Việt Nam’s rice export in the first six months of 2024 were a bright spot, with volume of 4.68 million tonnes and turnover of $2.98 billion, up 10.4 per cent in volume and 32 per cent in value over the same period last year. Vietnamese export rice to China. Việt …
Read More »Đồng Tháp focuses on enhancing its lotus industry value chain
The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp is focusing on developing its lotus industry’s value chain to be more compatible with the circular economy and green growth. The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp is focusing on developing its lotus industry’s value chain to be more compatible with the circular economy and …
Read More »Bolster institutional investors and attract foreign capital: SSC
The key priority of the State Securities Commission (SSC) in the future is to cultivate the institutional investor ecosystem, encouraging long-term foreign investment. Investors scrutinise the market’s movements. — Photo vietnamplus.vn HÀ NỘI — The key priority of the State Securities Commission (SSC) in the future is to cultivate the …
Read More »Vietnamese, Indian firms discuss co-operation in various sectors
Vietnamese and Indian businesses have great potential for cooperation in various sectors, a networking event between them heard in HCM City on July 18. Đào Minh Chánh, deputy general director of the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City, speaks at a business networking between Indian and Vietnamese businesses …
Read More »Which Asian country has the highest average salary?
The country has the highest average salary in Asia with an average salary of US$51,921 a year, according to finance and investing website Insider Monkey.
Read More »HCMC house prices surge to 10-year high
The average primary market price of townhouses, shophouses and villas in HCMC jumped 41% year-on-year to a decade-high VND480 million (US$19,150) per square meter in the second quarter. This marked a 17% increase from the first three months, real estate agency Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) said in a note. A …
Read More »Remittances to HCMC jump 20%
Inward remittances to HCMC rose by nearly 20% year-on-year in the first half of the year to US$5.2 billion. Some 56% came from Asia, where the labor market saw positive developments, Nguyen Duc Lenh, deputy director of the HCMC office of the State Bank of Vietnam, said. HCMC’s policies to …
Read More »Scoot to operate daily flights from Singapore to Malaysia’s Subang
Singapore budget carrier Scoot announced on Thursday the launch of a new service to Subang in Malaysia on Sept. 1. The new daily service using Airbus A320 aircraft is expected to provide tourists with an alternative option to travel between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, The Straits Times quoted the carrier …
Read More »Thailand’s tourism targets French market post-Olympics
With the Paris Olympic Games estimated to attract fewer visitors than expected, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) forecasts the French market to strongly pick up after the event, with 42 billion baht (US$1.17 billion) in revenue earned from this market in 2024. Soraya Homchuen, TAT director of the Paris …
Read More »My aunt battles with her mother and brothers for a share of inheritance
When my aunt demanded a share of the land her father passed down, her mother refused, as she only wanted her sons to inherit the property. My aunt is 73 years old this year. When she was young, she suffered a lot of abuse at the hands of her mother …
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