Low-cost carrier Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HOSE code VJC) was named among Vietnam’s 50 best listed companies in 2019 by Forbes Magazine during an award ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15.
The tourism industry of the Philippines grossed some 245 billion pesos (roughly 4.67 billion USD) in receipts from international visitors during the first six months of 2019, according to the country’s Department of Tourism (DOT).
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue celebrated the 30th anniversary of the province’s re-establishment at a ceremony on August 17 with the presence of Politburo member and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Investment in Singapore’s financial technology companies in the first half of 2019 has quadrupled from a year ago to 453 million USD, according to a recent report of consulting company Accenture.
Singapore’s exports in July dropped for the fifth consecutive month, although the fall was slightly less severe than forecast, data from the trade agency Enterprise Singapore showed on August 16.
Banks have been the main player in the corporate bond market so far this year, with eight of the top 10 biggest issuers being financial institutions.
The Ministry of Finance plans to eliminate import taxes on auto materials and parts in order to support the development of the country’s automobile industry.
Vietnam has always upheld the principles and goals of the United Nations Convention on the 1982 Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982) while contributing to the implementation of the convention.
About 500,000 employees of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will gain access to digital technology under a strategic cooperation agreement between Google and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, chaired the final plenary sessions of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on August 14-15 under Vietnam’s presidency of the conference from June 24-30 and from July 29 to August 18.
A contest was launched in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen on August 15, seeking initiatives, new models and products that can help to reduce plastic waste.
Up to 84.2 percent of the communes in the capital city of Hanoi have met the standards for new-style rural areas as of April this year.
Vietnam has long been persistent and consistent in safeguarding its national sovereignty in the East Sea through peaceful measures on the basis of international law to maintain peace, stability, security and cooperation at sea for the legitimate interests of all parties.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement would provide a big impetus to Vietnam's exports to the EU and be key to Vietnamese companies penetrating one of the largest and most lucrative markets in the world, experts have said.
The Southeastern and Mekong Delta regions together have contributed up to 63.7 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said on August 14.
The Polish Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 14 to present awards to winners of a writing contest on Poland which was exclusively designed for internet users.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has sped up the process of building a database and adopting IT as instructed by the municipal Party Committee.
Dengue fever killed 48 people and infected 10,757 others across Myanmar in the past seven months, said the Public Health Department under Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports on August 14.
