Agriculture sector seeking investors
September 17, 2012 | 13:21
Vietnam’s agricultural sector has a lot of potential and competitive advantages to pull in foreign investment.
Letting credit take root
August 28, 2012 | 16:00
Banks are mulling tapping agriculture and rural areas’ potential to bolster credit growth.
ASEAN nations bridge rural digital gap
September 22, 2011 | 14:56
The digital gap between rural and urban areas remains a challenge for people in the rural communities of ASEAN member countries, who struggle to get better access to key services such as education and healthcare.
Education decisive for new rural future, says PM
July 12, 2011 | 10:05
Education and training are key factors in creating human resources for the implementation of a new rural construction programme, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.
List of national target programs in 2011
April 17, 2011 | 13:42
Some 15 national target programs will be carried out in 2011, according to PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s Decision No. 2331/QĐ-TTg dated on December 20, 2010.
Rural training reaps rich harvest for locals
April 04, 2011 | 08:55
“Skills and knowledge are engines of economic growth and social development, and it is through skills and knowledge that women and men can enjoy equal access to decent work and productive employment”
Purse strings set to loosen in 2011
March 07, 2011 | 07:30
Ralf Matthaes, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) regional managing director for Vietnam and Malaysia, provides a unique insight into Vietnamese consumer spending trends in 2011.
Locals buying into Tet celebrations
February 05, 2011 | 10:36
Tet is definitely the most important and popular festival in Vietnam. It is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which falls between late January and early February.
Rural banks on the way out
August 24, 2006 | 18:13
Vietnam will remove its rural commercial joint-stock banks, with the central bank’s rules requiring the unification of the rural banks with urban commercial joint-stock banks nationwide in the period to 2010 as the first step in preparation for the sector’s global integration.
Time for a rural revolution
April 11, 2005 | 18:24
Although 70 per cent of Vietnamese people live in rural areas, only a small fraction of the country’s private enterprises are based there. Vu Long examines why businesses have been slow to move to the countryside.
Rural banks raise capital to compete
July 20, 2004 | 18:15
A number of rural joint-stock commercial banks have announced a dramatic increase to their chartered capital before the end of the year in order to expand their business in the face of the ever-increasing competition.
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