The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) estimated local GDP growth for this year at between 2.6 percent and 2.8 percent at a workshop in Hanoi, lower than the 3.8 percent it forecast in July.
Vietnam will create optimal conditions for Samsung Electronics to invest in high technology projects, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on October 20
The online ITU Digital World 2020, themed “Building the digital world. Together”, will take place from October 20 to 22, the Ministry of Information and Communications said on October 19.
Vietnam and the United Kingdom are speeding up negotiations on a new-generation free trade agreement between the two sides, which is expected to be completed at the end of this year.
The HCM City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) plans to complete the installation of electronic meters connected to a remote data collection system for all customers in the city next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the programme “Connecting millions of hearts” in Hanoi on October 10 to launch a charity movement on the iNhandao platform and debut digital platforms in education, health care and culture.
The Singaporean Embassy in Hanoi has informed the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department about Singapore’s decision to open its borders to Vietnamese visitors as from October 8, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.
Financial education has helped poor households and policy beneficiaries access and use financial products and services, thus promoting comprehensive finance, attendees heard at a conference held in Hanoi on September 29.
Bluetronics – Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG)’s household electronic appliance chain in Cambodia, similar to the Dien may Xanh chain in Vietnam – will celebrate its 20th store by the end of September to then start gunning for 50 stores before the year is out.
Vietnam recorded 361.5 billion USD in foreign trade by mid-September this year with trade surplus hitting a record high of 14.5 billion USD, 1 billion USD higher than the eight-month figure.
Compared to preceding generations, millennials are influential in the emergence of new technologies, new experiences and new travel styles, according to a report from research and consulting firm Outbox Consulting, which specialises in tourism and hospitality in Vietnam.
According to the General Statistics Office, for the first 8 months of the year, the industrial production index of the whole country increased by 2.2% over the same period last year, much lower than the 9.5% increase of the same period last year.
Real estate companies have said that they will push marketing channels on social media and e-commerce floors instead of calling or sending text messages as a Government decree to tackle spam comes into effect next month.
There have been signs of reduction in the habit of using cash among people, but the switching to cashless paymentsremains slow, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
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