TRAFFIC’s Green Growth workshop opened in Hà Nội on Thursday. -- VNS PhotoViet Nam News HCM City — Representatives of NGOs, corporations, government agencies, and community plant harvester consortiums took part in TRAFFIC’s Green Growth workshop in Hà Nội on Thursday to discuss the economic and environmental benefits of sustainable sourcing. “Sustainability is key: in order to offer Việt Nam the support it needs moving forward, we need to understand the real challenges that people and companies face on their journey to becoming more sustainable,” Sarah Ferguson, director of TRAFFIC in Việt Nam, said. The event brought together contributors from various links in the plant-processing trade chain to determine how trade in legal wildlife products could be managed for sustainability, providing benefits to all parties. It featured a review of TRAFFIC’s recently completed project working with wild medicinal and aromatic … [Read more...] about TRAFFIC workshop discusses sustainability
Startups support young entrepreneurs
The awards ceremony for a startup contest in HCM City on Thursday (Nov. 15). The rising amount of capital and consultancy for startups is good for the economy, experts said. – VNA/VNS Photo Việt DũngViet Nam News HCM CITY – Việt Nam’s growing start-up community is offering more support to entrepreneurial youth, Phạm Xuân Đà, head of the Ministry of Science and Technology office in HCM City, said during an awards ceremony for the Startup Việt 2018 contest in HCM City on Thursday. The annual contest, held by online VnExpress newspaper for outstanding Vietnamese startups, attracted contestants from various industries such as real estate, education and healthcare. The contest winner was Datamart Việt Nam whose project was PowerSell, an automatic multi-channel retail solution using big data analysis technologies and AI to aid sellers on platforms such as Lazada and Shopee. The company received a media package from … [Read more...] about Startups support young entrepreneurs
Việt Nam wins big at international kids model contest
(From left) Nguyễn Nhật Hạ Vi, Cao Hữu Nhật, and Trần Phạm Minh Anh are seen at the press conference to announce their victory at the contest in Korea. — VNS Photo Minh ThuViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Little models from Việt Nam wowed judges at the Luxury Brand Kids Model Awards 2018 held in South Korea. Cao Hữu Nhật (5) and Trần Phạm Minh Anh (12) won in the photo category while Nguyễn Nhật Hạ Vi (7) was the first runner-up of the contest. They competed with contestants from 20 in various challenges such as traditional costumes, Korean traditional costumes, cocktail dress and gowns. Vietnamese representatives also had a chance to take part in a film project to promote Korean tourism and traditional culture. The next stage will take place in Kuala Lumpur to prepare for the International Fashion Week held on November 21-25. They returned to Việt Nam on Friday to … [Read more...] about Việt Nam wins big at international kids model contest
Thanh Hoá plans aviation complex
Representatives of FLC Group and Thanh Hóa Province.Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — FLC Group will build a complex of commercial aviation services, tourism resorts, industrial sites and hi-tech agriculture in the central province of Thanh Hóa’s Thọ Xuân District between 2018 and 2023. The plan was discussed at a meeting between FLC and the province’s leaders on Wednesday. The complex is expected to cover an area of 3,700 hectares with an investment of VNĐ10 trillion (US$430 million) in the first phase. The group has a plan to build the complex to international standards. It will take advantage of Thọ Xuân Airport in the district. Bamboo Airways received an aviation business licence from the Ministry of Transport a day before, becoming Việt Nam’s fifth airline after Vietnam Airlines, budget operators Jetstar Pacific and Vietjet Air and Việt Nam Air Service (VASCO). FLC’s chairman Trịnh Văn … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoá plans aviation complex
New digital lending platform for small businesses
The MoU to jointly launch a digital lending platform to benefit SMEs in Việt Nam was signed in HCM City. -- VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM City – At the 48th World Chief Financial Officers Congress in HCM City yesterday, the AsiaInvest Group and MoolahSense signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly launch a digital lending platform to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises in Việt Nam. “This is an opportunity for SMEs and start-ups in Việt Nam to have a transparent and effective funding source when loans from local banks are limited and hard to access,” Nguyễn Ngọc Bách, chairman and CEO of AsiaInvest, said. The MOU puts in place a roadmap to establish a joint venture that taps into their respective strengths to provide tech-driven financing solutions to address the financing gap plaguing small business in the country. According to the 2017 economic census by the General Statistics Office of Việt Nam, there were … [Read more...] about New digital lending platform for small businesses