Hanoi (VNA) – A conference promoting investment and development cooperation in Hanoi is scheduled to take place on June 27, with the aim of popularising the capital city as a safe and attractive destination for investors. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (standing) speaks at the meeting on June 22 (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) At a meeting held...

(LSO) – The steering committee for anti-smuggling, trade frauds and counterfeits of Lang Son province (provincial Steering Committee 389) held a meeting on June 19 to review their performance in the first half of 2020. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Cong Truong, who is also head of the provincial Steering Committee 389, chaired the session. In...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) has set a pre-tax profit target of 13 trillion VND (558.8 million USD) in 2020, just 1 percent higher than the figure last year. Techcombank targets 13 trillion VND pre-tax profit in 2020 (Source: VNA) This target was approved at its annual general meeting of shareholders (AGM)...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Experts have forecast bank credit growth in the second quarter to reach 3.5-4 percent, much higher than the rate in the first quarter. Credit growth is expected to improve significantly thanks to many proactive measures taken by the Government and central bank recently to revive the economy. (Photo cafef.vn) In the first three months, the rates...

Hanoi (VNA) - Close to 150 businesspeople active in agricultural products, food processing, paper making, functional foods, logistics, and banking came together at a seminar in Hanoi on June 17 to seek opportunities from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants at the workshop (Source: enternews.vn) Legal consultants were also on hand to provide support...

Hanoi (VNA) - An auction of Government bonds on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on June 17 raised 6.414 trillion VND (276.74 million USD) for the State Treasury. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) G-bonds worth 6.5 trillion VND were issued, with five-year bonds bringing in 1.5 trillion VND, ten-year bonds 2.5 trillion VND, 15-year bonds 2 trillion VND, and those...

(LSO) - After two years of piloting the model of sending young intellectuals to agricultural cooperatives, the human resources quality in some cooperatives has been improved, thereby gradually helping cooperatives enhance their efficient performance. Removing difficulties on human resources In recent years, the human resources quality has always been one of the emerging difficulties among agricultural cooperatives. In order...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam’s cement sector is facing oversupply and firms need flexible business strategies to overcome the difficulties. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The sector was expected to see many challenges this year due to the complex changes of the COVID-19 pandemic, with real estate projects short of capital. Figures from the Ministry of Construction showed the country...

Hanoi (VNA) - A policy that may grant up to 30 percent tax exemption for small-to-medium-sized business (SMEs) to mitigate the adverse effects of COVID-19 was discussed by National Assembly deputies during a meeting in Hanoi on June 16. Workers at a wood workshop in northern Bac Ninh province. (Photo: VNA) While deputies agreed the policy was needed to...

(LSO) - At this time, many new rural infrastructure works (NRIWs) in the province urgently start to be constructed as well as accelerated. In the first months of 2020, due to unfavorable weather, heavy rain as well as the Covid-19 epidemic, the progress of implementing NRIWs in the province has been quite affected. It is soon to be the...