Economy 1 Vietnam news | 06/09/2022 08:11 VN an attractive life insurance market The life insurance market remains attractive despite slowing down of late, according to the Insurance Association of Việt Nam. 2 Vietnam news | 06/09/2022 07:54 Amazon and iDEA collaborate on initiative to support e-commerce manpower development for Việt Nam Amazon Global Selling and the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the initiative to support the manpower development for enterprises to unlock opportunities with export through e-commerce. 3 Vietnam news | 06/09/2022 07:41 Minister of finance grilled during NA meeting Minister of Finance Hồ Đức Phớc told National Assembly (NA) deputies on Wednesday his ministry has been working around the clock to come up with solutions to bring down petrol prices. 4 Vietnam news | 06/09/2022 06:03 Market settles up on rising risk demand Shares jumped on Wednesday on rising buying force since the market opened. 5 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 20:18 German-invested firm plans three wind power plants in Lang Son Chairman of the Lang Son Provincial People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu held a meeting with BayWa r.e. Wind Projects Vietnam Co. Ltd. on June 8 to discuss investment in wind power projects in the northern mountainous province. 6 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 18:48 RoK splashes cash on Vietnamese realty market Vietnam’s realty market, in addition to the manufacturing sector, has been attracting significant FDI from the Republic of Korean (RoK) in recent years, according to a survey by real estate consultancy Savills Vietnam. 7 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 17:54 Outstanding value of corporate bonds equals 3 percent of total outstanding credit Total outstanding value of corporate bonds by the end of April 2022 reached 320.4 trillion VND (13.8 billion USD), accounting for a small proportion of the country’s total outstanding credit of 2.86 percent, according to the State Bank of Vietnam. 8 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 17:32 Hà Nội connects with Italian Chamber of Commerce to improve the competitiveness of key products Focusing on building key industrial products in Hà Nội with high added value, advanced technology and a friendly environment will help turn the city products into a prestigious brand. 9 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 16:57 Amazon initiative helps boost cross-border e-commerce in Vietnam The Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam on June 8 launched a cross-border e-commerce initiative in the breakthrough era. 10 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 16:43 Legal framework for securities, corporate bond investment, business strengthened: SBV Governor Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has submitted a report to National Assembly (NA) deputies on issues raised during the Question-and-Answer session, including credit management and control in potentially risky areas, especially securities lending, corporate bond issuance and real estate. 11 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 16:13 Can Tho injects life into the nigh-time economy The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has launched a project to boost the development of its night-time economy as part of the efforts to attract more tourists. 12 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 15:15 Vietnamese businesses attend Seoul Food 2022 The event provides an ideal venue for Vietnamese food and beverage businesses to strengthen trade promotion 13 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 14:58 Large Japanese-funded project launched to strengthen safe agricultural value chains in the north The project costs US$3 million and is funded by Japan's non-refundable official development assistance (ODA). It will be implemented from 2022 to 2026, covering seven northern provinces of Hà Nội, Hà Nam, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương, Bắc Ninh, Nam Định and Sơn La. 14 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 14:11 Gas platform’s output reaches 5 billion cu.m As of late May, the Dragon Gas Compression Platform (DGCP) of the PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV GAS) saw an output of 5 billion cu.m of gas, according to the company. 15 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 11:18 Ben Tre develops marine economy With a 65-km long coastline running through three districts and a special economic zone (SEAZ) of nearly 20,000 sq.km, the southern province of Ben Tre has advantages for developing the sea-based economy. 16 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 10:58 Large Japanese-funded project launched to strengthen safe agricultural value chains in the north A project to strengthen the safe agricultural value chains in northern localities has been jointly launched by the National Agricultural Extension Centre (NAEC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 17 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 10:41 Online scams feed on victims' naivete Online scams have been climbing steadily in recent years as more people are taken in by "easy money" tricks. 18 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 10:40 Outstanding value of corporate bond equals 3% of country’s total outstanding credit Total outstanding value of corporate bonds by the end of April 2022 reached VNĐ320.4 trillion (US$13.8 billion), accounting for a small proportion of the country’s total outstanding credit of 2.86 per cent, according to the State Bank of Việt Nam. 19 Vietnam news | 06/08/2022 10:37 Orphan contracts cause issues in bancassurance Many bank clients have bought insurance through their banks (bancassurance), but they have received no support from the institutions when problems arose. 20 VietnamPlus | 06/08/2022 10:00 Solutions proposed to improve int’l railway transport service The Ministry of Transport has been tasked with coordinating with relevant ministries, sectors and localities in considering and handling recommendations of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on how to better the capacity of international railway transport serving import and export activities. 865 866 867 868 869