The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has selected MVV Education’s two technologies, Consultant Anywhere and Everlearn, to implement a COVID-19 business counseling and training programme for 500 women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The State-run Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has initiated plans to establish a debt trading floor over the next five years to deal with commercial banks’ non-performing loans and attract investors.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in several regional summits – ACMECS-9, CLMV-10 and CLV-11 -, to be held virtually on December 9, reflects the importance that Vietnam attaches to ACMECS, CLMV and CLV cooperation.

The Vietnam Digital Transformation Day (DX Day Vietnam) 2020 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on December 14-15 with the direct participation of more than 2,500 delegates and over 10,000 others online.

VOV.VN - Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City remain stable despite the COVID-19 epidemic, with the overall amount anticipated to reach approximately US$5.5 billion this year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has speeded up the banking sector’s awareness of digitisation by three to five years and forced lenders to accelerate the process to survive and grow.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will select Korean consultants to conduct a feasibility study for the second phase of Metro Line No. 5 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Overseas remittances to Vietnam are projected to fall slightly from US$17 billion last year to more than US$15.6 billion this year, reported the World Bank.

For its almost 100 percent success rate in straight-through processing, the Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank has received the MT202 and MT103 STP awards for international payment services from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.

VOV.VN - The logistics sector is widely regarded as a key ingredient for Vietnam's competitiveness and inclusive growth, although the country’s logistics costs remain high in comparison to the regional and global average, according to insiders speaking at the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2020 held on November 26 in Hanoi.