The Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Security signed a record on a project to improve the management of health insurance payment in Vietnam.
The maritime sector is stepping up its administrative reform, enabling all of Vietnam’s vessels operating domestic routes to apply administrative procedures online.
The positive development of the local economy was the continued growth of the domestic property market in the first quarter of this year, according to experts.
President Truong Tan Sang and Irani President Hassan Rouhani will discuss steps to boost bilateral trade, particularly in finance and banking, and oil and gas when he visits Iran.
Non-cash payment has gradually become a trend in Vietnam as cash-used expense saw a remarkable reduction, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Payment Department.
Almost 106,000 poor households in ten provinces and cities nationwide improved sanitation and built new latrines with aid from a project by East Meets West organisation over the last three years.
Vietnam-Russia trade is likely to grow 50 percent per year when the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Europe-Asia Economic Union (EAEU) takes effect in 2018.
The Department of E-commerce under the Ministry of Industry and Trade on
June 15 introduced a system to assess the trustworthiness of e-commerce
websites in Vietnam in a bid to protect local customers from online
trade frauds.
Vietnamese e-commerce sales are expected to hit more than 4 billion USD
in 2015, thanks to growing internet users, reports the Vietnam
E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA).
OTT (over the top) has been heating not only telecom groups, but
televisions as well. Believing that OTT is an irresistible trend,
television service providers have jumped into the market, but none of
them has made profit on it. Report by Vietnam Net online newspaper.
A 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.5 billion USD) package to shore up the real
estate sector was announced in mid-May this year. Some 70 percent of the
package will be provided as loans to low-income earners who want to
purchase houses at low interest rates of about 6 percent per year.
Commercial banks are increasingly focusing on promoting the use of credit and other cards.
Under a tie-up with low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific, the Bank for
Investment and Development of Vietnam allows payments for tickets at
1,000 of its ATMs.
Vietnamese bankers are eager for the application of advanced technological solutions, particularly in network security and payment, to their services in a bid to narrow their development gap with foreign rivals and expand their operation.
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