Citizens from an additional six countries, alongside the 40 countries that are already permitted, are applicable for e-visas when entering Viet Nam, according to a recently-issued document signed by the Prime Minister. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Resolution 124/NQ-CP, on November 29, supplementing the list of countries whose citizens are piloting e-visas when entering Viet Nam under the Decree No. 07/2017/NĐ-CP, including Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, India, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The resolution took effect immediately following its signing date. Previously, Decree No. 07/2017, which took effect in February 2017, stipulates that visitors from the following 40 countries can apply for and receive Vietnamese visas online, including Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Ireland, Poland, Belarus, Bulgaria, Brunei, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Czech, Cuba, Denmark, Timor-Leste, the US, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, the UK, … [Read more...] about Additional six countries added to Viet Nam’s pilot e-visa programme
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Champion Lee Group builds factory in Viet Nam
Champion Lee Group Vietnam has set up a label-manufacturing plant in the Mekong Delta province of Long An near HCM City.Situated in the Long Heu Industrial Park, it is expected to meet a growing demand from well-known brands operating in Viet Nam.The 8,000sq.m, US$5million plant has modern equipment and facilities that will enable it to meet the high standards the brands expect.At the inauguration, Calvin Yip, the CEO of Champion Lee Group Vietnam, said: “We are in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Singapore … and now the time is right to take the next step and establish an additional factory in Long An, an industrial hub adjacent to HCM City.”The factory is expected to create almost 200 jobs. The brand’s market spans the US, Europe and Southeast Asia. — VNS. … [Read more...] about Champion Lee Group builds factory in Viet Nam
Korean firms eye Viet Nam partners
The companies are in sectors like cosmetics; food including soybean paste, soy sauce, dried shiitake mushroom, black garlic, and snacks; beverages; and agricultural produce like rice, fruits, and ginseng.Speaking at the Viet Nam-Korea B2B Meeting, Hoang Van Anh of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the two countries co-operate in many fields, especially investment and trading.Korea is Viet Nam’s third largest trading partner and Viet Nam is Korea’s fourth largest, he said.Their trade was worth over US$45 billion in the first nine months of this year, with Viet Nam having a deficit.The two have similar agricultural produce, but Vietnamese firms need to learn from their Korean counterparts to improve their production.“Vietnamese companies should promote technical co-operation with Korean firms in processing farm produce or can work with Korean companies at the event to promote export of their products to Korea.”Kim Heung Soo, chairman of the … [Read more...] about Korean firms eye Viet Nam partners
Viet Nam e-commerce growing rapidly
The report “The Future of E-commerce in FMCG” (fast moving consumer goods) is based on tracking the purchase of more than 500,000 shoppers in key countries spanning three continents.In terms of absolute value growth, the top six contributors are all leading power economies, led by China and the United States.The other top performing countries are South Korea, Britain, Japan and France.However, the online grocery sector is also expanding into new markets. There has been significant value growth, for example, in Thailand (104 per cent), Malaysia (88 per cent), and Viet Nam (69 per cent), where e-commerce is in uts early stages.In Viet Nam, the e-commerce channel has evolved thanks to booming internet usage and smartphone ownership, together with massive investment of key retail players. It now takes 0.5 per cent of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in four key urban cities of Viet Nam, which are HCM City, Ha Noi, Da Nang and Can Tho.The percentage of e-commerce … [Read more...] about Viet Nam e-commerce growing rapidly
Eleven apparel and footwear factories in Viet Nam take the extra mile for children
As part of the initial activities, factories will roll out the awareness raising campaign 60 minutes working as a mum that was developed in partnership with iCare Benefits and the Purpose Group to increase awareness on breastfeeding in workplace among workers and to encourage management to introduce policies to support breastfeeding workers. “The footwear and apparel industry employs around 3.5 million workers in Viet Nam, 80% of whom are young women and most of them have migrated from rural areas to take factory jobs.” said Jesper Moller, UNICEF Deputy Representative in Viet Nam. “Therefore, those businesses impact millions of children, both directly and indirectly through the policies and practices for their workers. I commend the participating factories for recognizing the role that they play and for committing to take action and to become new child rights advocates.” This progamme launched is supported by UNICEF, the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and … [Read more...] about Eleven apparel and footwear factories in Viet Nam take the extra mile for children