Extending Vietnam’s export value chain via hybrid promotion

Extending Vietnam’s export value chain via hybrid promotion

Using hybrid trade promotion models, including online methods, have helped Vietnamese exporters save costs, shorten distances and time, and increase the number of accessible markets and potential customers, thereby contributing to Vietnam’s positive export performance in the past two years. Last year, Vietnam’s total export turnover reached $336.25 billion, up 19 per cent over the previous year.
Novartis brings pioneer online medical platform to Vietnam

Novartis brings pioneer online medical platform to Vietnam

Aiming to offer an exclusive digital network for medical staff, Novartis Vietnam Ltd. has recently teamed up with Docquity Holdings Pte., Ltd. to bring the Docquity online platform to Vietnam.  
Yeah1's profit down 10 per cent

Yeah1's profit down 10 per cent

Yeah1 Group’s after-tax profit was revised downward by 10 per cent after the audit as it poured all its reserve funds into Springme and buying treasury stocks.
Vietnamese startups encouraged to embrace failure

Vietnamese startups encouraged to embrace failure

Vietnamese entrepreneurs need to embrace failure much more readily in order to build a successful online business.
Thousands of Vietnamese online stores to go bankrupt by Facebook blocking API

Thousands of Vietnamese online stores to go bankrupt by Facebook blocking API

Facebook has just blocked API, affecting a large number of Vietnamese online businesses utilising the social network as a trading platform.
Vietnamese life insurance sector going online

Vietnamese life insurance sector going online

Prudential, Manulife, and FWD are now followed by Chubb Life, Generali Vietnam, and Hanwha Life in transferring insurance transactions to digital platforms.
Investing in tech is the entrepreneur’s greatest move

Investing in tech is the entrepreneur’s greatest move

As the dot.com boom is over, it is not easy to make a website and cash out for millions. But as cyberspace has evolved, so have potential revenue streams.
Online purchases in Vietnam double over the past year

Online purchases in Vietnam double over the past year

E-commerce is booming and making its presence felt in Vietnam with online purchases doubling in many categories over the past year.
Foody displays big appetite

Foody displays big appetite

Vietnamese start-up company Foody has been added to Japan’s CyberAgent Ventures portfolio, to increase its venture investments in Vietnam.
IFC praises VIB’s online registration for secured transactions

IFC praises VIB’s online registration for secured transactions

On October 29, IFC specialists and a delegation from Lao PDR’s Ministry of Finance met with representatives from Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB) to discuss the benefits of the online registration system for secured transactions.
Extend the role of ICT in and beyond classroom with Windows 8

Extend the role of ICT in and beyond classroom with Windows 8

Microsoft’s Windows 8 – the most awaited and super operating system of this generation was finally launched on October 26, 2012. At the same day, Microsoft Vietnam hosted a Windows 8 in education event to demo how Windows 8 can excite students and help them realise their full potential.
VTC Online logs on to cash injection

VTC Online logs on to cash injection

A Vietnamese media firm was landed $10 million investment from investment fund DWS Vietnam.
Online mission too taxing

Online mission too taxing

Deputy Finance Minister (MoF) Do Hoang Anh Tuan brings some light to why it would be hard to achieve a target of having 190,000-200,000 businesses filling their tax declarations online by the year’s end.
Reporting online advert constraints

Reporting online advert constraints

Vietnam Journalists Association deputy chairman Ha Minh Hue said easing online newspapers’ advertising regulations would help media organisations lift incomes and investment into technology parallel to boosting service quality.
Business registration set to be streamlined

Business registration set to be streamlined

Business start-up procedures are set to be streamlined thanks to a circular on online registration being drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
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