VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Czech Republic boast high co-operation potential in the fields of science, technology, environment, and education, said Dr. Duong Van Minh, an environment expert and a lecturer at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague.

Vietnam needs to fully and comprehensively assess the impacts of the global minimum tax on the country, said Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc on April 18.

Nguyen Thanh Phuc, 28, living in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, has been married for more than two years but still doesn't want to have a baby.

Manulife Vietnam settled claims worth nearly VND7 trillion (US$298.55 million) last year, a 36% increase from the previous year, the insurance company said in a press release.

Standard Chartered Bank has announced the launch of a strategic partnership with information technology company MISA JSC to offer unsecured invoice financing to small and medium-sized enterprises at competitive interest rates and straight-through processes.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations has proposed authorities to resolve difficulties faced by businesses suffering from a sharp drop in export orders.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than VND10.2 trillion (US$433 million) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

Vietnam’s banking system is showing signs of returning to a period of money surplus as no bank needs the State Bank of Vietnam's (SBV) capital in the open market operation (OMO) channel and overnight interbank interest rates have dropped sharply.

Vietnam’s labour market continued to maintain recovery momentum in the first quarter of 2023, Deputy Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Trung Tien said at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.

The State Bank of Vietnam, the central bank, announced five separate decisions on March 31, to further lower some key interest rates, with effect from April 3. This is the second round of rate cuts in March.