14-09-2020 08:00
Visa and the Central Committee of Vietnam Students’ Association have joined hands in a significant programme to help equip students with financial management skills as well as assisting them in executing startup ideas in practice.
03-09-2020 09:08
The Viet Nam Banks Association is urging international credit and debit card companies to reduce a number of fees, as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
28-08-2020 09:20
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 27 asked ministries and agencies to closely monitor and accelerate granting of visas to foreign experts and investors.
14-08-2020 10:26
The Where You Shop Matters campaign by Visa, the world leader in digital payments, encourages consumers to support local businesses in Vietnam while helping small- and medium-sized enterprises go digital to benefit from the surge in e-commerce following COVID-19.
13-08-2020 17:17
Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN), the makers of the Invisalign clear aligner and the iTero imaging systems, today announced the opening of a new Align Training Center in Ho Chi Minh City.
03-08-2020 13:42
Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, today announced that Visa contactless transactions grew more than 500 per cent from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020. The total value of Visa contactless transactions increased more than 600 per cent over the same period.
09-07-2020 09:14
Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke their visas.
06-07-2020 13:04
This year marks significant changes for the Vietnamese tourism industry. In addition to a wealth of attractive packages at reasonable prices, other sustainable solutions are being introduced to promote tourism, including the use of non-cash payments.
01-07-2020 11:17
At its recent annual meeting, BIDV Securities Company (HSX: BSC) has officially announced its plan to achieve pre-tax profit of VND86 billion ($3.74 million) for this year, with brokerage and margin lending activities envisaged to be the key revenue drivers.
24-06-2020 17:20
A spike in the amount of bad loans sitting in banks’ books has triggered Vietnamese authorities to seek new paths to recovery, with the upcoming bad debt exchange platform envisaged to allow investors to buy and sell distressed assets, which can boost market liquidity.
24-06-2020 12:06
Visa (NYSE: V) yesterday announced a commitment to support 10 million small businesses across the Asia-Pacific in an effort to get local communities back to business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
24-06-2020 08:28
WASHINGTON, DC: The US tech sector is likely to be hit hard by President Donald Trump's decision to extend a freeze on most immigrant visas, with critics saying the move could undermine American innovation and leadership.
15-06-2020 15:18
The Vietnamese government is looking to take the country towards relying less on cash when making purchases. Dang Tuyet Dung, Visa country manager for Vietnam and Laos, talked to VIR’s Hoang Anh about the potential future of a cashless society for the country.
11-06-2020 11:31
Cashless Day, held annually on June 16 by Visa – the world’s leader in digital payments – aims to promote the adoption of non-cash payments and aligns with the government’s plans to drive Vietnam towards a cashless society.
01-06-2020 08:44
Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, recently published the Consumer Payment Attitudes 2019 study, showing a marked drop in cash usage in Vietnam as consumers embrace new ways to pay. Dang Tuyet Dung, country manager for Visa Vietnam and Laos, told VIR’s Thanh Van about the company’s plan to help Vietnam achieve a cashless economy.