public investment to spur faster growth

Public investment to spur faster growth

Vietnam is to continue speeding up disbursement of public investment, with a focus on infrastructure development, in a bid to spur on economic growth and create more space for private enterprises.
group radiating firm eco friendliness

Group radiating firm eco-friendliness

Locally-invested TH Group is applying high technology to produce electricity to fuel its production, save costs, and contribute to ensuring national energy security and environmental protection.
plans afoot to aid fortunes of state owned enterprises

Plans afoot to aid fortunes of state-owned enterprises

Acall has been made for Vietnam to revise the regulations on the management and use of state capital in enterprises to create state-owned groups that can operate more effectively and contribute more to national economic development in line with the direction of the 13th National Party Congress.
vietnams proactive role on global stage

Vietnam’s proactive role on global stage

With its growing international prestige and great success in the first half of its journey last year as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure, Vietnam has begun its role for the second time as chair of the organisation in April with great hopes of contributing more to the international community.
respecting water as ultimate resource

Respecting water as ultimate resource

Vietnam is seeking solutions to ensure better management over water resources for sustainable development. Laurent Umans, first secretary of Water Management and Climate at the Embassy of the Netherlands to Vietnam, talked with VIR’s Thanh Dat about these efforts, with a need to call for more private investment into the sector.
vietnam keeps seat as chair of un security council in april

Vietnam keeps seat as chair of UN Security Council in April

As chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in April, Vietnam will continue being a full-year non-permanent member of the body with great responsibilities for the second year, demonstrating its strong commitment to stay united with the international community to solve the issues shared by humankind.
economy steady amid vaccine rollouts

Economy steady amid vaccine rollouts

Despite the ongoing health crisis, a large-scale vaccine administration scheme plus a continued rise in production and business confidence in the first two months of the year are expected to help the economy hit the desired growth for the first half of 2020 and beyond.    
bac a bank listed on bourse

BAC A BANK listed on bourse

On March 3, locally-invested lender Bac A Bank officially listed 708.5 million shares on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) under the transaction code of BAB.
bringing skills of vietnam to united nations human rights council discourse

Bringing skills of Vietnam to United Nations Human Rights Council discourse

Vietnam will run for the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 2023-2025 term to spur on human rights in the international arena and its own relevant achievements.
fresh dawn kindles for us vietnam relationship

Fresh dawn kindles for US-Vietnam relationship

With the new United States administration recently established, the US and Vietnam are expected to continue building bilateral trade and investment ties on the back of various motives including a possibility for the US to rejoin the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
promoting rise of vietnams dairy industry

Promoting rise of Vietnam’s dairy industry

With extremely special achievements in production and business, Thai Huong and her TH Group have made great contributions to unleashing the massive potential of Vietnam’s milk industry, taking the country’s high-tech agriculture to the wider world and assisting the national economic restructuring with one of the focuses laid on developing a modern agricultural sector.
shaping the next economic decade

Shaping the next economic decade

Vietnam is expected to further improve the domestic business and investment climate with the Party setting out the country’s new Socioeconomic Development Strategy for the next 10 years, in which full protection of business and investment activities will be ensured.
equipping localities in climate fight

Equipping localities in climate fight

Being one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change, Vietnam annually suffers from huge losses. To mitigate this, integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into local socioeconomic development plans is one of the most effective measures, enabling them to take the initiative in coping with this major threat.
fresh credit scheme outlines bac a bank ambitions to assist clients with investment

Fresh credit scheme outlines BAC A BANK ambitions to assist clients with investment

Locally-invested BAC A BANK is offering a credit programme throughout 2021 with preferential lending rates, in a bid to help enterprises achieve low-cost loans in service of their production and business activities.
beekeepers buzzing with initiatives enhancements

Beekeepers buzzing with initiative’s enhancements

With livelihoods at risk caused by natural disasters, many households in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa are now better off thanks to an international initiative supporting their living through keeping honey bees, among other ways of helping their lives stay afloat.