The two Prime Ministers come to attend the Việt Nam-Hungary Business Forum. VNA/VNS Photos Dương Giang BUDAPEST – Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán attended a Việt Nam-Hungary business forum in Budapest on January 19 (local time). The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry …
Read More »Deposit interest rates continue to drop
Over 20 banks have cut their deposit interest rates, with rates for 1-month deposits now as low as 1.7% per year. On January 17, a VnExpress survey of 34 lenders revealed that three key state-owned banks in Vietnam -VietinBank, BIDV, and Agribank – implemented rate cuts for deposits with terms …
Read More »VN-Index closes the week on a positive note
BIDV’s building in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội. The lender’s shares soared nearly 5 per cent on Friday, leading the market’s bullish trend. — Photo courtesy of the bank HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese stock market was mixed on Friday, with the VN-Index increasing to the four-month high thanks to banking …
Read More »Dung Quất refinery processes 100 million tonnes of crude oil after 15 years
The Dung Quất Oil Refinery Plant in the central province of Quảng Ngãi. — VNA/VNS Photo QUẢNG NGÃI – The Dung Quat Oil Refinery Plant in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, operated by the Bình Sơn Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR), processed more than 100 million tonnes of crude …
Read More »Korean, Singaporean businesses seek investment opportunities in Cần Thơ
Representatives of Cần Thơ city and SK Group at the meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo CẦN THƠ – Secretary of the Cần Thơ municipal Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Hiếu on January 18 met with representatives from the Republic of Korea’s SK Energy Co., Ltd. and Singapore’s Vietnam Draco Environment Co., Ltd. who are seeking …
Read More »My IT friends refuse to work for the ‘low’ pay of $1,630 a month
My IT engineer friends turned down several job offers with monthly salaries of VND40 million (US$1,630), complaining that the pay was too low for them. “Many of my IT engineer friends, who were earning monthly salaries of VND50 million, lost their jobs after their companies dissolved. They then applied for …
Read More »Việt Nam trade office in Netherlands warns of online trading fraud
Information related to online fraud and a list of counterfeit websites compiled by the port authority of Rotterdam (continuously updated) can be accessed at https://ferm-rotterdam.nl/en/blacklist/ (Photo: Screenshots) HÀ NỘI – The Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands has warned of online fraud cases, particularly related to petroleum products, amidst the high demand for this category of goods. …
Read More »EVN kicks off 500kV circuit-3 transmission line sections
The groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday. HÀ NỘI — Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and its National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) on Thursday simultaneously began the construction of various 500kV circuit-3 transmission lines in the provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An, Thanh Hóa and Thái Bình. They include the Quảng Trạch – Quỳnh …
Read More »CBC Tech and Cirion Technologies forge Strategic Partnership to expand Global Presence
MIAMI, FL, USA and BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 January 2024 – CBC Tech, a next-gen Network as a Service Provider in Asia Pacific, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cirion Technologies, a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider in Latin America. This collaboration aims to …
Read More »THAT Forges New Digital Direction with High Performance PLL ICs
New 7200 IC family “cleans your (audio) clock”, delivering 25ps baseband jitter to coax maximum performance from latest-generation audio ADCs and DACs MILFORD, MASS., USA – News Direct – 19 January 2024 – THAT Corporation today announced its first foray into digital Integrated Circuits (ICs) with three state-of-the-art audio clocking …
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