More than 2,000 brands are showcasing their products and services at the Vietbeauty & Cosmobeauté Vietnam beauty expo that opened in HCM City on Thursday. Vietbeauty & Cosmobeauté Vietnam is being held in HCM City from July 25 to 27. — VNS Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — More than 2,000 brands are showcasing their products and services at the Vietbeauty …
Read More »Low interest rates for home loans to boost credit growth
Preferential and special offer interest rates are expected to boost credit growth. A customer borrows at a Vietcombank’s branch in Hà Nội. Interest rates for loans to buy real estate or repair houses at many banks are quite low, at about 5-6 per cent per year. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI …
Read More »Stock market remains attractive to retail investors
Despite the remarkable surge in gold prices and the gradual increase in deposit interest rates, the stock market continues to stand out as an appealing investment channel. An investor talks on phone while watching stock movements. — Photo bnews.vn HÀ NỘI — Despite the remarkable surge in gold prices and …
Read More »Stronger ‘medicine’ needed to help businesses overcome difficulties
A survey of 30,000 enterprises, recently conducted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, revealed that 53.8 per cent of the respondents said they have been challenged by low domestic market demand. Loading cargo at the Hải Phòng Port in the northern city of Hải Phòng. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần …
Read More »Apple drops out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands
Apple, for the first time in years, fell out of the list of five top-selling smartphone brands in mainland China in the second quarter. The American brand ranked sixth with a 14% market share in mainland China, down 2 percentage points year-on-year, according to data from Singapore-headquartered market research company …
Read More »HCM City annual international travel expo in September
The 18th International Travel Expo HCM City (ITE HCMC) will be held from September 5 to 7, according to the city Department of Tourism. Visitors at the 17th International Travel Expo HCM City held in HCM City last year. —Photo courtesy of HCM City Department of Tourism HCM CITY — …
Read More »Gold ring price declines
Saigon Jewelry Company gold ring price fell 0.2% to VND76.8 million (US$3,035.87) per tael Friday morning. Gold bar price was steady at VND79.5 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces. Globally, gold was on track for a weekly loss, even as prices firmed on Friday ahead …
Read More »Realty market warms up, boosting bank credit growth
According to statistics from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s HCM City branch, real estate credit in the city has maintained a positive growth rate in the past three months. Specifically, March saw an increase of 0.96 per cent and the rise for April and May were 1.15 per cent …
Read More »Number of malware victims skyrockets: Kaspersky
Some 31,000 employees’ accounts were compromised by malware in Vietnam last year, a 31-fold jump from 2020, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. The data was contained in a report released at a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi Thursday. Head of the ministry’s information …
Read More »Flights between Asian cities and Singapore canceled due to Typhoon Gaemi
A number of flights between major Asian tourism destinations and Singapore were canceled as Typhoon Gaemi barreled through Taiwan and the Philippines before hitting southern China. Two Xiamen Airlines flights between Singapore and China’s Fuzhou City were suspended on Thursday as the typhoon made landfall in Fujian Province, bringing heavy …
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