VOV.VN - FPT Retail, an arm of FPT – one of the leading IT service providers in Vietnam – launched its virtual wireless communications service in Vietnam on January 11, becoming the fifth mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the country.
VOV.VN - Vietnam served nearly 1.4 million international tourists in December, a record high figure on a monthly basis this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) in a report released on December 29.
VOV.VN - Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has decided to inject an additional VND3 billion into its affiliate bank in Vietnam (UOB Vietnam), raising its affiliate’s charter capital to VND8 trillion.
The Fred Hollows Vietnam (FHFVN, Australia) has provided a VND3.6-billion (nearly US$150,000) aid package for the Eye Hospital of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau to improve the quality of refraction services in the locality.
France will step up cooperation with Vietnam in ensuring public service transparency and anti-corruption works, affirmed visiting French Minister of Public Transformation and Service Stanislas Guérini at his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai in Hanoi on December 1.
Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs and the French Ministry of Public Transformation and Service exchanged experience in modernising public services, reforming administrative procedures, and raising digital transformation capacity, at a symposium in Hanoi on November 30.
Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra held talks with French Minister of Public Transformation and Service Stanislas Guérini in Hanoi on November 30.
The Government has issued a resolution regarding the extension of the pilot use of telecom payment accounts for small-value goods and services until December 31, 2024.
VOV.VN - Lavie International Hospital for Vietnamese expatriates in Laos was inaugurated in Vientiane capital on November 18.
The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) has announced that it will offer special train services shuttling between the centre of Hanoi and Gia Lam train factory which is the venue of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023 from November 17-26.