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Myanmar's President U Win Myint on May 28 nominated Soe Win, a well-known financial expert, as a new minister of finance and planning to replace Kyaw Win who resigned last week.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh left Hanoi on April 22 evening for Australia to attend the 28th Global Summit of Women (GSW) in Sydney, New South Wales state, from April 23-28.

Vietnam’s labour productivity is very low compared with growth need, thus raising productivity is the key to economic growth, experts said at a conference on April 13.

About 25 percent of CEOs or board directors in Vietnam are women, surpassing the figures for Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has described Vietnam as a promising market for Deloitte Global while meeting with its Chairman David Cruiskshank in Hanoi on November 13.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked for Deloitte Global’s technical support in completing a legal framework for independent audit in Vietnam while receiving Deloitte Global Chairman David Cruickshank in Hanoi on November 13.

The retail sector faces a high rate of employee turnover, hampering firms’ long-term development, argues a recent report by Navigos Group, the country’s leading human resources recruiter.

Empowering women by giving them control over their finances is not just smart economics but also key to ending poverty.

A seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 to seek ways to further boost trade between Vietnam and China, including between HCM City and Shandong province, which are said to have great potential for stronger cooperation.

Vietnam has the highest percentage of women leadership in Asia, according to the report “Women in the boardroom: A global perspective” of the Deloitte Global.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has decided to make its initial public offering (IPO) this August, the electricity producer announced.

Sixty-one foreign-invested enterprises, along with 100 local firms, received the Golden Dragon Award and Vietnamese Excellent Brands on April 8 in Hanoi.

The 10th Vietnam Annual Report Awards were announced in HCM City on February 23 with the focus this year on listed companies following international reporting norms.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has not yet decided to adjust power tariffs this year and has been calculating basic prices, the ministry announced at an electricity production cost conference in Hanoi on January 20.

To create a fair business environment to promote the development of the private sector, experts said restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) must be hastened.

Vietnamese students left an unforgettable impression during a business strategy competition held at Queen Mary University in London on November 18.

Vietnam’s low ranking in corporate governance could scare off investors in the stock market, says Phan Duc Hieu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management.

A rapidly growing economy needs a strong business force, along with a favourable environment for the operation of enterprises.

Plans of increasing the percentage of foreign ownership will continue gripping the attention of investors when companies propose them in their annual general shareholder meetings (AGM).

Around 80 percent of surveyed local enterprises planned to expand their production and business in 2016 due to prospects of international integration.