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VIISA and the Vietnam Fintech Club has just announced the first FinTech Lab in Vietnam at its opening event in Hanoi.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged in Vietnam witnessed a significant yearly increase of 52 per cent to US$1.9 billion in the first month of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2019) is to take place in Hanoi from April 10-13, drawing a large number of exhibitors from 20 countries and territories.

Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in January grew 0.22 percent from the previous month and 3.92 percent year on year, according to the city’s Statistics Office.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) last week held its Annual Consultation Visit to Vietnam and made a preliminary assessment that Vietnam’s economy is expected to grow at 6.6 per cent in 2019 with inflation contained at below target

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has so far this year bought more than 1 billion USD from commercial banks to build up the nation’s foreign currency reserves.

Many hotels in the tourist town of Sapa have complained about their operations being badly affected by a sewage upgrade project which has been stagnant for months.

Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to implement measures to boost economic co-operation with the aim of reaching US$20 billion in two-way trade turnover by 2020 at the meeting of their Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation in Thailand which wrapped

Vietnamese habit of making big-ticket purchases ahead of Lunar New Year has sparked off huge demand for cars in recent weeks.

320,000 workers will be needed in trade, services, IT, food processing, and engineering sectors, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information Centre.

The FLC Group has proposed the Hanoi People’s Committee consider its idea of planning and investing in a complex of stadiums, tourism services, and entertainment in the capital.

Viettel has found a place on Brand Finance’s list of the 500 most valuable brands in the world, with a valuation of $4.316 billion.

Local people on Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai Province have expressed concerns about possible damage to the island if a newly-proposed urban area is approved.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has recently announced a plan to build a database center in Viet Nam in an effort to reduce reliance on third partners like Amazon and Microsoft.

Vietnam’s public debt in 2018 was estimated to account for less than 61% of national GDP, according to an official from the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnam had a trade deficit of about 1 billion USD in the first 15 days of this year, according to the General Department of Customs.

Construction on the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro project has failed to keep to schedule.

Vietnamese startups were invested in to the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

Vietnam Maritime University raised concerns over the labour shortage looming in the maritime sector in Vietnam.