Ho Chi Minh City is forecast to need about 78,000 new employees for the third quarter of 2018, according to the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI).
The 2-million-USD deal between Hanoi and the US television network CNN from 2017 – 2018 has spurred international tourist arrivals to the capital city over the past year.
Many foreign giants have invested in Vietnam’s leading e-commerce platforms even as they incur big losses, as they continue to see the long-term potential of the country’s rapidly expanding online shopping sector.
Although the mobile advertisement market in Vietnam is still modest as compared to regional countries, businesses are said to splash out 200 million USD on advertisement on mobile platform in 2020, much higher than the amount of 78 million USD recorded in 2017.
Tourist arrivals to the capital city of Hanoi topped 13.19 million in the first half of this year, up 10 percent year-on-year, pushing up revenue by 9.3 percent annually to over 39.2 trillion VND (1.74 billion USD).
Many small, new businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre have grown big and started to build value chains for local products thanks to the local government’s efforts to promote entrepreneurship.
More than 240 business leaders and senior executives of multi-industry small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are gathering at a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to gain knowledge and practical training on becoming an integral part of global value chains and regional e-commerce.
Mollis organic towels of PhongPhu Corporation have received “very good response” in the market after being launched last year, a sign that premium products are becoming more popular in Vietnam.
The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) launched Vietnam’s 50 Leading IT Companies 2018 programme in Hanoi on July 3.
Maximising the shopping experience with the help of digital in-store solutions is key for future success in the consumer goods sector, delegates said at a seminar held in HCM City on June 27.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is inviting hospitality enterprises involved in travel, hotel, transportation, catering and entertainment to join a programme to promote Vietnamese tourism in North America starting this September.
Vietnam is the holy grail for global beer companies, with the market continuing to grow while many others have flatlined, but the competition is fierce.
The association of Vietnamese people working in finance in France (VnFinance) has recently held an international workshop, attracting a large number of Vietnamese and French experts who are interested in finance and banking.
Vietnam wants to promote social forestry among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to create favourable conditions for the involvement of private and non-governmental organisations, community and people in forestry activities, said a local official.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were presented with the best marketing campaign award at the closing session of the eighth Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asian-Pacific Cities (TPO) Forum on June 22.
The capital city of Hanoi is considered the epicentre of Vietnam’s rich, diverse and distinct cuisine.
Vietnam’s renowned destinations, excellent tourism products and policies will be nudged closer to European friends under a programme held by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism in collaboration with relevant parties from June 18-29.
The numbers of visitors from China, the largest market for Vietnam’s tourism sector, and the Republic of Korea, the second-largest, have increased dramatically in the past few years.
