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PM urged US businesses to invest in tourism and trade opportunities with Viet Nam after COVID-19 PM urged US businesses to invest in tourism and trade opportunities with Viet Nam after COVID-19

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 17 (local time) attended the US-Viet Nam trade, investment and tourism promotion conference themed ‘Rediscovering Viet Nam’ in San Francisco.

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Taste of Australia 2022 aims to strengthen Viet Nam – Australia relationship Taste of Australia 2022 aims to strengthen Viet Nam – Australia relationship

The Taste of Australia 2022 is being held to showcase the best Australian food, building on Australia’s international reputation as a supplier of food and beverages that are high quality, safe and sustainable.

Banking
IFC, HDBank in tie-up to help SMEs scale up finance, enter global supply chains IFC, HDBank in tie-up to help SMEs scale up finance, enter global supply chains

The IFC and the Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) signed a memorandum of understanding on May 11 to become strategic partners for helping small and medium enterprises scale up finance and participate in global supply chains, including high-tech agricultural chains.

Property
HCM City’s apartment supply drops in Q1 HCM City’s apartment supply drops in Q1

HCM City’s apartment market saw supply decline in the first quarter.

Markets
VN-Index continues to rebound on improved sentiment VN-Index continues to rebound on improved sentiment

The market was mixed on Wednesday, with the VN-Index extending gains as investors' sentiment continued to improve.

Tech
Microsoft wants to cooperate with Viet Nam in digital transformation, cybersecurity, green economy: Executive Microsoft wants to cooperate with Viet Nam in digital transformation, cybersecurity, green economy: Executive

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 17 met with Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations at Microsoft Asia Pacific Sandy Gupta and other leading officials of Microsoft.

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Audi Viet Nam recalls Q5 cars to install protectors Audi Viet Nam recalls Q5 cars to install protectors

Audi Viet Nam has just confirmed that the number of Audi Q5 cars sold in the Vietnamese market that are subject to a recall to install protectors on the car is 726.

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Loopholes and risks holding back bond market Loopholes and risks holding back bond market

The State Securities Commission of Vietnam has recently cancelled nine private bond offerings of three companies under Tan Hoang Minh Group, laying open loopholes and risks that have been holding back Viet Nam's bond market. Lawyer Nguyen Thanh Ha, chairman of the law firm SBLAW, spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the loopholes, the risks and his suggestion to reduce investors' risk exposure

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Work on social housing project begins in Ha Nam Work on social housing project begins in Ha Nam

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation has begun construction of a social housing project in the northern province of Ha Nam.

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Grab announces targets for sustainable, inclusive growth Grab announces targets for sustainable, inclusive growth

Grab has announced its commitment to managing its carbon footprint to become carbon-neutral by 2040 even as its business continues to grow significantly over the years. 

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Viet Nam promotes solutions to improve national credit rating Viet Nam promotes solutions to improve national credit rating

Improving the national credit rating is implemented with a long-term vision to reduce the cost of capital mobilisation, enhance the country's reputation, and meet the needs of socio-economic development in the future. Truong Hung Long, director of the Department of Debt Management and External Finance under the Ministry of Finance, spoke with Vietnam News Agency about the issues.

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Financial risks: agile and flexible response needed Financial risks: agile and flexible response needed

As we all know, the financial market (including the stock market and bond market, among others) and the financial system (including commercial banks and financial institutions) play a vital role in facilitating the smooth operation of economies by allocating resources and creating liquidity for businesses.

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Not lending to property sector will have mixed effects: analysts Not lending to property sector will have mixed effects: analysts

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Dao Minh Tu, announced at the Government’s March press conference that credit growth in the first quarter of the year had been 5.04 per cent, much higher than the 2.16 per cent rise in the same period last year.