Got It, an on-demand expert platform and artificial intelligence (AI) innovator, has launched Querychat for cloud data warehouses starting with Google BigQuery, making it the first on-demand Expert Service Cloud for analytics. Querychat creates a scalable and elastic pool of vetted analytics experts to add business intelligence (BI) team capacity with usage-based pricing, and automatically delivers deep learning training data into a natural language processing (NLP) AI system. BI teams can now tap thousands of Got It experts around the globe 24/7 to quickly handle requests for queries and dashboards and eliminate backlog, while labelling user questions and corresponding SQL queries to train a Google BERT-based, Querychat TrueNLP AI without compromising data privacy. “Analytics tools and cloud data warehouses are extremely sophisticated products. We help users get ten times more value from these products by empowering users to collaborate with our Querychat analytics experts … [Read more...] about First on demand Expert Service Cloud for analytics launched
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Vietnam’s authorities consider tax relief to support local auto production
The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is scrutinizing a plan to exempt special consumption tax on locally produced auto parts in a move to promote domestic auto manufacturing and build up a supply chain for the industry. Thaco has the highest rate of locally produced auto parts, at 15-18 percent Under a report sent to National Assembly (NA) deputies recently, the ministry said that it will submit the proposal on revising the special consumption tax rate imposed on vehicles with a high localization rate (measuring the use of locally produced parts) to NA for approval. The ministry expects the incentive policy will encourage domestic automakers including Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco), Thanh Cong Group and VinFast to promote their projects. According to the ministry, it has so far also issued policies, such as Decree No.116/2017/ND-CP, to promote the local automobile manufacturing and related supporting industries. While Decree 116, which took effect … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s authorities consider tax relief to support local auto production
BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 26/8
SCB signs deal with three Hong Kong banks Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) and three Hong Kong banks on Monday signed a co-operation agreement on syndicated credit financing. Under the agreement, SCB, Hang Seng Bank Limited, Chong Hing Bank Limited and The Bank of East Asia Limited committed to support financial investment and ensure a stable financing source for Union Square Company Limited, which operates in the field of real estate. The signing was made within the framework of an investment development co-operation event held by the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in co-ordination with Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) in HCM City on Monday. Also at the event, the four banks signed a strategic agreement for comprehensive and long-term co-operation in exchanging experience on investment and financial management, increasing business relations, conducting research and investment, and especially providing credit to local and foreign … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 26/8
BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 24/8
20th edition of Vietfish expo opens in HCM City The country’s premier fisheries expo, the Viet Nam Fisheries International Exhibition, returns to HCM City 30 per cent larger than when it debuted in 2008.The event, hosted by the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), opened on August 22 at the Sai Gon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7.In its 20th edition this year, the annual event, with the theme “Asia’s Home of Seafood”, has attracted 233 exhibitors from 14 countries and territories.The organisers said the exhibition this year has been expanded by nearly 200sq.m from last year with 7 per cent more exhibitors.Vietnamese companies are once more showing off their potential as leading fisheries exporters.Some 66 per cent of the exhibitors are domestic, organisers said.Of the participants, 55 per cent are in aquaculture and services while the remaining 45 per cent sell machinery and equipment, chemicals, … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 24/8
President’s visit to help promote trade ties with Ethiopia, Egypt
President Tran Dai Quang (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23-29 is expected to open new prospects for trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and the two nations, as well as with the African region in general. Trade experts have said that Ethiopia, emerging from its prolonged drought period and high poverty rate, has become an “African tiger” with an annual economic growth of over 10 percent during the last decade. Ethiopia is one of the oldest kingdoms in Africa, with agriculture dominating the national economy. Notably, since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1976, trade between Vietnam and Ethiopia has grown continuously, hitting 11.3 million USD in 2017. Vietnam exported 2.2 million USD worth of goods to Ethiopia, mainly in textiles, leather and footwear, and chemical products. A representative of the Asia-Africa Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and … [Read more...] about President’s visit to help promote trade ties with Ethiopia, Egypt