A bank employee handles cash. The scale of the corporate bond market is currently 15.9 per cent of GDP. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Regulations introduced in the draft Decree 153 on bond issuance may impede the growth of businesses, reducing their competitiveness compared to foreign rivals. …
Read More »Viettel still Việt Nam’s fastest mobile provider in Q4
People test 5G services around Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hà Nội in a 5G trial event launched by Viettel in 2020. Viettel once again claimed the top spot as Việt Nam’s fastest mobile provider during the last quarter of 2021. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Viettel once …
Read More »Samsung Việt Nam’s 2021 revenue exceeds US$74.2 billion
A mobile phone assembly line at Samsung Việt Nam’s factory. The company’s export value hit $65.5 billion, up 16 per cent on year. — Photo courtesy of the firm HÀ NỘI — Despite difficulties due to COVID-19, Samsung Việt Nam earned US$74.2 billion in revenue last year, up 14 per cent annually. …
Read More »Vietnamese enterprises have the conditions to develop world-class AI
Vinfast’s car assembly plant in Hải Phòng. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Cao Ly Ly HÀ NỘI — Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has advanced at lightning speed over the past decade and has become the hot topic of many domestic and international seminars. But the question remains; how to boost the development of …
Read More »Việt Nam set for tour guide shortage
Some tour guides have moved their tours online. VnExpress News Photo Vân Nguyễn HÀ NỘI — Over 15,500 licensed tour guides have been put out of work for more than two years due to the pandemic and many of them have decided to leave the tourism sector permanently to earn a …
Read More »Hà Nội goods consumption to increase for Tết
Hà Nội has prepared enough goods for consumption in Tết this year. Photo chinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Demand for goods for Tết in Hà Nội is forecast to increase by 3 – 20 per cent depending on products, according to the Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade. In a month, Hà …
Read More »Airlines, tourism firms cooperate to offer attractive products
Visitors watch a bird show at Vinpearl Safari in Phú Quốc island on November 21, 2011. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hồng Đạt HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese tourism companies have cooperated with airlines to offer attractive tour packages to meet the increasing travel demand for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) …
Read More »Thien Long named among Vietnam’s 50 best-performing companies
Thien Long Group, one of Asia’s leading stationery companies, was ranked among “Vietnam’s 50 Best-performing Companies 2021″ by Nhip Cau Dau Tu Magazine in the unprecedented context of the Covid-19 pandemic. By 2021, Thien Long Group has made this list eight consecutive times. Vietnam’s 50 Best-performing Companies (TOP50) is an …
Read More »Coca-Cola invests in $136-million factory in Long An
An outdoor advertisement panel of Coca-Cola on a street in HCM City. The company has received an investment licence to build a $136 million soft drink plant project in the southern province of Long An. — Photo dantri.com.vn LONG AN — The Long An Economic Zone management board has granted an investment licence …
Read More »Market settles higher as sentiment boosts bank stocks
A member of staff and a customer at a Vietcombank branch. — Photo nld.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Benchmark indices finished higher on Friday as investors’ confidence in bank stocks improved. On the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the VN-Index inched up 7.59 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 1,472.89 points. The …
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