The Vietnamese national swimming team will leave for Hungary on November 1 to train for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and 19th Asian Games (ASIAD).

The outbreak of COVID-19 in many localities has delayed the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to Dang Quyet Tien, director of the Corporate Finance Department.

The agricultural sector, one of the pillars of the domestic economy, has plans to restore production in the south immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled.

HDBank, Sacombank, ABBANK, and VNG have won the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2021’ award from HR Asia, an authoritative regional publisher in the human resources industry.

Many businesses suggested more detailed policies should be issued to help them access bank loans as there remain difficulties in lending.

Leading technology company FPT Corporation reported a 20.9% year-on-year increase in pre-tax profits to VND2,936 billion (US$127.7 million) in the first half of this year on a turnover of VND16,228 billion (US$705.6 million), up 19.2%.

Samsung Vietnam and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI)/Korea on October 2 inaugurated "Samsung Hope School" at Dinh Huong village, Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province, after the COVID-19 pandemic has eased in the province.

Vietnam’s stock market mobilised total capital of VND292.1 trillion (US$12.8 billion) in the first nine months of this year, up 12% compared to the previous year.

More than 100,000ha of rubber plantations in Vietnam are expected to be awarded an international sustainable forest management certification by the end of this year.

The adoption of digital banking in Asia-Pacific (APAC) emerging markets, especially Vietnam, has caught up with that in developed markets.