Draft Law on Investment adds incentive sectors

Numerous sectors were added to receive incentives under the Draft Law on Investment to ensure it matches the new FDI strategy.

KOVA Prize for outstanding social work, research awarded

The 17th annual KOVA Prize honoured a medical research project, five individuals for their social service and more than 100 students for scientific research and outstanding academic results at a ceremony in HCM City on Saturday.

MWG predicts Bach Hoa Xanh may break even only next year

Mobile World Group (MWG) at a meeting with investors last week said Bach Hoa Xanh might break even later than expected.

Vietnamese food: Red noodle crab soup

This noodle soup is filled with the great taste of crabs and it's a super winter warmer! Comfort food at its finest. You'll want to get your claws into it ASAP.
 

 

Fintech to drive digital payments: Visa

Fintech companies could hold the key to driving last-mile adoption of digital payments and unlocking vast cash displacement opportunity in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, according to Visa, a world leader in digital payments.

Europe steps up security presence in East Sea

Growing economic interest in the East Sea has led the European Union and its member states to pay more attention to the region, according to an Italian expert. 

 

NA adopts plan on socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas

The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Resolution on the master plan of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and disadvantaged regions in the country with near 90 per cent approval.

PM takes tough stance on restructuring of agro-forestry companies

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the need to fine-tune laws and policies, effectively manage land, forests and human resources and focus on job creation to ensure the livelihoods of local residents,

Russian enterprises set sights on healthcare and high tech in Vietnam

Vietnam and Russia are expanding bilateral co-operation to new sectors with an emphasis on healthcare and high tech, in addition to energy.

Australia fires: Sydney blanketed by smoke from NSW bushfires

Bushfires raging to the north of the city are creating a dense haze and "hazardous" air quality.

Heineken sells 5.2 million Sabeco's stocks

Heineken is no longer Sabeco’s (code: SAB) large shareholder as it has just sold 5.2 million SAB stocks worth VND1.219 trillion ($53 million).

Hanoi street ban for Vietnam-Thailand World Cup qualifier

Hanoi Police Department have announced a vehicle ban on many local streets for Vietnam-Thailand football match in the second round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers.

 

Theme and priorities of Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship unveiled

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung unveiled the official theme and top priorities of Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship at a press conference on Monday.

UPCoM offers opportunities for market players

Although the Unlisted Public Company Market attracts less attention from investors than the HCM and Ha Noi stock exchanges, the market still offers potential opportunities for market players who thoroughly understand it.

 

PGBank, HDBank merger could finish in June 2020

PGBank was previously planned to partner with Vietinbank, but the deal fell through in late April 2018.

ACV signs deal with Incheon Airport

The Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will co-operate with Incheon International Airport to promote a network of air routes between Viet Nam and South Korea.

 

Why some people are impossibly talented

Polymaths excel in multiple fields. But what makes a polymath – and can their cross-discipline expertise help tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges?

Vietnam places No 92 in FIFA November ranking

Vietnam have jumped two steps to No 92 in FIFA's November world ranking.

Foreign investors allowed 34 percent holding at Vietnamese airlines

The limit for foreign investors’ ownership in Vietnamese air transport businesses will be increased to 34 per cent from the current 30 per cent, according to a prime minister’s decree signed last week.

Rong May Glass Bridge tourism site opens in Lai Chau

The Sun Gate Group has inaugurated the first stage of Rong May Glass Bridge ecological tourism site, as part of Thac Trang (White Falls) tourism project, in Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province.

Long journey of Vietnamese fruits to Australia

Longan has become the fourth kind of Vietnamese fruit to be exported to Australia after litchi, mango and dragon fruit. However, experts say there is still a lot of work needed for Vietnam to secure a firm foothold in the market.

Vietnam ready to assume ASEAN chairmanship for 2020: diplomat

Vietnam is ready to take over the ASEAN Chairmanship for 2020 with the highest sense of responsibility, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, reiterating Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s statement.

The different fates of Vietnamese mobile phone brands

While Mobiistar products have disappeared from large distribution chains, Vsmart Live have been selling like hot cakes, though both are Vietnamese brands.

VN vocational schools should be restructured: official

Le Quan, Vice Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs talks to Vietnamnet online newspaper on his ministry’s efforts to raise job training quality.

Strict rules for construction projects in mountainous regions

Bui Van Duong, deputy director general of the Department of Construction, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about serious encroachments made by some construction projects at historic sites and parks in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.