In the first four months of 2020, domestic transactions via bank cards rose 26.2% in the number of transactions and 15.7% in value year-on-year; internet transactions rose 3.2% in number of payments and 45.7% in value while mobile payment surged 189% in number of transactions and 166.1% in value. … [Read more...] about Vietnam credit growth slows to 2.13% in 6-month period
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Vietnamese engineer works on vaccine patch, high-tech face mask
Thanh has received a number of prestigious awards, including NIH Trailblazer Award for Young and Early Investigator 2017, 2018 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, MIT top innovators under 35 at Asia Pacific in 2019. He was named one of 10 outstanding Vietnamese young faces in 2019. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese engineer works on vaccine patch, high-tech face mask
HCMC increases Covid-19 prevention in Tet holidays
The Department of Health should coordinate with local authorities and related agencies to strengthen the inspection and supervision of the strict implementation of regulations on centralized isolation and monitoring and management of home- quarantined patients. Moreover, the Department should continue to direct subordinate units to seriously implement the Ministry of Health’s guideline on strengthening prevention and control of the disease in the health sector during the Lunar New Year in 2021. … [Read more...] about HCMC increases Covid-19 prevention in Tet holidays
KIDO Group has reported growth of nearly 48 per cent in net profit to VNĐ418 billion (US$18.2 million) for 2020.
The main products it planned to focus on would be edible oil, ice cream and snacks in the mid- and high-priced categories, which offer high margins. … [Read more...] about KIDO Group has reported growth of nearly 48 per cent in net profit to VNĐ418 billion (US$18.2 million) for 2020.
German media commends Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention, economic development
According to DW, the Southeast Asian country will hold the 13th National Party Congress from January 25 to February 2 to select new leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam and outline policies for the next five years, of which COVID-19, trade and climate change will be in top priorities. Regarding the country’s challenges, Carl Thayer, a political scientist emeritus at the Australian University of New South Wales, said Vietnam’s energy security is the most pressing problem for the next five years. Besides, the country needs to resolve numerous longstanding tariff and trade issues with the US - the largest export market of Vietnam. He also expressed his optimism that Vietnam will reach agreement with the US on many issues, and the country is likely to resume double-digit economic growth within the next five years, particularly if it makes clever use of the signed new-generation free trade pacts. Meanwhile, Nguyen Phuong Linh, deputy director of the consulting firm … [Read more...] about German media commends Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention, economic development