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This year, the Ministry of of Science and Technology (MoST) will focus on building national sci-tech development plans for the next five years to promote socioeconomic development in the new era.
Prudence important in assessing COVID-19 implications
Tran Ngoc Tho, member of the National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies, digs into the implications of coronavirus.
Hanoi to enhance nighttime businesses at some favorable locations
Hanoi is interested in nighttime economy development and has allowed restaurants and bars located at some prime streets to remain open until 2 am.
Fed policy change on the table but data dependent: Mester
A change in interest rates will be on the table at every meeting of
the Federal Reserve, but the timing of any move will depend on how the
economy performs,
Transmission, broadcasting market open to all businesses
VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses from all economic sectors now can join the television transmission and broadcasting market, though some believe the business environment remains unfair.
Successful women meet difficulties at home
VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Van Anh, a deputy director at a company in
Ha Noi, earns an impressive monthly salary. But her husband's lack of
willingness to share the work of the household has put their marriage
"at the edge of divorce".
Hanoi tax evader jailed for 28 months
Director of the Vietnam Information and Credit Rating Company Le Dinh
Quan was sentenced to 28 months in prison at a trial in Hanoi on
December 6 for tax fraud pursuant to the Article 161, clause 3 of the
Criminal Code.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/9
Gold measures balance market; Interbank interest rates fall 1.17%; Index rise ignites industrial hope; SBV regulates debt grouping; Labour exporters rate performance
Vietnam sees 20.7 percent drop in poverty levels
According to the World Bank Poverty Assessment 2012 report based on
new standards, the poverty rate in Vietnam has fallen from 58 percent to
20.7 percent in the past twenty years.
Real estate market opens widely, but foreigners may not enter
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction’s idea of allowing
foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam may not help warm up the frozen real
estate market, because foreigners may not intend to buy houses once
they are too expensive.
Policy cracks down on online game content
VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of businesses producing and distributing
illegal video games face closure following a government decree slated to
take effect from September 1.
PM vows to realise socio-economic development plan
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has pledged that the Government will
persist in drastically implementing set objectives, tasks and measures
in an effort to fulfill the 2013 socio-economic development plan at the
highest level.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/6
Inter-bank interest rates stay low; Customs formality highly lamentable; HPT, Microsoft clinch strategic deal; Falling demand forces Vinacomin to ease coal production
Rescue the rich or the poor?
The voice of the farmers does not have a rightful
place in policies. Inequality in
giving the State's priority and support for the agricultural sector
compared with other sectors still exists, commented VietNamNet’s
readers.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/6
Vietnamese banks’ outstanding loans rise 4.75%; US$1bn target for fruit and vegetable exports within reach; Vietnam considers anti-dumping investigation into imported steel; FTA opens doors for garment industry in Vietnam
Gov't flags national crackdown on drugs
The Government has launched a crackdown on illegal drugs which will take place throughout June.
GOVERNMENT NEWS
PM welcomes senior Chinese official; Vietnam Navy buys Russian emergencies simulator; Vietnam, Japan promote defence cooperation; Deputy PM receives Czech Ambassador
BPO service providers bear unreasonable VAT
The 10 percent VAT rate imposed on the export data
digitalization service has blocked the information technology firms’ way to
develop and expand the markets.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/4
Double textile export to U.S. in sight; Firms seek diversification for tra fish exports; Rice prices fall despite successful bid for export; HCM City calls for investments into Thu Thiem
Vietnam gears up for the program to recycle garbage
Investors are willing to spend money to build modern
garbage treatment plants which would generate electricity and make compost
fertilizer. However, they need the amounts of garbage big enough to run.
