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Prices of Grade A offices in the capital have been forecast to rise over the next three years due to low supply (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Prices of Grade A offices in the capital have been forecast to rise over the next three years by seven percent annually due to low supply. Do Thu Hang, Director of the Research and Consultancy Department at Savills, Hanoi, said Grade A offices accounted for 28 percent of the total supply of 1.8 million sq.m2 of office rentals in the city. Currently, Grade A office rental costs are 31 USD per sq.m per month on average. Some offices in the inner city cost 35 USD.  “It is the highest price in seven years,” Hang said, adding that in the high-end office catalogue, Hanoi ranked fourth in terms of capacity and third in terms of rental prices in the country. While high-end office space attracts 60 percent of foreign tenants thanks to strong developments in FDI and M&As in Vietnam, there are not many … [Read more...] about Prices of Grade A office space rise due to low supply

Space science is a relatively new field in Vietnam yet it has received appropriate state investment and social attention. The questions of why, how ... are constantly raised by children in an exciting Space Science Discovery Programme which is part of National Science Summer Camp 2019. Scientists explain in an easy way so that they can understand more about the scientific study of the sun, moon, stars and planet.  Experts say aerospace is a high technology industry which uses human’s highest achievements in many different fields. In Vietnam, this field is attracting more and more attention and these activities are expected to promote future scientific potential.  Space science experience programmes are expected to reach many other schools to provide children with more opportunities to access interesting scientific knowledge./.VNA … [Read more...] about Programme awakens interest in space science in Vietnam

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 14 October 2019 - International e-commerce company, Shopmatic has acquired 100% of CombineSell, a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that automates & simplifies multichannel e-commerce selling by aggregating popular online marketplaces into just a single platform. The acquisition follows Shopmatic's strategy of consolidating its position in a fragmented e-commerce enabling software sector. The Singapore-based e-commerce enabler had previously acquired a 50.1% stake in retail management and POS solution provider Octopus, to unlock the omnichannel growth strategy for its merchants. Now, Shopmatic has brought Singapore's top-ranking multichannel e-commerce solution provider, CombineSell, to further its value proposition to their customers. CombineSell leverages innovative technology to enable merchants to sell on multichannel e-commerce platforms, and drive campaigns for business growth. With this acquisition, Shopmatic's … [Read more...] about Shopmatic acquires CombineSell to consolidate its leadership position in the e-commerce space

The Ba Pho’s family troupe. (Photo: sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn) I visited the Ba Pho Music House one summer evening after one of my foreign friends told me how excited he had been about Vietnam’s traditional musical instruments.  As soon as I came into the house which is located on a small street in Hanoi, I were strongly impressed by a collection of more than 200 types of folk instruments of ethnic minority groups nationwide, many of which look extremely strange such as the “Dan luu” of from northern plains, the “Dan co ke” and “flute of Mong” of the northwestern region, the stone instruments of the Mo Nong group and the stone instruments of the Ede group. Surely, few people know about them. The collection represents the effort made by meritorious artist Ba Pho over the course of half a century. Pho said he established the house in the hopes of gathering those who like traditional music and traditional … [Read more...] about Ba Pho Music House, special space to preserve traditional musical instruments

The first WeWork co-working space in Việt Nam opens in HCM City on Wednesday. — VNS Photo Thu Ngân Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The first WeWork co-working space in Việt Nam opened on Wednesday in HCM City with 5,000sq.m of space. Situated in E Town Centre, District 4, the office can accommodate 1,000 customers in four floors ranging from freelancers to bigger enterprises. “With Việt Nam’s rapid economic growth, we see immense business potential,” Turochas T Faud, managing director of WeWork Southeast Asia, said. The company said it has since first coming to Southeast Asia in December 2017, it has expanded to 18 locations and has more than 13,000 customers. Founded in 2010 in the US, it has 425 offices in 100 cities and 27 countries. Over 45,000 companies use WeWork with member companies including Dell, KPMG, GE, Microsoft, and Samsung. — VNS   … [Read more...] about First WeWork co-working office opens in Việt Nam