Vietnam’s economy remains resilient in 2023: WB official

Hanoi: Andrea Coppola, World Bank Lead Economist for Vietnam, has described Vietnam in 2023 as resilient, saying that amid the global economic slowdown, the Southeast Asian nation was still able to sustain a rate of growth that many other countries in…

Vietravel Airlines plans to expand flight network to Japan next year

Hanoi: Vietravel Airlines, a subsidiary of tour operator Viettravel, has held a meeting with representatives of Kagawa and Fukushima prefectures of Japan to share a plan to expand the flight network connecting Vietnam’s tourist cities with the two Jap…

NCSC reminds elderly to check PhilHealth registration

MANILA: The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Monday reminded the elderly to check their registration with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), as well as the accredited diagnostic laboratories and clinics in the co…

Vietnamese banks’ credit ratings upgraded

Hanoi: Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has recently revealed upgrades for several banks, in the wake of its decision to raise Vietnam’s national credit rating to BB with a long-term outlook of “Stable”.

It upgraded the Long-Term Foreign-Currency …

Share auctions plunge to 16-year low

Hanoi: Only three share auctions have been organised in the Vietnamese stock market so far this year, the lowest number since 2007, according to recent statistics from the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchanges (HNX and HoSE).

The auctions had a total…

Vietnamese rank second in art performance attendance habit: Visa report

Hanoi: Vietnam ranked second in Asia-Pacific in the rate of consumers’ frequency of art performance attendance inside and outside the country in the January-December period at 41%, only after India at 45%, according to the latest Green Shoots Radar re…

Solutions sought to help Vietnamese businesses protect brand

Hanoi: A workshop discussing measures and appropriate policies to help Vietnamese businesses enhance their brand position during the process of international economic integration was held by the Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE) under the Vietnam A…