With Vietnam’s economy slowing down in the first quarter, the government has requested that state-run corporations and associations pull out all the stops to help the country achieve the full-year GDP growth target. Vietnam logged a 5.1 percent GDP growth rate in the first three months of this year, the slowest quarterly pace in three […]
Read MoreTens of thousands of enterprise-sized small businesses in Vietnam remain reluctant to upgrade their business status for fear of being caught up in red tape and subject to unfavorable tax conditions. Most of these so-called ‘household businesses’ currently pay less than a few million VND per month in poll taxes, despite earning significant revenues. [VND1 […]
Read MoreVisa Vietnam announced that its mVisa, mobile payments solution that brings the benefits of easy and secure digital payment system, which benefits financial institutions, merchants and consumers will launch in Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia later this year. The mVisa system is a quick response (QR) code-based payments service that will accelerate global migration from […]
Read MoreHCM City (VNA) – Many investors in HCM City are struggling to rent their apartments as the market continues its tepid streak that began in early 2016, according to the Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper. For example, the owner of a luxury apartment in District 1 is renting a unit for 24 million VND […]
Read MoreVietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank has estimated that by 2030, nearly one-fifth of Vietnamese will enter old age and around 40 percent of the population aged 70-74 will still have to work, mostly in the unofficial labor market. Thai Binh was considered the rice granary in the north. However, Be said, the rice fields […]
Read MoreVietnam ranks 7th among 54 Asian-Pacific economies having the highest rate of female entrepreneurs, according to the Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2017 Report released by MasterCard. The country scored 31.4 percentage points in this component index compared to 30.9% of China and 30.7% of the US. In terms of women’s advancement, knowledge assets, and supporting […]
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