A business owner in Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuận Province, uses computer to introduce products on her website. —VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành HÀ NỘI — As the central coastal province of Ninh Thuận shifted to more service industries, most of its 4,000 small businesses have been told to go digital. Most recently, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) coordinated with the People's Committee of Ninh Thuận and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to organise a conference, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of digital transformation in doing business in the province. MPI’s representative said that with the increasingly developing digital economy in the country and around the world, organisations, businesses and traditional models needed to make drastic changes to continue to exist and develop especially during the pandemic. To a province with mostly agricultural production like Ninh Thuận, digital transformation was still relatively new, and at … [Read more...] about MPI supports digital transformation for SMEs in Ninh Thuận
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Private banks coming strong against state-owned banks
Illustrative image It is being seen that private banks have now put in place many breakthroughs in business plans and are even preparing to overtake the strong performances of commercial banks in the Big 4 Group. Race for profits Vietcombank has just released its consolidated financial statement for the first quarter of the year, showing a pre-tax profit of more than VND9.95 trillion, which is an increase by 15.3 percent. However, in the first quarter, Vietcombank lost its former place as the number one champion. The private joint stock commercial bank, Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), has managed to push Vietcombank to second position. According to its consolidated financial statement for the first quarter, VPBank showed a profit before tax of VND11.14 trillion, up by 178 percent over the same period last year. The third and fourth positions are now being held by Techcombank which showed a profit of more than VND5.52 trillion, and Military … [Read more...] about Private banks coming strong against state-owned banks
Thin-skinned souls work hard to keep bodies slim and fit
But people around the 24-year-old, who is admittedly at the higher end of the range, call her "sumo." Nguyen, who used to love munching on snacks and sipping boba milk tea in the evening, admits: "I act as if I don’t care, but I'm still a girl and such a label triggers in me a subconscious fear of becoming fat." The office worker in HCMC's District 7 tries not to let others’ negative comments bother her, but has nevertheless grown tired of people’s criticism. Her weight and eating habits have become "semi-public" with family members often criticizing her appearance during the Lunar New Year, and friends constantly pushing her to lose weight. As a result her self-esteem has plummeted, she says. The shame and guilt caused by others has pushed her into action. She spends the better part of the day in front of a computer screen and is not physically active, and so has embarked on a strict eat-clean diet in the hope of losing two to three kilograms this summer. "I am not … [Read more...] about Thin-skinned souls work hard to keep bodies slim and fit
Stock exchanges to disclose self-trading data before May 23
An investor standing in front of a stock trading screen. Photo tuoitre.vn HÀ NỘI — The State Securities Commission (SSC) sent an official dispatch to stock exchanges, requesting disclosure of information for proprietary trading of securities companies and information related to firms influencing stocks that hit ceiling or floor prices for five consecutive sessions. According to the document, based on the reports of stock exchanges on the trading situation on the stock market and Circular 96/2020/TT-BTC guiding the disclosure of information on the stock market, approved by the Ministry of Finance, SSC requested the Việt Nam Stock Exchange (VNX) to direct the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) and the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) to disclose information on total volume and total value of proprietary trading - buying and selling transactions - for each securities code at the end of a trading day. The document also said that SSC directs HOSE and HNX to require listing organisations to … [Read more...] about Stock exchanges to disclose self-trading data before May 23
More than 14 million people receive COVID-19 vaccine passports
A vaccine passport displayed on the PC COVID-19 app. Photo of the Ministry of Health. HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced that it has issued more than 14 million COVID-19 vaccine passports to the general public, a month from its official rollout on April 15. The passport is now available on the national COVID-19 app PC COVID-19 (available on both iOS and Android systems) or Digital Health (Sổ sức khỏe điện tử) apps. The vaccine passports have 11 fields of information: name, date of birth, nationality, the targeted disease, doses of vaccines received, date of vaccination, lot number of the vaccine batch, type of vaccine, vaccine product received, the vaccine manufacturer, and a code for the certification. Data has been encoded into a QR code. The code will expire after 12 months. Following their expiry, people will be notified, and a new QR code will be created. According to Nguyễn Bá Hùng, deputy director of the ministry’s Medical Data Centre many people still think … [Read more...] about More than 14 million people receive COVID-19 vaccine passports
Vice President hosts tea party for visiting Greek President
Sakellaropoulou is paying an official visit to Vietnam from May 15 to 19 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. At the tea party, the Vietnamese Vice President welcomed the positive results of talks between the two presidents, expressing her belief that the visit by Sakellaropoulou will promote Vietnam-Greece cooperation in a practical and intensive manner. Xuan thanked the Greek President for her the warm sentiments to a high-ranking delegation from Vietnam during an official visit to the European nation last November, as well as for presenting 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam. She said that Vietnam and Greece share similarities in culture and history and hoped that the visit to the Temple of Literature helped the Greek President understand more about the country and people of Vietnam. In reply, Sakellaropoulou thanked Xuan for arranging the tea party and informed her host that during her talks with President Phuc, the two sides exchanged views … [Read more...] about Vice President hosts tea party for visiting Greek President
VJA rolls out emulation and rewards affairs for 2022
VJA Chairman Le Quoc Minh who is also Editor-in-Chief of the Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper and Head of the VJA’s emulation and reward council attended the event. On behalf of the standing board of the VJA, VJA Vice Chairman Tran Trong Dung reported on the emulation and reward tasks implemented in 2021 and stressed tasks for this year. According to the report, last year, the emulation and reward councils of VJA’s chapters at all levels well performed their staff role for association’ leaders to develop programs and plans related to emulation and reward affairs. Thanks to the amended emulation and reward regulations in 2018, journalists’ associations at all levels avoided rampant and not deserving rewards, and made remarkable changes in the awareness of the association’ cadres and members of the role and motivation of the emulation and reward affairs. Especially, on April 22 this year, the emulation and reward council convened a meeting, during which participants ebulliently, … [Read more...] about VJA rolls out emulation and rewards affairs for 2022