The UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), which officially took effect on May 1, 2021, has helped not only boost the bilateral trade between the two markets but also bring the door wide open for the investment of UK companies in Việt Nam.
Việt Nam News talks to CEO of HSBC Việt Nam Tim Evans and Nitin Kapoor, Chairman and General Director of AstraZeneca Việt Nam and Asia Area Frontier Markets, about their plans for business in Việt Nam.
Concerns over the newly-issued Vietnamese passports were the main topic during questions and answers at the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee, which started on Wednesday.
The whole country now had 18,795 agricultural co-operatives, accounting for 70 per cent of the total number of co-operatives nationwide, attracting 3.2 million members.
In the face of the explosive wave of global technology, with increasingly favourable policies, rising interest of businesses, the Vietnamese blockchain market is forecast to continue to develop positively.
Liquidity improved significantly last week and has now exceeded the recent 20-week average. This marked the second week of the event, showing that investor interest is improving.
Capital account restrictions largely insulate interest rates in Việt Nam from global monetary tightening and the country’s policy rate is expected to rise 50 basis points to 4.5 per cent by end-2023, according to Fitch Ratings.
Identity theft is not a new crime in financial and banking, but insiders said there is a new twist on an old problem that banks and clients should worry about, exposing the need for heightened cybersecurity.
Shares ended the week on a negative note, putting a break on a four-day rally streak, as investors became timid when the VN-Index approached the resistance zone.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh stated that the banking sector had all the factors to be pioneering and in fact, it was at the forefront of the digital transformation process.
Lists of top public companies and those in the banking, insurance, and technology sectors in 2022 was released by the Vietnam Report JSC and VietNamNet newspaper on Wednesday.
During the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-55) which opened on the same day in Cambodia-the chair of ASEAN 2022, the officials also discussed the bloc connectivity, narrowing development gap, maritime cooperation along with such issues as climate change, food security and energy.