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HCM City (VNA) - Promoting consumer finance and simplifying procedures for loan applications would be a priority for commercial banks, financial companies and microfinance institutions as part of efforts to limit black credit, a conference heard in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20. Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu considered abolishing black credit as one of the important tasks that has been continuously implemented across the whole credit institution system in Vietnam. In recent years, the SBV and credit institutions in localities have been cocoordinating with the Ministry of Public Security and local authorities in implementing drastic measures to limit black credit. In the future, the SBV will continue improving the awareness of local people about credit policies, loan packages and procedures for loan applications so that local people could easily access bank loans. Meanwhile, the State Bank will study and soon complete legal documents … [Read more...] about Promoting consumer finance to fight black credit: experts

The two patients include a 52-year-old Indian specialist who arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on January 19. The other is a 27-year-old Vietnamese national returning from Japan and also arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport. … [Read more...] about Two more imported cases reported over last 24 hours

The second train destined for the metro line is expected to reach Vietnam by the end of this month. Among the 10 trains ordered, four would be included in the first batch to be delivered from France, MRB confirmed. Each would have four compartments, capable of carrying around 950 passengers, with a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour. … [Read more...] about Second Hanoi metro line conducts debut trial run

During the trial phase, which was based on a proposal formulated by Mai Linh Group and City View Real Estate Company, several drawbacks in implementation were noted, namely the narrow test area, limited vehicles and low route frequency, which led to the failure to attract regular passengers and turn profitable. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City ready for another test round of electric buses

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and other U.S. and Vietnamese government officials joined a ceremony on January 21 to celebrate the dioxin remediation results as part of the two countries’ joint efforts to overcome war legacies. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, U.S. eliminate dioxin contamination from part of Bien Hoa Airbase