Last week the city saw the country’s first Covid-19 death, a toll that has since risen to 10. Just weeks earlier, Vietnam was praised globally as a rare pandemic success story. The communist country …
Vietnam Airlines to slash wages in half to fill financial hole
HANOI — Vietnam Airlines plans to reduce the wages of flight staff by roughly half this year as part of a cost-cutting campaign to win a government bailout that would cushion the financial …
Vietnam raises contributions to global effort to respond to climate change
The updated NDC of Vietnam identifies mitigation measures for the 2021-2030 period, and strategic adaptation tasks and measures to minimize damage caused by climate change that are specific to each …
Low touch economy – A possible solution for Vietnam in a post-pandemic world
A “low touch economy” for Vietnam can be considered as a strategic response to COVID-19 While the race for a vaccine is accelerating across the world, a recent Imperial College London report forecaste …
HSBC: Vietnam expects positive global export prospect
If there was a new wave of infections in Vietnam, it could still be relatively better off given that the situation is worse in many other markets and regions“, according to HSBC Global Research. “Viet …
ASEAN’s investment contributes significantlly to Vietnam’s economic development
Since Vietnam joined ASEAN (July 28, 1995) and committed to the implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in 1996, ASEAN’s direct investment has contributed significantly to Vietnam’s …
Vietnam PM says risk of widespread COVID-19 infection ‘very high’
The risk of COVID-19 spreading widely in Vietnam is “very high”, its prime minister said on Friday, after a new outbreak in the central city of Danang late last month ended a three month run of no new …
Vietnam’s proptech startups favored by investors despite Covid-19
Many Vietnam’s startups have died young during Covid-19, but startups in the real estate sector, or proptech, appear to have been unhurt by the epidemic.
Vietnam rice rates jump on supply crunch; high Thai prices cut demand
Waning rice supplies in Vietnam pushed export prices to a near two-month peak this week, while a strengthening domestic currency kept rates of the Thai variety high, subduing demand. Vietnam’s 5% …
Vietnam becomes second most optimistic country in Q2 2020: Nielsen
Overcoming the first wave of Covid-19, in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, Vietnam became the second most optimistic country globally with Consumer Confidence Index of 117 points, despite being down 9 …