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Regarding variety of payment methods, only 27 per cent of all transactions are made via non-cash methods such as credit cards or mobile wallets. However, an increasing percentage of customers are showing a preference for these methods. Those who prefer to pay with a credit card is 51 per cent, up from 42 per cent in 2018, those who prefer a mobile app is 19 per cent, up from 11 per cent in 2018, and those who use membership points is 16 per cent, up from 10 per cent in 2018. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 11

Trang also pointed out that with regard to the CPTPP, the country has faced an array of difficulties in taking full advantage of tariff incentives on garments and textiles as Vietnamese products must adhere to rules of origin whereby a certain ratio of materials from a product must originate from other CPTPP members. Currently, most of the nation’s supply sources of materials originate from China. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 12

“On a recent visit to the site, I met several actors working there,” said tourist Vũ Thanh Bình from Hà Nội. “I heard that the site had 20 film crews working there every day. I wonder why we have not set up such an attraction.” … [Read more...] about Stop monkeying around with our heritage sites

Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, on behalf of the Political Bureau, read the Political Bureau’s acquirement and explanation report on ideas discussed by the Party Central Committee on the socio-economic situation and the implementation of state budget in 2019; the socio-economic development plan for 2020; state budget estimate for 2020 and the finance-budget plan for 2020-2022. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM POLITICAL NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

At the event, the FTU, the Centre for Data Science and Service Research - Graduate School of Economics and Management of Tohoku University (Japan), the Faculty of Economics and Business Management of National University of Laos, and the Climate Change Research Centre at the Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change signed an agreement on furthering co-operation in research and education on climate change and economic development. They also launched a network to expand joint research and education on climate change. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Huỳnh Văn Hùng, chief of HCM City Statistics Office, said: “This indicator has gradually improved over the last 10 years, from 0.9 per 10,000 in 2009 to only 0.2 per 10,000 this year. The proportion of families having housing is 99.8 per cent. The average housing area per capita this year is 19.4 square metres per person.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13