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The Vietnamese Women’s Museum held a ceremony on May 17 in Hanoi to receive roughly 500 artifacts donated by Mark Rapoport, a doctor from the United States, and his family. US doctor Mark Rapoport (C) offers 500 artifacts to Vietnamese Women's Museum. (Photo: Phunuvietnam.vn) In 1969, Rapoport first visited Vietnam as a medical student. He was sent by the American Medical Association to work as a medical volunteer in hospitals across Da Nang City, as well as in ethnic people inhabited villages in Quang Ngai province. Since then he has been collecting Vietnamese cultural artifacts. He then returned to work in New York for 25 years. In 2001, he and his family moved to Hanoi in order to conduct research on the impact of Agent Orange/dioxin, with a specific focus on the rate of birth defects among infants. Rapoport continued to collect Vietnamese artifacts, particularly items relating to ethnic minority groups and Vietnamese ancestors. Over the past 20 years, … [Read more...] about US doctor offers 500 artifacts to Vietnam Women’s Museum

Blockchain or crypto is not a new term in the global aspect of investing. Recently, however, these terms are gaining wider coverage with the return of a new trend in the GameFi market – Move to Earn. Following the popular play-to-earn model that most Metaverse and NFT coins adopted, move-to-earn is the new trend in crypto. Move-to-Earn (M2E) apps allow users to earn passive income while engaged in routine physical activities such as walking, running, dancing, or simply moving around. Grasping the development of this trend, EMOVES was born. For EMOVES, users will earn in-game currency which can be used in-game or cashed out for profit. EMOVES aims to drive millions towards a healthier lifestyle "Burn calories, Earn money" with the following benefits More health, more benefits, more happiness, more friends Running greatly stimulates your heart rate and helps you burn calories especially effectively, the more calories burned, the better your health will be. Especially … [Read more...] about EMOVES – Burn to earn

The initial deployment of Salesforce Financial Services Cloud across Techcombank’s network of over 5,000 frontline staff, represents the first of its kind cloud CRM implementation in the Vietnamese banking industry. An early adopter and pioneer of new technologies, standards, and solutions, Techcombank is recognized as one of the most innovative and digitally-forward banks in Vietnam. Guided by its vision of “Change banking, change lives”, the Bank continues to lead the digital transformation of the financial industry, in order to launch innovative offerings to Vietnamese consumers at speed and scale. Before working with Salesforce, Techcombank was using an in-house customer relationship management (CRM) system. The Bank recognized that there was untapped potential to integrate data and lead generation processes, and leverage real-time insights to help Techcombank’s relationship managers deliver seamless, differentiated experiences to customers. By deploying Salesforce … [Read more...] about Techcombank adopts Salesforce technology to drive digital transformation and customer engagement

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) visits the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (Photo: VNA) In his meeting with NYSE leaders, the Vietnamese PM expressed his pleasure to visit the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of market capitalisation, and thanked them for the warm welcome and the privilege to ring the bell to end the trading session of May 16. PM Pham Minh Chinh meets with representatives of NYSE (Photo: VNA) PM Chinh stressed that Vietnam is cracking down on the violations of a few unscrupulous investors in the country’s stock markets to ensure its security, transparency, and sustainable development. He asked the NYSE to cooperate and share experience in developing an effective, sustainable stock market in Vietnam as well as realising the country’s ambition to successfully build a regional-level financial centre, foster the win-win partnership between the NYSE and Vietnamese agencies and companies, contributing to the development of the … [Read more...] about PM visits New York Stock Exchange, holds roundtable with CEOs of int’l firms

Despite trade activities between the nation and South American nations seeing growth in recent times, it remains far from fulfilling its full potential, especially for the textile and garment sector, according to industry insiders. South America is viewed as a highly lucrative fashion market that boasts a population of more than 437 million people and a relatively high per capita income. However, there are still few businesses and consumers in South America who are fully aware of Vietnamese fashion products. Furthermore, the Vietnamese textile and garment industry is in the process of developing rapidly and is able to meet many large orders with high requirements from different markets. Currently, the nation’s textile and garment exports to Brazil stands at between US$150 million and US$200 million per year, whilst those to Chile are between US$70 million and US$90 million per year and to Peru the figure is around US$30 million to US$40 million per year. Meanwhile, local textile … [Read more...] about South America viewed as potential market for Vietnamese apparel

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 16 (local time) as part of his trip to the US. In his meeting with NYSE leaders, the Vietnamese PM expressed his pleasure to visit the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of market capitalisation, and thanked them for the warm welcome and the privilege to ring the bell to end the trading session of May 16. PM Pham Minh Chinh meets with representatives of NYSE (Photo: VNA) PM Chinh stressed that Vietnam is cracking down on the violations of a few unscrupulous investors in the country’s stock markets to ensure its security, transparency, and sustainable development. He asked the NYSE to cooperate and share experience in developing an effective, sustainable stock market in Vietnam as well as realising the country’s ambition to successfully build a regional-level financial centre, foster the win-win partnership between the NYSE and Vietnamese … [Read more...] about PM visits New York Stock Exchange, holds roundtable with CEOs of world leading firms

Vietravel Airlines has just signed a co-operation agreement with the Viet Nam Golf Tourism Association. — Photo nld.com.vn The Viet Nam Travel Aviation Company Limited (Vietravel Airlines) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Viet Nam Golf Tourism Association to officially participate in the network of providing tickets for more than 100,000 members of the association nationwide. Different from traditional tourism, golf tourism is a type of sports tourism that combines golf activities, exploration and relaxation. Guests participating in golf tourism are high-income people. Therefore, the cooperation with the Viet Nam Golf Tourism Association proves the service quality and transport capacity of Vietravel Airlines. In Viet Nam, golf tourism is an area with great potential when the golf economy is in a boom period. According to the Viet Nam Golf Association, the number of domestic golfers is 100,000 people and the number of regular players (at least twice a month) is … [Read more...] about Vietravel Airlines signs a co-operation agreement with the Viet Nam Golf Tourism Association

At a meeting with the province's leaders, the Vietnamese top legislator applauded Champasak province for expanding collaboration with localities of Vietnam in recent years. Emphasizing the potential for cooperation between the two countries, Hue said he wants the province will continue to promote collaboration with localities in Vietnam, assist Vietnamese enterprises that are investing in the province and help Vietnamese living in the province for a long time get Lao nationality to feel secure. He announced that the Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam and businesses accompanying the Vietnamese N.A. delegation will present equipment, textbooks, and financial support to the province to upgrade local friendship schools. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Governor of Champasak Vilayvong Bouddakham briefed the Vietnamese N.A. chairman on the province's achievements over the past few years, attributing them to the effective support of Vietnamese Party, Government … [Read more...] about N.A. Chairman visits Champasak province in Laos

At a meeting with U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed in New York on May 16 (local time), the PM stressed that the year 2022 is of great significance as it marks the 45th anniversary of Vietnam’s U.N. membership. Appreciating the U.N.’s valuable contributions and support to Vietnam over the past more than four decades, the PM asked Amina to convey his invitation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other U.N. leaders to visit Vietnam this year to foster multi-faceted cooperation between the two sides. Chinh reiterated Vietnam’s strong commitments to multilateralism and a world order based on international law and the U.N. Charter, as well as the country’s support for the U.N.’s central role in the global administration system, saying it needs global, all-people, and comprehensive approaches to tackle common challenges like epidemics and climate change. Vietnam backs enhancing relations between the U.N., parliaments of its member countries and the … [Read more...] about Vietnam to play more active role at U.N.: PM

The demand for rented office space in HCM City has sharply risen after the Covid-19 pandemic. HCM City-based Commenty Company which specialises in IT has rented a bigger office in District 4 to expand its operations after posting a robust growth during the pandemic. The demand for rented office space in HCM City has sharply risen after the Covid-19 pandemic Nguyen Tien Tuan, director of a trading firm in HCM City, said that his company had moved to a new office following new hires. Many buildings in HCM City have cut office leases by 10-15 percent. Nguyen Ngoc Bich, deputy director of the office leasing service at Thien Nam Building, said that the company owns 11 buildings which had a 98-99 percent occupancy rate before the pandemic. Due to the pandemic, two buildings with a total area of 3,000 square metres were now empty. After three months of rent exemption, Thien Nam Building has attracted more customers. At present, only roughly 1,300 square metres … [Read more...] about Demand for offices for rent on the rise after pandemic