By Minh Son  July 11, 2019 | 08:40 am GMT+7 The 2019 White Book on Vietnamese Businesses. Photo by VnExpress/Minh Son. The first ever White Book on Vietnamese businesses will be published soon and it will be an annual issue thereafter. The book provides comprehensive information on Vietnamese businesses and will be released annually in the first quarter of each year, it was announced Wednesday at a press conference held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO), the book is scheduled to be published on the websites of the ministry and the GSO on July 22; and the print version will be released on August 1. It's purpose is to help the government, ministries, agencies and local authorities be better informed when formulating strategies, plans and policies to sustainably and effectively develop the business sector, he said. The 2019 edition of the book contains four sections: the context of business development in … [Read more...] about Vietnam launches first White Book on businesses
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Lazada to fold RedMart into its platform, signals entry into online supermarket business
The e-commerce company acquired RedMart in November 2016, but kept it as a standalone entity until now. File photos of Lazada and RedMart logos. SINGAPORE: E-commerce company Lazada on Thursday (Jan 31) announced it will make its foray into the online supermarket business in Southeast Asia starting with Singapore, with the integration of RedMart into its platform. RedMart, which Lazada acquired for an undisclosed sum in November 2016, will move over to the e-commerce platform from Mar 15 this year. Lazada said this will allow shoppers to buy groceries and fresh produce along with the other products already on its site in a single location. Orders on the new RedMart on Lazada will continue to be fulfilled by the online grocer in customers’ chosen delivery slots between 7am and 10pm, while orders with other Lazada sellers will be fulfilled separately, the press release said. Existing RedMart customers can continue shopping on the existing app and website until 11.59pm on … [Read more...] about Lazada to fold RedMart into its platform, signals entry into online supermarket business
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Japanese personnel provider enters Vietnamese market Representative from Sunwell Solutions Vietnam Yoshioka Reito (R) A representative from Japan’s Sunwell Solutions JSC said on January 23 that its Vietnamese office officially became operational earlier this month. Sunwell Solutions, with eight years experience in providing human resources solutions, aims to increase opportunities for outstanding Vietnamese engineers working at Japanese firms and develop relations between Japanese employers and Vietnamese employees. Yoshioka Reito, a representative of Sunwell in Vietnam, stressed that although it has been established for nine years with highly technical staff, Sunwell is looking to expand its business to great customers, focusing on key fields such as information technology, automobile technology, and refinery projects. According to Reito, Vietnam’s high-quality engineers are able to meet the requirements of Japanese businesses. Sunwell was established with … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 25/1
PRESS RELEASE of National External Information Service Awards 2018
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of VietnamPlus Nguyen Hoang Nhat (R) represents the online newspaper to receive a prize at National External Information Service Awards 2017 (Source: VNA) The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Steering Committee on External Information Work and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) held a press conference on November 22 to announce the fifth edition of the National External Information Service Awards 2018 at the VNA headquarters. The National External Information Service Awards 2018, organised by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Steering Committee on External Information Work and the VNA, honours outstanding authors, press works and books in the external information sector. The VNA has been selected to act as the standing agency of this year’s awards. Speaking at the press conference, Bui Truong Giang, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission … [Read more...] about PRESS RELEASE of National External Information Service Awards 2018
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Samsung concludes third training course for Vietnamese consultants Samsung Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) rounded off its third training course for Vietnamese consultants in the supporting industry with a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19. Speaking at the ceremony, Truong Thanh Hoai, Director of the MoIT’s Heavy Industries Department, pointed out some of the industry’s weak points in terms of competitiveness and spare parts materials, attributing them to the limited management and investment capacity of local companies. He said the Government and other relevant ministries have issued many policies to support the growth of the sector, adding that Samsung’s courses are an important part of such efforts. Eight courses of this kind are scheduled to take place in 2018 and 2019, each lasting for three months, aiming to train 200 consultants in total. They are part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the MoIT and Samsung … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 21/10