Productivity must play bigger role

Productivity must play bigger role

Financial institutions are urging Vietnam to improve its labour productivity, which is key to ensuring economic growth at a more sustainable pace.
What are the new drivers of productivity for Vietnam?

What are the new drivers of productivity for Vietnam?

Building on the momentum of the newly adopted National Programme for Improvement of Labour Productivity in early November, the Ministry of Science and Technology took action with a National Productivity Forum in Hanoi on December 12.
Coffee to be restructured for higher quality production

Coffee to be restructured for higher quality production

Vietnam will narrow down its coffee plantation areas and improve coffee product structure in a bid to create high-quality beans with higher productivity.
Vietnam is losing ‘cheap’ labour cost advantage

Vietnam is losing ‘cheap’ labour cost advantage

Vietnam has experienced robust wage growth while a new ILO report shows a worse slowdown in global wages.
Microsoft Techdays 2012 open

Microsoft Techdays 2012 open

Microsoft’s large worldwide IT conference, Techdays 2012, will be organised tomorrow in Hanoi with the attendance of hundreds of IT pros, developers, enterprises’ CEOs and end-customers from across Vietnam coming together to share and learn about the latest technologies, products and platform innovations from Microsoft.