last year from 36th  in 2006.

The acceleration of investment in transport infrastructure is the main driving force fueling real estate stocks as many businesses with large land plots located in areas near key infrastructure projects will benefit from this process.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Trần Duy Đông, Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Working Group, talks to the Government Portal about the operation plan of the Prime Minister's Working Group, which was recently set up to report to and advise the Government on removing obstacles for investment projects.

Although the most recent draft of the National Power Development Plan actually increased the volume of coal-fired projects in Việt Nam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said it won't consider developing any new coal-fired plants, to save the environment.

Shares settled higher on Tuesday, as investors’ risk appetite returned while foreign investment flew back to the market. 

Foreign investors’ new capital registered in Việt Nam reached US$22.15 billion in the first nine months of this year, marking an increase of 4.4 per cent from the same period last year.

World Bank (WB) today said the East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery had been hampered by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, prolonging the distress for firms and households, likely slowing economic growth and increasing inequality in its October 2021 East Asia and Pacific Economic Update Briefing. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced the first review of anti-dumping measures imposed on a number of plastic products from China, Malaysia and Thailand.

Forbes Vietnam has unveiled a list of the top 25 valuable financial brands in Việt Nam, which are worth a combined US$3.95 billion, with HDBank in the top eight with a value of $162 million.

Virtue of strong adaptive capacity, timely transformation in connection with market changes and solid corporate governance in pursuance of sustainable development has helped Vicostone overcome the challenges and uncertainties created by the outbreak, according to the company. 

The Le Monde newspaper of France has recently posted an article reporting that VinFast automaker of Việt Nam’s conglomerate Vingroup has entered the high-end electric car market in Europe, as it is expected to launch two models in France and Germany by late 2022.

The Việt Nam-US trade ties have enjoyed impressive growth during 26 years since the normalisation of diplomatic ties.