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Generation Z key consumers: Nielsen

 It is clear that Generation Z, born between 1998 and 2010, has a significant impact on the consumer market, a recent report released by global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen said.

Grab to operate as traditional taxi

 Ride hailing firms like Grab may soon have to display electronic lights on their cars showing the word ‘TAXI’, if the Government approves a proposal from the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

Real estate transactions to increase in Q4

 The domestic real estate market in the fourth quarter of this year is forecast to see the strongest increase in transactions in the year, higher than the transaction volume in the same period of 2017.

Super committee has second deputy chairman

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has appointed Ho Sy Hung deputy chairman of Viet Nam’s Committee for State Capital Management.

Vietnam to open electricity wholesale market next year

 The competitive electricity wholesale market will be fully operational starting in 2019 following a successful year-long pilot period.

Talentnet – Mercer’s annual survey out, technology among sectors with highest pay rise

 The technology, life sciences and chemical industries have seen the highest salary increases this year, according to Talentnet – Mercer’s annual survey.

Scaffolding collapse blocks traffic at Sai Gon River Tunnel

 A scaffolding collapse has blocked traffic at Sai Gon River Tunnel on Monday morning.

Bank system’s credit growth target unlikely to be reached

 According to the General Statistics Office, as of September 20 the banking sector’s credit growth was 9.52 per cent, much lower than the 11.02 per cent rate recorded a year earlier.

VOV to broadcast AFF Suzuki Cup matches

 Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) has signed a deal with Next Media and Green Communications to broadcast all matches of the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 live.

Vietnamese use internet, but don’t want to make online payments

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has a high percentage of internet and social network users, but the proportion of people making payments via internet remains very modest.

Bankers to divest shares to clear cross-ownership status

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of commercial banks are rushing to divest shares to withdraw capital they contributed to other banks many years ago.

Two kilo of explosives found at ATMs near apartment building

 Police and soldiers in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Saturday deactivated about 2kg of explosives that were hidden at two ATMs near a nine-story apartment building in Yen Thanh Ward, Uong Bí City.

Labour productivity critical for Vietnam’s GDP growth

 Improving labour productivity is now critical to boost the country’s GDP and helps Vietnam to become an industrialised and upper-middle income nation in the near future.

Vietnam ranks 3rd in natural rubber export

 With rapid growth in both planting area and production, Vietnam has become the world’s third largest natural rubber exporter, accounting for about 8.1 percent of the world’s total rubber production.

Vietnamese rice needs to raise its value

 Vietnam has exported its rice to 150 countries and territories but yet built a trademark for the grain. 

Quang Tri’s border guards bust two drug trafficking cases

 The border guard force of the central province of Quang Tri, in cooperation with local authorized units, arrested two major drug smuggling cases on October 13.

Bank system’s credit growth target unlikely to be reached

 According to the General Statistics Office, as of September 20, the banking sector’s credit growth was 9.52 percent, much lower than the 11.02 percent rate recorded a year earlier.

Over 102,000 Vietnamese sent to work abroad in nine months

 Vietnam sent more than 102,000 labourers to work abroad in the first nine months of this year, according to the Vietnam Labour Export Association.

RENEW project handles 590 explosive devices in Quang Tri

 A team of the “Restoring the Environment and Neutralising the Effects of the War” (RENEW) project said it safely moved 590 explosive devices from a construction site in the central province of Quang Tri.

Digital Race for university students launched

 The FPT Corporation and Vietnam Television (VTV) has kicked off the 2018-2019 Digital Race for all students at universities across the country and some schools in Asia.