SOFTWARE FIRMS SEE GREAT POTENTIAL IN HOME MARKET
[25-04-2016] More than 60 percent startups have been using information technology (IT) in their business. Small and medium enterprises now tend to use IT to create their competitiveness, but the IT application index still remains modest.
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS €“ APRIL 18-24
[25-04-2016]The PM's upcoming meeting with businesses; the 4th negotiation round on trade deal among Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia; the Foreign Ministry's conference promoting Asia-Europe partnership; and the attainment of a trade surplus of US$1.36 billion in Q1 are economic highlights from April 18-24.
NUMBER OF HIGH-END DEVELOPMENTS TO GROW
[22-04-2016] The real estate market in Viet Nam will see a growing number of property developments which offer quality living environments and amenities as developers are moving to meet the market demand amidst an improved economy.
WAGE SPIKE MAY BE LOWER THAN 12.4%
[20-04-2016] Chairman of the National Wage Council Pham Minh Huan has projected the 2017 average minimum wage raise would be lower than the 12.4% increase approved for this year by the Government. Huan, who is also Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, told reporters that the council is making preparations for discussions about region-based minimum salary increases in 2017.
REAL ESTATE FIRMS LIFT FOREIGN LIMITS
[20-04-2016] A range of locally listed firms with real estate interests have both lifted their foreign ownership limit to 60 per cent and purchase shares in order to access foreign funding for the development of their various projects.
DONG NAI ATTRACTS HUGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO AUXILIARY INDUSTRY
[21-04-2016] Since early 2016, the southern province of Dong Nai attracted 33 foreign projects, including 15 projects in auxiliary industry and two ones in mechanics and garment, according to the Management Board of Dong Nai industrial zones.
HKETO NEWSLETTER - HK FILES
[20-04-2016] The latest issue of HK Files, the newsletter published by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (ASEAN), has just been published. It is available for viewing at their official website. Please click the following hyperlink to read the latest news on Hong Kong and the activities of this office.
VIETNAM€™S INFLATION TO EDGE UP TO 5 PERCENT IN 2016: REPORT
[19-04-2016] Vietnam posted arecord low inflationrate of 0.63 percent in 2015, but that could rise to four or five percent this year, according to the Vietnam Quarterly Macroeconomic Monitor, Quarter 1 – 2016. Inflation had been pushed up by 1.69 percent as of the end of last month, driven by increments in education and healthcare prices, Dr. Nguyen Duc Thanh, VEPR director, said at the ceremonial release of the report in Hanoi on Tuesday.
