The Hanoitimes – The stable outlook for Vietnam`s banking system reflects the country`s robust economic performance, which will support asset quality and profitability. Vietnam’s banks have been cleaning up their balance sheets, supporting asset quality, and the systemwide problem loan ratio is expected to decline to 4.8% at the end of 2020 from 5.1% at the […]
Read MoreThe Department of Internal Trade (DIT) will proceed with its project to control the price of medicines at private hospitals now that it has received their price lists. Hospitals selling medicines above the median price set by the department will face fines and/or imprisonment. Also, since August 16, every hospital has been required to print […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Omnichannel logistics and channel management solutions firm UrbanFox is expanding to Vietnam and Malaysia with support from Enterprise Singapore, it said on Tuesday (Aug 20). UrbanFox – whose parent company is Keppel Logistics – worked with Keppel Land to establish online-to-offline (O2O) capabilities at Estella Place shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City, […]
Read MoreAn imbalance in the supply and demand of labor in some sectors poses a challenge for Laos in its efforts to tackle rising unemployment. “The government has acknowledged that there is a mismatch in the supply and demand of workers in some areas,” Vientiane Times reported on August 19. “This poses a challenge for the […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Shipment of Indonesia’s non-oil and gas products overseas has been forecast to edge up by the end is year, albeit global economic uncertainty erodes demand and prices. Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said here on Monday that he expected non-oil and gas exports to grow 8 percent to reach 175 […]
Read MoreThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Digital Conference was held by the World Economic Forum (WEF), earlier this week. The WEF is the international organisation for public-private cooperation. Speaking at the conference, the Vietnamese ICT Minister, Nguyen Manh Hung, said that Digital ASEAN will create new strength for Southeast Asia and bring the allied nations closer. Digital transformation […]
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