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The site offers about 20,000 agro-forestry-fishery products, herbal food, beverage and handicrafts and others from 5,000 suppliers. All listed goods have clear origins and quality certificates issued by competent authorities. The platform sells commodities…
The service launched by Thanh Cong Taxi on June 13 is the first of its kind in Vietnam, allowing people to hail a cab from the company without having to download and use a taxi-hailing app. Nguyen Khuong Duy, representative of Thanh Cong Taxi, said that Thanh…
The fast growing New-Age Carrier, Vietjet, will take part in the International Travel Expo (ITE) Hong Kong to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from June 15 to 18, 2017. As a debutant of this star event of the Asia travel industry,…
Ranked 89 globally, India’s average internet connection speed of 6.5 Mbps is slower than Vietnam and Indonesia, which are much faster, a report said on Friday. While Vietnam, ranked 58, had an average internet speed of 9.5 Mbps, Indonesia at rank 77 provided…
Vietnam has been named among the Top 6 most-attractive retail markets in the world this year by A.T. Kearney in its Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), following India, China, Malaysia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It outstripped populous…
The trend started at a restaurant on Thai Ha Street. The images of young men without a shirt on and hot body made many curious and went to the restaurant to see for themselves. Tran Thai Linh, a local in Dong Da District, said she also went to the restaurant…
International trade is holding bulk of Vietnamese robusta stocks. Vietnamese coffee exporters, faced with dwindling robusta supplies in the world’s top producer, are paying up to buy beans from international trade houses who scooped up much of the crop early…
An Australian firm has accused Vietnamese manufacturers of manipulating market prices. Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into steel rods imported from Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam. The investigation…
The city was home to around 300 app-based taxis of less than nine seats in 2015. But the figure grew to 2,437 by the early 2016 and 22,000 by late April this year. Giao attempted to blame Uber and Grab for being partially responsible for HCM City’s traffic…
Global economic and political conditions cast doubt on the inflows, which have been an important source of capital for Vietnam. Vietnam is still in the list of top remittance recipients, but experts are uncertain about the future considering recent economic…
As competition in the property market heats up, developers are seeking new ways of attracting buyers – one recent attempt makes use of virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR). It’s expected that VR will boom this year, with a wide number of sectors…
It has taken the company two years to meet Japan’s strict quality control processes. A Vietnamese firm has completed the necessary procedures to start shipping processed chicken products to Japan. Koyu&Unitek Co. Ltd is the first poultry firm in the country…
The heavy investment made recently by the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to upgrade airports and develop new infrastructure still cannot satisfy the increasingly high travel demand. The additional parking lots set up by ACV recently do not mean much if…
Based on business results of the financial statements for the first quarter of 2017, the Board of Directors of Vietjet has announced to advance the first phase dividend for 2017 at the rate of 20% in the form of cash. The shareholder list confirmation date…
Tax officials are reaching out to 13,500 retailers in their database, but they admit this will be a very tough task. For the first time Ho Chi Minh City has started a new tax collection campaign targeting retailers on Facebook, the most popular social network…
Cái Lân International Container Terminal (CICT) announced the launch of a new route for container vessels ACS Cái Lân connecting India, Malaysia, Singapore, Việt Nam, China and the Republic of Korea on Tuesday. The operator of Cái Lân Terminal also welcomed…
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