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Thanh Tung dropped his major in marketing after pursuing it for a year and realizing it was not the right path for him. But for several months after switching majors, he’d been suffering from anxiety and insomnia over the decision. "I went to bed late, woke up at around 3-4 a.m., and could not go back to sleep until the morning. I had negative thoughts and cried a lot." The young man said he worried that his new major was just another "wrong decision." He felt like he didn’t have the energy to do anything other than lie down and surf his social media feeds. But this habit only compounded the problem from another angle. "Seeing so many talented people around my age on social media made me feel inferior," he said. "I felt like no matter what I do, I would never be as successful as them." Other aspects of his life had also been affected, including his relationships. Just a delay in the speed of his girlfriend’s text message replies made him wonder if she was tired of him or had … [Read more...] about Vietnamese youth suffer from overthinking, anxiety

Viglacera’s booth at the Cersaie exhibition in Italy from September 25 to 29. — Photo courtesy of Viglacera As the leading building materials manufacturer in Việt Nam, Viglacera is introducing its made-in-Vietnam products to customers around the world through the Cersaie exhibition in Italy from September 25 to 29. With the theme “Break All Limits”, the Cersaie exhibition officially opened on September 25 in Bologna, Italy. The five-day expo is one of the leading international events for construction materials and design. Viglacera's booth is located at Hall 36, standing alongside many other international brands such as RAK Ceramics and Kale. It features a wide range of outstanding tile products that attract the attention and visits of many customers, businessmen, and experts in all fields of the construction industry from around the world. A representative of Viglacera said that the expo was considered a platform for Viglacera to demonstrate its commitment to pushing … [Read more...] about Viglacera brings made-in-Viet Nam building products to Cersaie Expo 2023 in Italy

Keijo Norvanto, Ambassador of Finland to Vietnam On behalf of the Embassy of Finland to Vietnam and the Finnish business communities in Vietnam, I would like to congratulate Vietnam Investment Review on its 32 nd anniversary. I would like to express our appreciation to the VIR editors and its dedicated and talented reporters for their continuous work, introducing the Vietnam business environment and opportunities to Finnish businesses. Moreover, VIR ’s continuous cooperation with us provides the audience with Finnish experiences and know-how in education, circular economy, and other advanced technologies. The Vietnamese government committed to net-zero by 2050 and recently joined the Just Energy Transition Partnership declaration that aims to contribute to Vietnam’s sustainable development. In that, Finland possesses globally competitive technology and expertise in many areas, which will help Vietnam achieve the country-set targets. Additionally, our proven … [Read more...] about Defining the role of the press in business

Vietnam Airlines is aiming to become a digital carrier by 2025. How is it doing so far? Hoang Ngoc Chi, deputy director of the Digital Transformation Centre In 2022, Vietnam Airlines cooperated with Viettel Corporation to build a digital transformation strategy and the roadmap to implement that strategy. At the end of 2022, we issued a digital transformation strategy, in which visions, missions, and goals were clearly set out to become a digital airline by 2025, and have clearly worked out how to make it happen. Vietnam Airlines has a good starting point, with a digital maturity level at 1.57 points in 2022 out of a total of five points, as based on indicators for large enterprises as developed by the Ministry of Information and Communications. According to the digital transformation criteria, there are six main categories: customer experience, digital strategy, digital technology, digital operation, digital culture, and data. According to this criterion, to become a … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines steadfast in going digital by 2025

Some of the biggest telecoms groups know that going digital will help claw back disinterest in more traditional areas Bui Anh Tuan, deputy head of Viettel Telecom’s IT Solution and Digital Service Centre, and his team are preparing to introduce new digital platforms to meet growing demand in the local smart home market. “We are developing new products, platforms, and services for smart homes such as fire alarm services connecting to security units, security services, and maid services, which are expected to come to the market by end-2023, or early 2024,” he told VIR. Smart homes are one of the businesses that Viettel has developed in the past two years in an effort to offset losses from its traditional business lines. One of its products being the Home Camera, an AI smart security camera solution, which is now found in 300,000 households. Meanwhile, its TV360 app boasts around 10 million users. Tuan said that like other mobile network operators, Viettel faced drops in … [Read more...] about Businesses compelled to venture into digital space

Vinh Hoan Corporation and Vietnam Food Company (VNF) were two of over 1,000 local and international food entrepreneurs from more than 45 countries to attend Food Ingredients Asia 2023 and Vitafoods Asia 2023 last week. Organised by Informa Markets in Bangkok on September 20-22, the two businesses from Vietnam were busy taking care of people visiting their booths. “We focus on exporting to the EU and Asia, and participating in exhibitions is an effective solution to find partners and distributors, said Thu Tran, chief sales officer of Vinh Hoan Corporation. “We have regularly participated in exhibitions, especially international ones. This year alone, we have attended exhibitions in South Korea, Thailand, and Germany as well as Vietnam.” Seafood processor and exporter Vinh Hoan has a subsidiary named Vinh Wellness, which was the first in Vietnam to apply high technology to produce collagen peptides and gelatin from basa fish skin. “Participating in international … [Read more...] about Exhibitions provide path for F&B ingredients enterprises

The “big piece of cake” is available There are about 2.1 billion Muslims globally. The yearly amount of money they spend is estimated at about USD 10 trillion. Most of Muslim tourists to the province come from the Middle East, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia with stable and strong financial resources and willingness to pay. According to experts, Islamic tourism, also known as Halal tourism is shifting to Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam. However, according to Ms. Tran Nu Ngoc Anh, an E.U. project expert, CEO of Dong A Hotel Group Joint Stock Company, to tap Islamic tourism, it requires tourist destinations, accommodation facilities, restaurants to have separate reception space and other facilities that meet their dietary needs, strict religious living habits, respect for different religious rituals, and separate reception times to avoid overlapping with reception times for other guests. Therefore, it needs the synchronicity and accuracy in … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh seeks ways to attract Muslim tourists

BAC A BANK is offering practical incentives that help businesses optimise cash flow Actively promoting businesses to seize all opportunities to maximise profits on the basis of optimising business costs, BAC A BANK is applying policies on fee support for business-oriented essential corporate financial services within the framework of a preferential fee combo programme. Conditions for participating in the initiative are rather simple. Current business customers of BAC A BANK only need to use three of the seven basic or essential products/services: loans, factoring/discounting of documents, guarantees, credit commitment, international payments, electronic banking, and demand deposits with an average of at least VND300 million ($12,660) in the previous six consecutive months. The programme also applies to new business customers that have never had an account at BAC A BANK or have an inactive account status. Accordingly, the preferential fee combo is being deployed from now … [Read more...] about BAC A BANK’s fresh links to businesses

Twelve villas illegally built at the Ocean View Nha Trang project in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam are currently undergoing demolition due to exceeding their designated number of floors. Authorities in Nha Trang City, the capital of Khanh Hoa, began dismantling five out of the 12 villas in question earlier this month, using the city’s budget to cover the total cost of over VND9.7 billion (US$397,800), according to Nguyen Cong Danh, chairman of the People’s Committee of Vinh Truong Ward, where the property is located. The Nha Trang administration expects to collect the fees from the villa owners later. Owners who do not pay the fees will see their bank accounts frozen and their land plots unavailable for any transactions. The owners of the remaining seven villas have pulled down their structures themselves. An overview of the Ocean View Nha Trang project in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. Photo: T.B. / Tuoi Tre Construction of Ocean … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Nha Trang dismantles 12 illegal villas

The Vietnam National Administraiton of Tourism (VNAT) estimates that the number of foreign travelers to Vietnam has been 3.7 million this year, a sharp fall of 80% compared with 2019. The number of domestic travelers is predicted to decrease by 50% despite a lot of sale promotion programs. However, COVID-19 offers an opportunity to reconsider the tourism market structure. Vietnam relies heavily on the northeastern market (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan) which brought 67% of total foreign travelers in 2019. In 2015-2019, Chinese and Korean travelers to Vietnam increased by 34%-40%. The two markets alone brought 10 million last year out of total 18 million foreign travelers. Meanwhile, travelers with high spending levels accounted for a small proportion. Travelers from European countries accounted for 12%, from the US 5.4%, and Oceania 2.4%. The heavy reliance on certain markets leads to huge losses when troubles like COVID-19 occur. In some localities, the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s tourism industry loses US$23 billion because of COVID-19