HA NOI – Vietnamese firms are mostly optimistic about their business results for 2017, driven by the improved macro-economy coupled with Government efforts to improve the business climate and remove obstacles. A survey by the General Statistics Office amongmanufacturing and processing firms found that 81 per cent of respondents expected stable or better business results […]
Read MoreTHE INCREASING quantity of remittances sent back home by overseas Vietnamese over the past few years has helped the country offset its trade deficit, reduce poverty and improve recipients’ living standards. Currently, nearly 4.5 million Vietnamese people are living and working in over 100 countries and territories around the world. In 2000, Vietnamese expatriates sent […]
Read MoreVietnam’s military-run mobile network operator Viettel has been awarded a license to operate in Myanmar via a joint venture with two local telecom firms, less than six months after it was selected as the preferred foreign partner in the three-party consortium. Viettel Global, the outbound investment arm of the Vietnamese company, holds a 49 percent […]
Read MoreVietnam’s Ministry of Finance has proposed a draft law that suggests nearly tripling environmental protection tax on oil and gas consumption. People in Vietnam currently have to pay VND3,000 (US$0.13) in environmental tax for each liter of gasoline, while the finance ministry recommended that should be raised to VND8,000 ($0.36) in its draft regulation, which […]
Read MoreHCM CITY — Việt Nam is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 per cent between 2016 and 2021 for outbound travel among Asia Pacific’s emerging markets, according to the “Future of Outbound Travel in Asia Pacific 2016 to 2021” report by MasterCard. In 2021, around 7.5 million Vietnamese will travel abroad, […]
Read MoreRice prices in India rose on a revival in demand from African and Asian buyers while markets in Thailand and Vietnam remained quiet, traders said on Wednesday. India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, saw its 5-percent broken parboiled rice quoted at $346-$350 per tonne this week, up from $341-$345 last Wednesday. The rise in prices […]
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