Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) is the first bank in Vietnam to allow cash withdrawals using a QR Code at both its ATMs and Livebank service without needing a card.

The world’s leading credit rating firms have ranked Vietnamese commercial banks at higher positions this year, reflecting the success of monetary policy and efforts made by commercial banks.

 Vietnam’s national football team had a gentle training session in Vientiane on November 5 afternoon to prepare for the upcoming match against Laos within the framework of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

 The majority of National Assembly deputies agreed with the need to continue the pilot issuance of e-visas for foreigners entering Vietnam, on the sidelines of the ongoing sixth session of the 14th legislature in Hanoi on November 5. 

 Artworks from a photo book on pagodas in Vietnam by French photographer and journalist Nicolas Cornet will be exhibited at L’Espace in downtown Hanoi from November 9 to December 31.

 A Vietnam trade promotion office, the second of its kind in China, was inaugurated in Hangzhou city in the eastern province of Zhejiang on November 5. 

 A heavy engineering equipment operator course within the framework of the triangular partnership project for rapid deployment of enabling capabilities opened in the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department on November 5.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on November 5 evening, concluding their trip to attend the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

 The draft Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on Higher Education and the Law on People’s Public Security Forces will be discussed at the ongoing sixth session of 14th National Assembly (NA) on November 6.

 A majority of employers will increase their recruitment demand in next year, according to the latest report of VietnamWorks, the online recruitment website operated by Navigos Group.

 The number of Vietnamese people sent to work overseas amounted up to 102,100 between January and September, representing 92.6 percent of the yearly target.

 Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich held talks with his New Zealand counterpart Ron Mark in Wellington on November 5 following an official welcome ceremony with traditional Maori rituals for the former.

 Vietnamese handicrafts, herbal tea and dried fruit are on display at the ongoing Grenoble International Fair in France’s Isere province.

As policies change, businesspeople investing money in border EZs (economic zones) have suffered heavily. Many of them have fled the EZs though they had injected hundreds of billion of dong into projects.

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The high growth rate of software outsourcing and the lack of a labor force in the industry have triggered a vigorous human resources competition among software firms.

The Prime Minister has approved a plan on conserving geological heritage, and developing and managing the network of geological parks in Vietnam, under which 25-30 geological parks would be recognized nationally or globally by 2030. 

High prices of materials for ethanol production and relevant materials plus the high tariff levied on imported ethanol have significantly eroded E5 gasoline’s advantages.

 A range of new regulations shall come into effect in November.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc partook in the opening ceremony of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2018 in Shanghai on November 5.