Business

  A worker checks wooden product before packaging for export in a wood processing company in Bình Dương Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese wood and furniture products are expected to grow in 2022 due to the purchasing demand of the international market along with meeting necessary factors in Free Trade Agreements …

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is seeking opinions from relevant agencies on a draft proposal to fully reopen inbound and outbound tourism from March 15 with eased restrictions. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has several times directed a full reopening of the borders to foreign tourists no later …

  The Tân Phú Celadon shopping mall in HCM City. Pandemic impacts have prompted foreign retail businesses in Việt Nam to diversify the sales channels and improve customer service. — Photo courtesy of AEON Vietnam HCM CITY — Foreign retail businesses are adopting a multi-channel sales strategy as well as improved operations …

A banker and a customer wearing face masks at an office of Sacombank. The bank hit a maximum intraday loss of 7 per cent. Photo sacombank.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Indices finished lower on Monday, extending last week’s losses as profit-taking pressure weighed on bank stocks.  The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index slipped 1.98 percent to 1,470.96 points Monday as investors divested from large-cap stocks. The index opened in the red with an 18-point loss in the morning and plunged further just before the at-the-closing session, closing 29.75 points lower, despite a slight recovery early afternoon. Trading value on …

  Workers processing durians at a CTL factory. Cold storage allows the fruits to be preserved when they are at a low price and be sold later. Photo sggp.org.vn HÀ NỘI — In contrast to the slump before Tết, Vietnamese agricultural produce is soaring in price, bringing huge profits to any firm …

  A flower shop in HCM City. Rose prices have surged in recent days, especially on Valentine’s Day due to high demand and limited supply. — Photo soha.vn HCM CITY — Rose prices in HCM City have surged in recent days, especially on Valentine’s Day (February 14) due to high …

Illustration photo. The total number of trucks waiting for export at three border gates of Hữu Nghị, Tân Thanh and Chi Ma reached 1,646 vehicle as of the morning of February 11. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — To solve the traffic congestion at the Lạng Sơn border gate, the provincial …

  The festival is hoped to offer a chance for domestic and foreign businesses to meet and explore Hải Dương’s incentives in agriculture. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HẢI DƯƠNG — The northern province of Hải Dương will organise its first-ever carrot harvest festival in Đức Chính Commune of Cẩm Giàng …

  One-time-passwords by SMS for e-payment transaction are the top priority for consumers in most Southeast Asian countries. — Photo courtesy of Kaspersky HCM CITY — More than three in five (67 per cent) users of digital banking and e-wallet apps in Southeast Asia prefer one-time-passwords by SMS for every …