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Vietnam in a new FDI shift

HSBC discusses Vietnam's role in supply chain relocation and outlined essential strategies for the country to enhance its appeal for attracting and retaining FDI.

Businesses struggle amid surging coffee prices

Is corporate governance gendered?

Emmanuel Macron inspires entrepreneurs with start-up nation vision

French President Emmanuel Macron has recently laid out his vision for a digital future, saying he wants France to undergo a revolution so that it becomes a country that “thinks and moves like a startup”.

Vietnam’s businesses try to stay ‘invisible’ to taxation bodies

Many Vietnamese businesses prefer to stay ‘invisible’ and ‘tiny’ to avoid the watchful eyes of state management agencies, inspectors and taxation bodies.

In the hot seat, Deputy PM fields array of NA questions

The Government will not use the State budget to settle the debts of 12 major projects operating at a loss, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asserted.

Reform political apparatus, experts say

A revitalised Government is necessary but not enough to achieve targeted economic breakthroughs. Only a thorough reform of the whole political system can do it, experts said at a conference yesterday.

Minister of Health grilled on health care and medicine price control

Measures to improve medical check-ups and treatment, along with State management of drug prices and provisions at medical facilities and investment in grassroots healthcare to reduce overloading at central hospitals were among issues addressed by Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien at a Q&A session of the National Assembly of Vietnam yesterday.