Vietnam Morning News For November 20

Startups still looking for capital from venture funds Vietnam is striving to become a ‘startup nation’, but the number of venture funds operating in Vietnam remains so modest that all their names are known by […]

Startups still looking for capital from venture funds Vietnam is striving to become a ‘startup nation’, but the number of venture funds operating in Vietnam remains so modest that all their names are known by […]

Vietnam to offload 21.8% of construction major Vinaconex on Dec 8 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), Vietnam’s sovereign wealth fund, is seeking to sell a 21.79 per cent stake in the country’s construction major […]

Vietnam launches government website for startups Up to one billion U.S. dollars in venture capital awaits Vietnamese startups, Minister for Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh said on Tuesday at the launch of a government […]

Vietcombank to fully cut its cross ownership The fourth-largest bank in Vietnam by assets expects to reap VND1 trillion ($44 million) from selling all of its 6.97 per cent in Military Bank and 8.2 per […]

Facial Recognition Fail: Vietnam Security Co. Fools iPhone X Face ID (video) After proving in 2008 that facial recognition was not an effective security measure for laptops, a Ha Noi software security firm has shown […]

Transparent policies needed to draw foreign capital According to the State Securities Commission (SSC), the local market is valued at US$124 billion and has been among the seven fastest-growing in the world in the past […]

Vietnam to be among top 20 economies by 2050, says PwC The report was released on the occasion of the APEC CEO Summit, which is taking place in the central city of Da Nang on […]

Vietnam posts $2.2 bn trade surplus in October Vietnam had a trade surplus of $2.2 billion in October, much higher than the government’s forecast of $900 million, the customs department said on Wednesday. — Bangkok […]

New petrol import tax benefits people Normally, the ministry announced the petrol basis price and the import tax based on weighted average of the tariffs at the first month of every quarter. — VietnamNet Bridge […]

Mobile payment helps develop non-cash economy The Vietnam Electronic Payment Forum 2017 (VEPF) themed “Mobile Payment – a factor to promote the non-cash economy” officially opened this morning in Ha Noi. — Bizhub SCG growing […]

Why foreigners aren’t buying houses in Vietnam There’s a wealth of expats and overseas Vietnamese interested in the real estate market, but red tape is putting them off. — VnExpress VN banking assets rise to […]

Vietnam seeks to export pork to RoK Vu Trong Nghia, director of the Bien Dong Trade Developed Investment Corporation, has announced that his company has signed a contract with the Korea Food Company to sell […]