Khanh Hoa province seeks tourism partners in Thailand

The south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa introduced its tourism potential to potential partners in Thailand at a conference held in the Thai capital Bangkok on April 26.
Khanh Hoa province seeks tourism partners in Thailand ảnh 1At the conference in Bangkok on April 26 (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – The south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa introduced itstourism potential to potential partners in Thailand at a conference held in theThai capital Bangkok on April 26.

Atthe conference, Vietnamese Ambassador-designate to Thailand Pham Viet Hung saidthere is great potential of tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand,citing statistics that nearly half a million Thai tourists visited Vietnam and900,000 Vietnamese travelled to Thailand last year.

Heheld that the signing of MoUs on tourism linkages at the conference will helppromote cooperation between the two countries in the field.

ViceChairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Pairat Burapachaisri took note of Khanh Hoa’s advantages, particularly its NhaTrang city, a popular beach destination for foreign holidaymakers.

SaranyaSakontanarak from the Thailand-Vietnam Business Council also said Khanh Hoa ishome to many quality tourism destinations, meeting the needs of varioussegments of tourists. She urged Thai businesses to explore investmentopportunities in the Vietnamese province.

Onthe occasion, the Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa tourism association signed an MoU oncooperation with the Thai Tourism Association./.
VNA

See more

The Vietnamese section of the Monsoon – Thanh My 500kV transmission line project (Photo: VNA)

500kV transmission line from Laos energised

The Monsoon – Thanh My 500kV transmission line project is designed to import electricity from Laos’ Monsoon wind power plant to Vietnam, adding 600 MW to the national power grid during the 2024–2025 period.​

The entrance gate to Hanoi’s Ciputra Urban Area, where banks are selling apartments and villas. (Photo: cafef.vn)

Banks selling mortgaged assets to recover bad debts

The Viet Dragon Securities Company (VDSC) said that bad debts might continue to increase slightly this year, after a circular allowing banks to reschedule debt repayment periods and maintain the debt group for certain sectors expired at the end of 2024.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Bui Van Nghi (th fourth from the fright) in the meeting with Governor of Brazil's Espirito Santo state Renato Casagrande. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam seeks to set up cooperation with Brazilian locality

In his meeting with Governor of Brazil's Espirito Santo Renato Casagrande, Ambassador to Argentina Bui Van Nghi Bui Van Nghi valued the potential for cooperation between the two sides, particularly in priority areas such as tourism, information technology, hi-tech agriculture, and seaport.

Remittances to Vietnam in 2024 are estimated at about 16 billion USD, maintaining the record-high levels seen in 2023. (Photo: VNA)

Remittances surge as Tet approaches

According to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch, 9.6 billion USD, or 60% of the total remittances, flew through financial institutions, representing a 140 million USD increase from the previous year.

Bank lending in HCM City achieves high growth last year. (Photo courtesy of ABBANK)

Banks' credit up 11.3% in HCM City in 2024

Total outstanding loans of credit institutions in Ho Chi Minh City as of the end of last year were worth over 3.9 quadrillion VND (153.3 billion USD), a 11.3% increase for the year, according to the central bank.

Ho Chi Minh City received nearly 493 million USD in remittances in the first 20 days of this year. (Photo: https://doanhnhansaigon.vn)

Remittances to HCM City surge ahead of Tet

Ho Chi Minh City received nearly 493 million USD in remittances in the first 20 days of this year, according to Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam's HCM City branch.

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)

Retail petrol prices down in latest adjustment

The price of E5RON92 bio-fuel was priced at 20,592 VND (0.82 USD) per litre, representing a 158 VND decrease from the previous baseline, while RON95-III decreased to 21,142 VND per litre, down 78 VND.

Inside the ABB factory in Vietnam (Photo: baodautu.vn)

European investment flows gain momentum in Vietnam

European investments are expected to pick up in Vietnam following Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s engagement with Czech and Polish enterprises as part of his trip to Europe to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.