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A booth at the Pharmed & Healthcare Vietnam 2018. With double digit growth in the past few years, Việt Nam’s medical equipment and pharmaceutical markets are increasingly attractive to investors. — Photo source pharmed.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY — Việt Nam’s medical equipment and pharmaceutical markets have seen double-digit growth in recent years and that momentum would continue, making the country increasingly attractive to foreign investors, experts have said. According to Business Monitor International, Việt Nam’s healthcare expenditure was estimated at US$16.1 billion in 2017, representing 7.5 per cent of its GDP. The figure will grow at 12.5 per cent a year to $22.7 billion by 2021, it said. It also predicted double-digit growth in the next few years for the medical equipment and drug markets. Võ Tân Thành, deputy chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said the pharmaceutical … [Read more...] about Future bright for VN pharma

Tourism officials from Việt Nam and India attend a tourism promotion event in HCM City yesterday. “Visit Incredible India in 2019” invited Vietnamese to experience Indian culture, cuisine, nature, and religious places. — VNS Photo Thu HằngViet Nam News HCM CITY — Fifteen major tour-operators from India and 35 Vietnamese tour operators held meetings at a tourism promotion event in HCM City yesterday. The event, titled ’Visit Incredible India in 2019’, invited Vietnamese to experience Indian culture, cuisine, bountiful nature, and religious places. K Srikar Reddy, the Indian consul general in the city, said: “Leaders of both countries have focused on strong tourism co-operation and people-to-people relations as a key element of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.”  India’s Minister for Tourism K. J. Alphons attended the Seventh Meeting of Tourism Ministers of ASEAN and India held in Hạ Long City this … [Read more...] about India, VN seek to attract more tourists

Adopting advanced technology and improving the localisation ratio of materials and accessories are textile and garment enterprises’ best chance. Visitors to VTG 2019 will be able to sample the world's newest inventions in the textile and garment industry Export milestone Statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show that textile and garment exports in the first nine months of 2019 increased by 9.6 per cent on-year, reaching $24.61 billion – a new record. It is noteworthy that growth was recorded across most export markets. After three-fourths of 2019, the US was still the biggest importer of textiles and garments from Vietnam, with an import value of $11.2 billion, up 8.7 per cent on-year and accounting for 45.5 per cent of the total textile and garment export turnover of the country. Japan imported $2.91 billion worth of textiles and garments, up 10.5 per cent, while the EU (28 nations) $3.2 billion, up 4.6 per cent. South Korea reported strong … [Read more...] about VN textile-garment thrives with technology

The Tan Binh Industrial Park in HCM City. (Source: sggp.org.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Investors are looking for industrial and logistics assets through joint ventures with local industrial developers and/or acquisition of land and operating real estate, Jones LaSalle Vietnam Co Ltd (JLL Vietnam) said in a statement.   The company also said mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in real estate is a bright spot in the market because the manufacturing trends is shifting away from China to the Southeast Asia region and will continue to benefit the whole region, including Vietnam.   The lack of high specification, modern logistics warehouse space, and strong demand from regional occupiers are supporting potential growth.   Quality of the assets, rental growth, deal size and remaining land tenure are the key crucial factors for investors to determine their investment decisions, said Nguyen Thi Van Khanh, senior director, Capital Markets, JLL Vietnam.   “We expect foreign … [Read more...] about JLL Vietnam: Investors look for M&A property in VN

  Peter Chang, president of the Asian Health Literacy Association, speaks about global health literacy plans and governmental action at a conference on Monday in HCM City. — VNS Photo Gia Lộc HCM CITY — Health literacy can contribute to reducing disparities among different groups of people in accessing universal healthcare services, Professor Dianne Levin-Zamir from Israel's University of Haifa said on Monday (November 11) at an international conference held in HCM City. In many countries, communication with patients and the public is increasingly becoming digital. “This trend has great advantages, among them bringing health information and navigation directly into homes, allowing for personal data to be stored and then accessed for the benefit of the patient as well as increased efficiency. And it creates big data for analysis and technology development and more,” she said. According … [Read more...] about Digital literacy helps to reduce disparities in universal healthcare