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    Shopee claims to have had record 12.12 sales. Photo Courtesy Shopee Vietnam     HCM CITY – E-commerce platform Shopee on Friday said it had achieved another record-breaking 12.12 Birthday Sale performance with 80 million items sold. It got 80 million visits in 24 hours as users from across the region shopped from millions of deals on December 12. The company did not reveal market-wise figures. Pine Kyaw, managing director of Shopee Vietnam, said: “Year after year we continue to see more users from both big and small cities buying and selling a wide variety of items. Shopee has become the go-to, everyday shopping app for everyone in the region, and we are committed to making e-commerce simple and accessible for all.” According to iPrice’s Q3 2019 e-commerce report, Shopee is the most visited e-commerce website on desktop and mobile web across the region. It is also the top-ranking app in the shopping category by average monthly active … [Read more...] about Shopee sells 80 million items during 12.12 sale

    ACB and FWD Group sign a bancassurance agreement. – VNS Photo HCM CITY – Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank and FWD Vietnam Life Insurance Company announced on Thursday they have entered into an e-bancassurance partnership, the first of its kind in Việt Nam. ACB will provide insurance products completely online, enabling customers to buy simple and easy-to-understand insurance products with just a few clicks. FWD Cancer Care, with annual premiums starting from VNĐ99,000, will be the first product launched through the online platform. Từ Tiến Phát, executive vice president of ACB, said: “Making a difference in customer service is ACB's mission. Besides traditional distribution networks such as transaction offices and branches, ACB is also constantly developing internet banking and mobile applications.” Huỳnh Hữu Khang, CEO of FWD Vietnam, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to partner with ACB. The … [Read more...] about ACB, FWD form Việt Nam’s first e-bancassurance partnership

Students of Vietnam National University, Hanoi conduct a physical experiement. (Photo: Vietnam+) Hanoi (VNA) – The university entrance examination for 2019 will mark a new milestone in training orientations as many facilities announced new training programmes to serve the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, many of which are being introduced for the first time. Alongside, many universities have made changes in training activities to meet the requirements of the market. New academic programmes In 2019, the National Economic University (NEU) will open seven new programmes - business analysis, data science in economy and business, financial investment, finance technology, business management in smart operation, quality control and reform, and management of international hotels. All the programmes will be taught in English. The university plans to recruit just 50 students for each programme. The courses require students to have basic English skills. NEU Principal Prof. … [Read more...] about Universities adjust courses to meet Industry 4.0 requirements

The newly opened Ngoc Linh Ginseng Museum in HCM City boasts over 400 varieties of the healing plant called a national treasure.  A 250sq.m museum includes displays, pictures and a national map depicting the distribution of varieties of Ngoc Linh ginseng. VNA/VNS Photo The museum opened in early December at No. 374 Nguyen Son Street in Tan Phu District. It includes a display of Ngọc Linh ginseng tubers that are worth billions of Vietnamese dong. Nguyen Tan Viet, museum director, said that Ngoc Linh ginseng, which has medicinal properties, reflects the history and culture of Vietnam. "Having researched for years, I had a strong desire to build a museum so that others could appreciate and learn more about this precious ginseng species," Viet said. The museum is open to the public daily except Tuesday. – VNS Ginseng men in the midst of Ngoc Linh forest A group of men neatly wrapped themselves in three layers of clothing in the middle of a summer night in July, … [Read more...] about Ngoc Linh Ginseng Museum opens in HCM City

After considering several solutions to expand its headquarters, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has decided to take up a proposal by U.S. architecture firm Gensler, which will not demolish a 130-year-building in downtown Saigon, but build on it. The city's Department of Planning and Architecture will work with the American firm to come up with the most feasible plan, the administration recently announced. This 130-year-old French colonial structure adjacent to the iconic Ben Thanh Market is the second oldest building in Saigon. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran. The department had proposed earlier that the city’s People's Committee invites international experts to make detailed plans on preserving the old building, which faced the threat of demolition as part of a proposed expansion plan for the city’s People’s Committee headquarters. In their petition, experts and other signatories had dismissed the argument that the building not being part of an official … [Read more...] about 130-year-old building to serve as ‘tradition house’ for HCMC administration