seafood exports in first half reach more than 41 billion

Seafood exports in first half reach more than $4.1 billion

Vietnam's seafood export turnover in the first half of the year reached more than $4.1 billion, making the $8.8-9 billion target for the whole year feasible.
ho chi minh city proposes 0 per cent unsecured loans for 5000 tourism businesses

Ho Chi Minh City proposes 0 per cent unsecured loans for 5,000 tourism businesses

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism proposes to lend more than 5,000 tourism businesses unsecured loans with 0 per cent interest.
businesses in ho chi minh city wallowing in lack of capital and high production costs

Businesses in Ho Chi Minh City wallowing in lack of capital and high production costs

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, most businesses in Ho Chi Minh City face a shortage of capital while production costs are increasing.
dong nai isolates workers from ho chi minh city

Dong Nai isolates workers from Ho Chi Minh City

Dong Nai is not the first province in the southern region to apply regulations on isolation of people from Ho Chi Minh City, but the policy has drawn widespread protests from the business community.
vinbrain improves quality of healthcare with ai infused solutions

VinBrain improves quality of healthcare with AI-infused solutions

Driven by its mission to infuse AI into healthcare, VinBrain has developed AI-based healthcare solutions that help doctors make faster and better-informed decisions, improving the quality and consistency of healthcare to the public.
10 solutions put forward to reopen the economy

10 solutions put forward to reopen the economy

At the Ho Chi Minh City economic development webinar, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee presented his concerns over local businesses going bankrupt in the context of COVID-19 and offered 10 solutions for an economic recovery.
chatbot vietnam thinking big despite humble format

Chatbot Vietnam: Thinking big despite “humble format”

The strategy of developing products leveraging market needs helps Chatbot Vietnam, one of the top five of the 400 companies taking part in the Startup Viet 2018 competition, to grow by 400 per cent a year and broke even in its very first year of operation.
mobile world gathers stream for future leapfrog

Mobile World gathers stream for future leapfrog

Vietnam’s leading retailer Mobile World Investment aims for rapid strides into the future, capitalising on a fresh development approach.
founder of tam khoe fresh food brand keen on green agriculture

Founder of Tam Khoe fresh food brand: keen on green agriculture

A stage director with a record of more than 10 years in the field, Pham Cong Chinh found his passion for agriculture when he founded a firm specialised in providing “ready to cook” fresh agricultural produce under the Tam Khoe brand. Hong Phuc reports.
vinamilk targets increasing market share to 60 per cent

Vinamilk targets increasing market share to 60 per cent

With the average increase of 1 per cent per year, Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) expects that its dairy products will capture 60 per cent of the domestic market in the next five years.
ho huy taxis adapt to survive

Ho Huy: Taxis adapt to survive

Ho Huy, chairman of Mai Linh Group, one of the major taxi service operators in Vietnam, compares his company to a boat wobbling amid waves caused by stiffening market competition. However, Mai Linh has embraced a comprehensive restructuring to be able to steadily steam ahead.
south korean investors eye renewable energy sector in vietnam

South Korean investors eye renewable energy sector in Vietnam

Thanks to Vietnam’s issuing incentive policies to lure investment into the renewable energy sector, more and more foreign investors, especially those from South Korea, have expressed ambitions to join the field.
mwgs cambodian strategy to feature bigphone expansion

MWG’s Cambodian strategy to feature BigPhone expansion

Mobile World Group (MWG) plans for long-term business with a series of BigPhone stores in Cambodia, which is a potential market with 16 million people, 96 per cent of whom are using mobile phones.
tax authorities puzzled over airbnb tax obligations

Tax authorities puzzled over Airbnb tax obligations

Despite Airbnb being present in Vietnam since 2015 and operating with profit, it is difficulty for tax authorities to tax the company as it does not yet have a business registration licence or a representative office and legal representation in Vietnam.
vietnams 127 wish listed projects fail to attract foreign investors

Vietnam’s 127 wish-listed projects fail to attract foreign investors

Many of the 127 wish-listed projects in the fields of infrastructure and industrial manufacturing on offer for more than three years, but have yet to captivate foreign investors due to poor feasibility and planning.