Singapore has launched a regional centre to help ASEAN member states prepare for the future of work. Read more »
The UK newswire The Telegraph has recently published an article, hailing Vietnam’s success in controlling the recent second wave of the coronavirus. Read more »
The World Bank (WB) has revised down Malaysia’s economic growth forecast this year to a contraction of 4.9 percent, from an early estimate of minus 3.1 percent, following a sharper... Read more »
Though Vietnam has done exceptionally well in quickly containing COVID-19, the pandemic has taken unprecedented toll on its economy. However, it is notable room for the country to further accelerate... Read more »
Vietnam detected 17 new cases of COVID-19 on September 29, all people being quarantined in concentrated facilities, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Read more »
Indonesia reported 4,002 new cases of COVID-19 on September 29, raising the country’s total count to 282,724. Read more »
Ensuring the effective use and management of plastic waste has grown into a top global concern, and is also high on the agenda of the annual global Clean Up the... Read more »
Ha Thi Thu Thanh, chairperson of Deloitte Vietnam, has participated in the third annual Vietnam Reform and Development Forum as a panellist to join the discussion on “Resilient leaders –... Read more »
The Chinese government has donated a shipment of 320,000 medical masks to Vietnam to help the country prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community. Read more »
Vietnam has recorded 17 new coronavirus cases that all returned from Russia, bringing the country’s infection tally to 1,094, according to the Ministry of Health September 29. Read more »
Total social investment in the first nine months of this year increased just 4.8 percent year-on-year to 1,445 trillion VND, the lowest pace during the 2016-2020 period, the General Statistics... Read more »
The Thai cabinet has recent approved a special tourist visa for long-stay visitors who agree to go through a 14-day state quarantine, or alternative state quarantine, as well as hospital... Read more »
Quang Nam province, a coronavirus hotspot in central Vietnam, discharged the last four COVID-19 patients September 29 after making a full recovery from the disease. Read more »
Stocks of large companies with stronger environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings have outperformed the global average by 4.7% since mid-December 2019. Read more »
The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 3.85 percent year-on-year between January and September, the highest nine-month CPI growth over the last five years, the General Statistics Office reported. Read more »
A survey found that 81% of manufacturing and processing enterprises expected stability and even improvements in performance in the final quarter of the year. Read more »
S D Pradhan, former chairman of India’s Joint Intelligence Committee, has hailed Vietnam’s successful containment of the recent second wave of the coronavirus, attributing the results to the country’s salience... Read more »
Vietnam is a prime candidate for the ongoing shift of value chains in Asia, said a senior executive of the French Business Confederation (MEDEF) International. Read more »
The gross domestic product (GDP) of Vietnam grew 2.12 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Read more »
The novel coronavirus dealt a blow to businesses around the world, but a young entrepreneur in Vietnam has managed to survive his own way. With a bachelor’s degree in information... Read more »
Although the country’s GDP growth in the third quarter is estimated at a decade-low of 2.62%, this is an improvement from the 0.36% growth in the second quarter. Read more »
The confidence in business activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in Singapore for the remaining months of 2020 falls to the lowest level since 2009, as the COVID-19... Read more »
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on March 29 that partial restrictions in and around the Manila capital region will be extended for another month until October 31 to contain the... Read more »
Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen on September 28 urged authorities and people’s engagement in the prevention and control of alcohol harms as strong as the resolve to fight... Read more »
Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases within the past 12 hours as of 7 a.m on September 29, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Read more »
Vietnam entered the 27th consecutive day without any new COVID-19 infection in the community as of 6am on September 29, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and... Read more »
The Ministry of Health has issued updated guidelines for priority COVID-19 testing to effectively make use of all available resources and detect and monitor new cases. Read more »
The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan and Hana’s Charity have recently organised a full-moon festival at a community centre in Chiba prefecture where nearly 60 Vietnamese citizens stranded by COVID-19... Read more »
A total of 1,099 shipping containers of unqualified scrap, many of which contain impurities and toxic substances harmful to the environment, have been stored at the city’s ports and needed... Read more »
At least 71 people from various Covid-19 quarantine facilities have been transferred to the Hanoi Mental Hospital over the past eight months. Read more »
The conference was co-organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the French Embassy in Vietnam, and MEDEF International – a non-profit private-funded organisation created in 1989 by MEDEF, the... Read more »
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will visit Vietnam on Tuesday to hold talks with his counterpart Pham Binh Minh, with a trade deal at the top of the agenda ahead... Read more »
Clashes broke out between police and maskless campaigners from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park over ending Covid-19 restrictions. Read more »
CNBC Indonesia on September 25 has run an article revealing Vietnam’s secret to the success in COVID-19 combat, simultaneously provide data on Vietnam’s economic growth in the global crisis context.... Read more »
If AirAsia can survive a cash crunch, it may have a bright future ahead. Read more »
Indonesia and the Philippines each logged more than 3,000 COVID-19 infections on September 28. Read more »
A number of international schools and English teaching centres nationwide are facing the prospect of a shortage of foreign teachers caused by the negative impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)... Read more »
VCN - On the evening of September 26 (Vietnam time), Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha on behalf of the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance attended the 2020 APEC Finance... Read more »