Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên (L) and Gabonese Minister of Trade Yves Fernand Manfoumbi exchange the signed letter of intent on economic and trade cooperation at the meeting on Wednesday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam hopes Gabon will act as a bridge helping it expand trade ties …
Read More »Israel-Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce makes debut
Einat Halevi Levin, President of the Israel-Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo TEL AVIV — The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, in collaboration with the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce, inaugurated the Israel-Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce. Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral relations and trade ties have developed strongly, …
Read More »Shares drop further on profit-taking
Việt Nam Rubber Group (GVR) workers collect milk latex. The company’s shares lost 1.4 per cent yesterday. — Photo vnrubbergroup.com HÀ NỘI — Shares dropped further on Thursday, pressured by the slump of large-cap stocks that were hit strongly during the last minutes of the session by increased profit-taking. On …
Read More »Business wants HCMC to focus on logistics infrastructure
Heads of major companies have exhorted HCMC authorities to improve the city’s logistics capacity, with some signaling an interest in investing in the sector. At a conference with businesses Tuesday, city people’s committee chairman Phan Van Mai said development plans for the next decade are focused on innovations in management, …
Read More »Profit optimization with Vietnam’s first Bizhouse chains
The new Bizhouse real estate model serves the needs of living, vacationing, long-term business development, and sustainability. Bizhouse, short for “business house”, is a new type of real estate pioneered by Hung Thinh Group in MerryLand Quy Nhon. With a scale of 695 hectares and total investment capital of VND57,000 …
Read More »Masterise Homes breaks ground on The Sun Tower
The Sun Tower is a 6,000-square-meter office building with retail space at the podium of Grand Marina, Sai Gon, which spans over 25 hectares. Masterise Homes performed the ground-breaking ceremony for The Sun Tower on March 22. The event follows a successful year of the Marriott branded residence project since …
Read More »April-end holiday airfares take off
Airfares during the four-day holiday at the end of April have tripled, signaling increased demand for travel as the country reopens. A return ticket from Hanoi to the southern island of Phu Quoc costs around VND9.9 million ($432.99) on Vietnam Airlines and VND7.2 million on Bamboo Airways between April 29 …
Read More »VN-Index slips from 1,500-point threshold as selling pressure continues
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 0.27 percent to 1,498.26 points Thursday with strong selling pressure on blue chip tickers. The index mostly stayed in the red throughout the day and closed 4.08 points lower, but it still surged nearly 30 points this week thanks to two gaining sessions Monday and Tuesday. …
Read More »Việt Nam, Belarus seek ways to strengthen trade ties
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên and Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak on Tuesday co-chaired the 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in the form …
Read More »Companies seek doubling of overtime limit as severe labor shortage continues
Companies have called on the government to raise workers’ overtime limit to 400-500 hours a year rather than the 300 lawmakers decided amid a persistent labor shortage. Bach Thang Long, deputy manager of textile and garment maker Garco 10, called for the limits to be increased to 60 hours a …
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