Grab Viet Nam expands its services with Grab Bus in the Viet Nam market — Photo courtesy of Grab Grab Viet Nam has begun a trial of bus-ticket booking service from HCM City to Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province. Users in these two areas can book bus tickets for the inter-regional route from Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City to Vung Tau City. There will be 24 bus routes per day operated by the Avigo Investment Holding Company. Grab Viet Nam expects to have an additional route from District 1 to District 7 in HCM City, which will be operated by the City View Company and will have 44 bus routes per day. Users can easily select the trip, preview details of the trip, and update the vehicle location at any time on the app. In addition, users can pay via Moca e-wallet on the Grab app or via their credit or debit card, and then receive a QR code to scan when boarding. According to a representative of Grab Viet Nam, the new service will help bus transport partners reach more users, improve … [Read more...] about Grab Viet Nam expands service with Grab Bus
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HDBank, MoneyGram sign deal for home remittance service
HCM CITY — MoneyGram, a global provider money transfer and payment services, and HDBank on August 28 signed an agreement to provide home remittance delivery services in Việt Nam. Customers in urban areas using HDBank's home remittance service through MoneyGram will receive money within three hours if the transaction is done before 10:30am local time. Customers living in suburban and rural areas will receive money on the same day, though in remote areas in the north the money might take one day. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Sheshagiri (Sukesh) Malliah, MoneyGram regional head, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia and Indo-china, said: “MoneyGram has been associated with HDBank for a while now for cash pick up and now HDBank will also help MoneyGram receivers get the money delivered to their doorstep. “MoneyGram is committed to enhancing our products offerings in Việt Nam and we believe this is a progressive and mutually rewarding … [Read more...] about HDBank, MoneyGram sign deal for home remittance service
Service package launched to prevent child labor, abuse
The package will provide children at Thien An school for disadvantaged children with daily lunch, health insurance, a library with 500 book copies and extracurricular activities. Besides, the children’s parents will be given vocational training to improve their families’ livelihoods. According to Vice Director of the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Tran Ngoc Son, the service package is under a project on technical support to enhance national capacity to prevent and reduce child labor in Vietnam. Lunch for children at Thien An school By giving children better care for their safety and physical and intellectual health, the model helps their parents have more time to work to improve their income, he said. The children now spend the entire day at school for study instead of leaving school at noon and working in the afternoon as in the past. As the project will end in March 2020, he called on support from the local authorities, … [Read more...] about Service package launched to prevent child labor, abuse
Vietjet offers 1.5 million promotional tickets
Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Vietjet Air offers 1,500,000 tickets priced from VND 0 on its website www.vietjetair.com from March 6-8, 2018, to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8). The promotional tickets are available for all domestic and international routes flying to Seoul, Busan (the Republic of Korea)/ Hong Kong/ Kaoshiung, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan (Taiwan)/ Singapore/ Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai (Thailand)/ Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)/ Yangon (Myanmar)/ Phnom Penh, Siem Reap (Cambodia) with the flight period from April 10th to December 31, 2018. Especially, the first 1,000 female passengers buying airfares on website www.vietjetair.com on March 8 and paying via international cards (Visa, Master, JCB, Unionpay) will receive the promo code to purchase discount tickets through email provided when booking. The promotional tickets are available during the golden hours from 12:00 to 14:00 (GMT 7) on www.vietjetair.com (also compatible with smartphones at … [Read more...] about Vietjet offers 1.5 million promotional tickets
Digital transformation attracting increasing attention in Vietnam
As digital transformation applies advanced technologies to analyze and change current data forms into the digital one, it often utilizes cloud computing and reduces the dependence on hardware. In the recent event VNG CLOUD TECHDAY 2019 held in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), several opinions have been raised as to how to take better advantage of cloud-based services to carry out this process. According to Director of Human Resources in Phu My Hung Corp. Michael Chien, in the past, the staff monitoring task totally depended on handwriting and paper, which unfortunately cost so much time and effort yet yielded how results. However, thanks to the infrastructure of a cloud solution, VNG CLOUD, his organization is able to better control the quantity of workers at each site and closely monitor working safety. Similarly, VTV Digital (a member of Vietnam Television) always faces the challenge of meeting subscribers’ demands at peak hours and on special occasions like SEA Games 30. Formerly, it … [Read more...] about Digital transformation attracting increasing attention in Vietnam