The Vietnamese government should create a more business-friendly climate to lure Japanese investors  who wish to expand their operations in the country. Japanese senior investment consultant Tadashi Kikuchi, who works with the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, spoke with Thanh Tung about this.

To businesses, winning prestigious global awards is a testament to their reputation, status, and quality of products and customer services. The accolades relevant to cash management and trade finance services are often some of the most sought-after by credit institutions. David Edwards, from the editorial team of The Corporate Treasurer (an industry leading publication owned by Haymarket Media) spoke with VIR’s Uyen Linh on the importance of these services to bank performance.

Unilever Vietnam on August 23 in Hanoi launched a campaign to promote the use of qualified helmets in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Youth Union and the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Sea Tourism in the country must see the development of atleast six very attractive tourist sites to be able to compete with other neighboring nations, according to a project themed ‘Developing Vietnam’s Sea and Island and Coastal Tourism by 2020’.

The International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) came into force from August 20, 2013, inaugurating a new era of decent work for seafarers and fair competition for shipowners in the global shipping industry, according to an ILO’s recent statement.

Dean of the Urban Studies Faculty under the National University of Ho Chi Minh City

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on June 6 revised the outlooks on Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) and Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to stable from negative.