The Canadian government and businesses should place the Vietnamese market in a prioritised position in its partnership development, stated Douglas Kennedy, the Royal Bank of Canada’s Managing Director at the Center for Global Enterprises.
A wide range of outdoor and indoor furniture, handicrafts and household appliances are on display at the 2019 Vietnam Furniture and Home Furnishing Fair that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has spoken highly of Victoria state’s cooperation with Vietnamese localities, notably Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, during his working visit to Australia.
The Vietnam – Japan Policy Research Forum, themed “Engendering Japan-Vietnam Industrial Cooperation through Promoting Technology Transfer”, took place in Hanoi on November 22.
The 2019 Vietnam Furniture and Home Furnishing Fair (VIFA Home 2019) will be held in HCM City from November 28 to December 1 to promote locally made wooden furniture, home decor and handicrafts.
The atmosphere of a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) will be nudged closer to both Vietnamese and foreigners at the Tet Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from January 3-5, 2020.
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index last week ended at its 13-month high but its struggle on the last two days signalled growth had stalled and it would move sideways in the coming week.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 8 for US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and a US business delegation who are in Vietnam for an official visit.
Some 35 Israeli companies explored business and investment opportunities in Vietnam during a seminar co-held by the Vietnamese Trade Office and Israel-based accounting and consulting firm BDO in Tel Aviv on November 5.
The VN-Index is expected to enter an uptrend towards a new resistance zone after successfully penetrating the psychological resistance mark of 1,000 points, analysts said.
The Korean credit issuer Hyundai Card has struck a deal that allows it to buy half of total shares at the consumer finance firm FCCOM for nearly 42 million USD.
Most of the modern retailers from Indonesia, who are engaged in minimarkets and convenience stores, have expressed their interest in expanding business in Vietnam, according to Chairman of the Indonesian Retailers Association (Aprindo) Roy Nicholas Mandey.
The Vietnamese Party and State attach importance to the relations with the US, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh said on October 28.
UK based Workthere, a website listing platform and brokerage services, has entered the Vietnamese market to help businesses find flexible, co-working and serviced office spaces in a country where co-working has expanded rapidly.
Information on prospects for economic and investment cooperation between Vietnamese and Czech firms, and business opportunities in Vietnam offered by the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), were discussed at a workshop in Prague on October 25.
Italian enterprises in the province of Pisa in general and in Tuscany region in general were updated on Vietnam’s investment attraction and incentive policies at an event held by the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM) in Pisa city on October 25.
The European Union (EU) – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is set to have considerable impact on the future of the financial and telecom sectors of Vietnam, heard a workshop in Hanoi on October 23.
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