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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Conglomerate Vingroup JSC plans to earn 145 trillion VND (6.2 billion USD) in revenue this year, up 12 percent year-on-year. The information was released during the group’s annual general meeting of shareholders (AGMs) held on May 28 in Hanoi. Post-tax profit is expected to decrease 35 percent to reach 5 trillion VND. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vingroup Chairman of the Board of Directors Pham Nhat Vuong said its tourism arm Vinpearl was most ravaged by the disease. “However, the group still seeks solutions to stimulate domestic demand for tourism, especially inbound because we could not offer services for foreign clients during the pandemic,” he said. “According to statistics, Vietnam greets 80 million domestic visitors and 18 million foreign visitors each year,” Vuong said. The Vingroup chairman said if the disease was controlled and people could not travel abroad, domestic tourism would be … [Read more...] about Vingroup forecast revenue up 12 percent

Vietnamese musicians have shared different views about plagiarism. Younger musicians tend to be more flexible. To DJ SlimV for instance, to judge whether somebody plagiarizes is complicated. A work has to be seen as a whole as well as in its details such as its melody and chord progression, and may require a jury to reach a conclusion. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese pop tarnished by plagiarism suspicions

In the list of 154 models subject to registration fee adjustment under Decision No.452/QD-BTC effective from April 3 on adjusting registration fees for automobiles and motorbikes, registration fees for passenger cars or cars with less than nine seats were 12 per cent in eight provinces and cities (Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Haiphong, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Son La, and Can Tho), while it is 11 per cent in Ha Tinh and 10 per cent in Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, and other cities. The charge is now 7.2 per cent for a pickup truck in the first group of cities/provinces, 6.6 per cent in Ha Tinh, and 6 per cent in other cities. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30