FE Credit expects hat-trick of solid growth over three years A maturing market Whilst its 2018 annual report has not yet been officially released, the largest consumer finance firm in terms of market share in Vietnam has revealed a number of indicators showing its overall performance for the year. Accordingly, FE Credit has been able to maintain its thrust in credit disbursal over the course of the year on the same pace recorded in prior years. According to Kalidas Ghose, CEO and vice chairman at FE Credit, the company disbursed an average of VND4.5 trillion ($195.7 million) in credit per month till September. The figure has then growing at a double-digit rate per month during the last quarter, with the month of December seeing a record high of 50 per cent hike in credit disbursals. “Such an increase in disbursals of more than 50 per cent in three months is a rare occurrence in a volume-driven retail business consisting of small ticket loans like consumer finance,” … [Read more...] about FE Credit scores hat trick of solid growth over three years
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Up For Christmas And New Year
Up For Christmas And New Year Saigontourist’s hotels, restaurants and resorts in HCM City are introducing gastronomic programs and entertainment for the upcoming Christmas and New Year Gala dinners at the Majestic Majestic Hotel traditionally holds a gala dinner at year’s end. This year, it will organize a special program to welcome Christmas and the New Year. Entertainment at the gala dinners on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve features various cultural and traditional programs, which are meaningful presents that Majestic Hotel wants to share to create warm, happy and meaningful moments for international guests, their families and friends. The gala dinners will include a special buffet with wine, beer and soft drinks along with exciting entertainment. Diners will enjoy European and Asian buffets and free beverages such as white wine, red wine, soft drinks, mineral water and champagne. Entertainment includes singing and dancing shows, a concert, circus, showmanship, a … [Read more...] about Up For Christmas And New Year
Vietnam calligraphers offer stroke of New Year luck
With thick brush strokes of red paint, Lai An Khanh writes a Chinese character on yellow cloth. A calligrapher writes 'moral virtue' in traditional Chinese characters in Hanoi … [Read more...] about Vietnam calligraphers offer stroke of New Year luck
Year to remember
Duong Truong Thien Ly, Miss People’s Choice at Miss World 2008 pageant in South Africa last December, had an exciting year as the 19-year-old from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap took second runner up at Miss Universe Vietnam and finished third at the International Modeling and Talent Association Contest in New York last August. Thanh Nien: 2008 was an eventful year for you. Has your life changed much? Duong Truong Thien Ly: There were so many changes last year. It was a good year for me. I had three major events â€" Miss Universe Vietnam, the International Modeling and Talent Association Contest in the US and Miss World in South Africa â€" all within a few months of each other. They’ve been the most memorable experiences of my life. I matured a lot at these events. I’ve developed relationships and gained a lot of life experience. I’ve learned a lot of things and had the chance … [Read more...] about Year to remember
Golden Globes celebrate the year of the genre movie
In a year of devastating hurricanes, ubiquitous sex assault scandals and a strikingly candid presidential Twitter account, it is little wonder that cinemagoers are turning to escapist fantasy. With fairy tale romance "The Shape of Water" leading the nominations for the Golden Globes, dark farce "Get Out" topping critics' lists and horror movies making $1 billion at the box office, 2017 may come to be seen as the year of the genre movie. Jordan Peele's "Get Out," which satirizes suburban white guilt over racial inequality in the United States, is emblematic of the rise of genre films in this year's awards season. It has been almost a year since its release, and most movies brought out that far ahead of Hollywood's various prize-giving ceremonies are long forgotten by the time the trophies are being polished. Yet "Get Out" is up for two Globes on Sunday and entertainment website Eonline.com has been extolling its virtues as a genuine contender. Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water," … [Read more...] about Golden Globes celebrate the year of the genre movie