Việt Nam News

Unitel, the brandname of Viettel in Laos was honoured with two prizes including “Innovation in Public Administration Services” and “Innovation in Consumer Products and Services” at 2020 Asia Pacific Stevie Awards.

Despite a slowdown this year, bancassurance and payment fees are expected to rise and help banks’ service revenue increase in 2021.

Shares struggled to stay positive on Friday with the large-caps experiencing strong volatility but cash flow pouring into industrial real estate stocks still spurred the market’s uptrend.

The central and local governments and other agencies have announced a number of policies and programmes to help businesses overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the many conditions they have to meet means not many have benefited from them, according to experts.

Agriculture stocks are drawing attention from investors on expectations that the companies will hike exports to overseas markets on lack of supply and new trade agreements.

Condotels have lose their attraction among investors due to tighter management restrictions, and farmstays have emerged as a new investment trend during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Construction has asked provincial and municipal people’s committees to tighten management on condotels, officetels, resort villas and shophouses while there remains a lack of regulations to ensure the development of these new property products.

The Ministry of Planning and Industry (MPI) is developing a new decree to guide State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on disclosing information, aiming to develop a national SOE database.

The Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) needs to master oil and gas exploration and exploitation at home and abroad to help ensure national energy security and be an economic leader in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has said.

Vietnamese businesses have promoted their high-quality products to Bulgarian importers and distributors at an two-day online conference which wrapped up on Friday.

The Hòa Phát Dung Quất Steel Joint Stock Company shipped the first batch of S95 ground granulated blast furnace slag to Australia on Thursday, where stern standards and stringent requirements are applied.

National electricity demand is expected to increase by 8.5 per cent a year until 2025 and 7 per cent until 2030, making Việt Nam an attractive market for foreign energy investors.

Nine Vietnamese fragrant rice varieties will enjoy tariff export quotas to Europe under the Europe-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) agreement.