Standard Chartered Vietnam and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have jointly organised a conference themed “Accelerating women in banking for new challenges resolution” in Hanoi.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will continue to issue new bills to withdraw cash from the banking system as liquidity is abundant and interbank interest rates remain low, analysts forecast.

The central city’s Hi-tech Park has agreed a deal to build an electronics factory project worth US$135 million with Taiwan’s Foxlink International company, promising a surge in hi-tech industries at the ‘green’ hub.

Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) on October 17 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Busan Bank under BNK Financial Group of the Republic of Korea, officially establishing a comprehensive collaborative partnership between the two credit institutions, focusing on corporate, digital and investment banking.

To ensure the supply of goods and stabilisation of the domestic market by the end of 2023 and Lunar New Year 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will coordinate with large distributors to regulate the supply of goods and support the consumption of agricultural products, according to Le Viet Nga, MoIT’s deputy director of the Domestic Market Department.

Vietnamese merchants on Amazon recorded robust performance in the 12 months ending August 31 this year.

The Vietnam national football team have lost their second consecutive friendly, in a behind-closed-doors match against Uzbekistan on October 13.

Twelve films are being shown at the 13th Science Film Festival in Vietnam, held by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

The recent decline in Vietnam’s automobile consumption and its drop to the fifth place in Southeast Asia can be attributed to both external and internal factors, car experts said.

Vietnam Registration reported that there were 4,407 Mercedes-Benz vehicles of more than 10 different models produced and assembled domestically and imported that must be recalled due to fuel pump errors.