Coronavirus epidemic could cost state budget $1.8 bln: report
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:21:00
Sketching a worst case scenario, a government report says the Covid-19 epidemic could cost the state VND42.3 trillion ($1.82 billion) in lost budget revenues.
Vietnam’s first overseas tourism office opened in UK
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:19:00
The first overseas tourism office of Vietnam was officially opened in London, the UK, on February 18.
VN-Index falls for third straight session
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:17:00
The VN-Index dropped 0.73 percent to 927.93 points Tuesday, its third losing session in a row.
Made in Vietnam Energy Plan 2.0 to debut next week
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:16:00
The Vietnam Business Forum will roll out next week the second edition of the Made in Vietnam Energy Plan (MVEP 2.0), a business case for the primary use of Vietnam’s domestic resources to stimulate investment in clean, secure and affordable energy generation.
Vietnam IT recruiting firm raises million dollars from South Korean investor
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:14:00
IT recruitment firm TopDev has secured a million-dollar investment from South Korea’s leading recruitment company Saramin HR.
HCM City aims to improve production of major industries
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:12:00
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has asked agencies to improve production of major industries and diversify tourism products, as well as speed up the capital disbursement rate of public investment projects in the city.
ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat opens
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:10:00
The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat got underway in Ha Noi from February 18-20, with a host of the major defence-military activities of the regional bloc, hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence as Vietnam is serving as the ASEAN Chair for 2020.
BIDV offers assistance to individual customers amidst coronavirus outbreak
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:08:00
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced a credit package worth 5 trillion VND (215 million USD) for its individual customers hurt by the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Coronavirus fear delays Hue Festival
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:07:00
Culturally extravagant Hue Festival, scheduled for April, will be delayed as organizers fear Covid-19 may keep people away.
Smorgasbord of opportunities from freshly approved EVFTA
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:05:00
With ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, the floodgates are expected to open for a new wave of European investment into the Vietnamese market, especially in services, ICT, finance, transport, and distribution.
Conservationists urge Vietnam to stamp out wildlife trade amid epidemic
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:43:00
Fourteen wildlife non-profits have jointly called on Vietnam to scrap wildlife markets to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks, citing other global epidemics linked to wild animals.
Netherlands ready to capitalise on new ties of trade
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:41:00
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the Investment Protection Agreement are expected to create big opportunities for Vietnamese and EU businesses.
Vietnam hospital discharges two more Vinh Phuc coronavirus patients
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:39:00
Two women infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in Vinh Phuc Province left the medical center in Binh Xuyen District Tuesday afternoon.
Development chances for sugar sector still ahead: PM
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:37:00
Development chances for the sugar industry are still ahead if it can re-organise itself more effectively, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting seeking ways to tackle difficulties facing the sector on February 18.
Artists breathe life into discarded Red River trash
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:30:00
A group of Vietnamese, Spanish and Australian artists have injected vitality into a Red River community with recycled creations depicting different facets of Vietnamese culture.
Japan’s friendship association learns about investment climate in Ha Nam
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:28:00
A delegation of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association of Miyagi prefecture learned investment climate in northern Ha Nam province at a working session with representatives of the provincial People’s Committee on February 18
Quang Ninh streamlines steps to welcome cruise ships amidst coronavirus fears
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:26:00
Quang Ninh authorities say they are preparing detailed procedures to receive cruise passengers from areas free of the novel coronavirus.
Financial support still pie in the sky for supporting firms
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:07:00
Nine years after the issuance of a Government decision that set out preferential credit policies to provide more financial support for Vietnamese firms in the supporting industry, few have been able to make use of said policies, industry insiders have said
