hcm city hopes to become strategic partner of australia in innovation

HCM City hopes to become strategic partner of Australia in innovation

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan met with Australian leaders in Canberra on December 3, voicing his hope that his city will become a strategic partner of Australia in terms of education and innovation.
corona casino reports 1304 million gross profit in six months

Corona Casino reports $13.04 million gross profit in six months

Corona Casino – the first casino in Vietnam where Vietnamese people are permitted to gamble – has reported a gross profit of VND300 billion ($13.04 million) and pre-tax profit of VND108 billion ($4.7 million) after six months of operation.
ho chi minh city green lights lotte eco smart city

Ho Chi Minh City green-lights Lotte Eco-smart City

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee will propose Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to permit Korea’s Lotte Group to continue its Eco-smart City located in Thu Thiem New Urban Area.
regulatory sandboxes for vietnams innovations

Regulatory sandboxes for Vietnam’s innovations

The legal framework on software development sandboxes will be submitted to the government in the third quarter of this year. Financial experts Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh and Dr. Huy Pham from the School of Business and Management at RMIT Vietnam provide an analysis of the important elements that bring into full play the sandbox in the sharing economy, particularly in finance.
new chapter for the development of vietnams pharmaceutical market

New chapter for the development of Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market

Permitting foreign-invested enterprises to conduct direct imports, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical policies are now more in alignment with international treaties. Le Net and Ngo Thanh Hai, lawyers at LNT & Partners - the Vietnam Law Firm of 2019 according to ALB Thomson Reuters – explained how policy changes are opening up a new chapter in the local pharmaceutical market on the back of new free trade agreements.
foreigners legible to make term deposits at local banks

Foreigners legible to make term deposits at local banks

Resident and non-resident foreigners in Viet Nam are still permitted to make term deposits at local banks despite some banks saying they would not accept savings deposits from individual foreign customers, the State Bank of Viet Nam has said.
investor permitted to start survey for giant offshore wind power farm

Investor permitted to start survey for giant offshore wind power farm

UK based Enterprize Energy (EE) announced it had received a licence to conduct survey for a giant wind power farm offshore Ke Ga cape in the south central province of Binh Thuan.
speeding up markets via blockchain

Speeding up markets via blockchain

As Vietnam has posted impressive development in the realm of blockchain technology over the last two years, future applications into financial technology and property will help to promote Vietnam’s financial market.  Nguyen Thanh Binh, discipline lead of finance at RMIT University, and Robert Vong, co-founder of Elefos, a community-based cloud computer network, analyse the blockchain development in Vietnam, and the remaining challenges it faces.
blockchain and cybersecurity adapting to changing landscape

Blockchain and cybersecurity adapting to changing landscape

Experts and decisionmakers discussed the latest developments in blockchain, alongside the risks and opportunities of cybersecurity at a joint Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and RMIT University Vietnam conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on May 20, 2019.
labour ministry to recruit 4000 vietnamese to work in rok

Labour ministry to recruit 4,000 Vietnamese to work in RoK

Nearly 4,000 Vietnamese labourers working in the manufacturing, construction and fishery sectors will be recruited to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.
more than 100 scholarships available to study at rmit vietnam

More than 100 scholarships available to study at RMIT Vietnam

RMIT Vietnam will award 112 scholarships with a total value of VND33 billion ($1.43 million) for local and international students in its 2019 scholarship programme.
vietnam taken by fintech revolution

Vietnam taken by fintech revolution

Vietnam’s fintech market is predicted to reach $7.8 billion by 2020. What elements will provide the basis of this confident forecast and what pressures will face them? Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, lecturer in Finance at the Department of Economics and Finance at the School of Business and Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) Vietnam Campus, provides an insight.
study finds corporate governance is crucial for soe equitisation

Study finds corporate governance is crucial for SOE equitisation

A recent study by RMIT University Vietnam and VinaCapital concluded that corporate governance is key to the next wave of SOE equitisation.
hcm citys master plan to be revised to fuel development

HCM City’s master plan to be revised to fuel development

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has permitted Ho Chi Minh City to amend its master plan with a view to bolstering local development.
mitigating global stock uncertainty in vietnam

Mitigating global stock uncertainty in Vietnam

In 2019, Vietnamese stocks may receive some knock-on effects from the highly volatile global stock market. However, the country’s fundamentals remain attractive to investors, and various sectors are nevertheless poised for good growth. Huy Pham, finance lecturer from the School of Business and Management at RMIT Vietnam, writes about the prospects of Vietnamese equities for the year ahead.