HDBank and Vietjet have collaborated to launch Vietnam’s budget airline co-branded Platinum card with an aim to make flying and shopping more convenient and rewarding. The internationally valid credit card is power packed with benefits that include 5 percent cashback on Vietjet tickets, 0.3 percent cashback on all other retail …
Read More »Forum held on digital transformation for sustainable tourism
HÀ NỘI — The tourism sector must apply digital transformation to secure sustainable development, according to dozens of participants at a forum on the topic held in Hà Nội on May 18. Titled “Green Light for Tourism to Take Off Part 2: Digital Transformation: Diving Force for Sustainable Development”, the forum gathered …
Read More »Livestock companies profit hit by rising animal feed prices
Customers buying MEATDeli, a product of Masan MEATLife, at a Vinmart+ store. — Photo thitmatmeatdeli.com HÀ NỘI — Higher animal feed prices have eroded livestock companies’ profits in the first quarter of 2022. VNDirect Securities Corporation said that the Russia-Ukraine conflict had a negative impact on the animal feed industry as supplies …
Read More »Two additional firms permitted to export seafood to EAEU
Harvested tra fish at Cần Thơ City’s Ô Môn District. — VNA/VNS Photo Thu Hiền HÀ NỘI — Two more Vietnamese enterprises have been permitted to export seafood products to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) by Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS). They are Hùng Cá Co and Vĩnh Hoàn Joint Stock Company – …
Read More »Đà Nẵng hosts Vietbuild 2022
Up to 200 domestic and overseas businesses are joining International Vietbuild Exhibition 2022 in Đà Nẵng. — Photo cafeland.vn ĐÀ NẴNG — The International Vietbuild Exhibition 2022 is underway in the central city of Đà Nẵng with the participation of more than 200 domestic and overseas businesses. The exhibition showcases a wide range of products in construction, building materials, …
Read More »Cooking oil prices skyrocket as supply disrupted
A liter of the most affordable vegetable oil now costs VND48,000-55,000 ($2.07-2.38), 50 percent higher than at the beginning of this year and double the price two years ago. More expensive products like soybean, sunflower and rice bran oil have surged by 90 percent since 2020 to VND68,000-85,000. Hoa, a …
Read More »Thai sepak takraw team go on Hanoi tour
The Thai sepak takraw team, winners of the gold medal at the ongoing SEA Games, visited Hanoi tourist attractions Wednesday in a double-decker bus. The bus departed at 10 a.m., taking them to the Hanoi Opera House, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Tran Quoc …
Read More »Fixing loopholes to improve health of the corporate bond market
Assoc Prof and PhD Đinh Trọng Thịnh. The corporate bond market is expected to become a major source of capital for businesses in the long term, alleviating the pressure on the banking system in supplying capital to the economy. However, recent scandals involving bonds issued by property developers as …
Read More »Lowering logistics costs key to competitiveness
Developing modern logistics infrastructure and enhancing linkage to lower logistics costs would give a push to export growth. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Lowering logistics costs is key to increasing the competitiveness of Việt Nam’s export products and the whole economy. The latest figures of the Việt Nam Logistics Association revealed that …
Read More »Vietnam steel price drops in May
Steel prices in Vietnam saw a downward adjustment in May after seven straight rises from the beginning of the year. Tung Ho Steel Vietnam Corp. Ltd. has lowered its steel bar and coil prices by around 3 percent, or VND500,000 ($21.6) a ton. Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Company sold …
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