Banks refuse to work overtime

A lot of commercial bank branches have been trying to work overtime on a trial basis to serve client demand. From this experience, they have realized that it is not easy to extend working hours. Many clients complain that they do not have time to go to banks to make transactions, especially at the month [...]

Cambodian gold mine attracts Vietnamese enterprises

Some Vietnamese companies plan to extract a recently discovered gold mine with ore reserves of 8.1 million tons in Cambodia, one of the biggest mines in Southeast Asia. Australian OZ Minerals Limited found a gold mine with huge reserves in Mondulkiri in northeastern Cambodia, capturing the interest of Vietnamese gold traders. The Sydney Morning Herald [...]

HCM City economy shows steady recovery

The economy in HCM City recovered substantially over the first five months of the year, according to municipal officials who met last week to review economic progress since January. Although the growth of industrial value and retail and services turnover in the city have been high, city officials remained concerned about how to stabilise the [...]

Oil refinery resumes operation

France’s oil services company Technip officially handed over the Dung Quat Oil Refinery to Binh Son Petrochemical Refinery Company yesterday. Operations resumed at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery on Saturday after repairs and new equipment was installed to solve teething problems. Speaking at the hand-over ceremony, Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) General [...]

Five-star apartment project of Xi Riverview Place introduced to public

The South Korea-based GS Group, a real estate development group officially introduced to public the apartment model in five-star Xi Riverview Palace in Thao Dien area, Dist 2, HCM City on May 29, 2010. The Xi Riverview Palace includes 270 apartments in three individual towers, using solar power for saving electricity and environment protection purposes. [...]

International tourists arrivals to Vietnam falls in May

Total international visitors to Vietnam in May reached nearly 351,000 arrivals only, down 18.9 percent against the previous month, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). Particularly, arrivals by air way reached nearly 273,000 people, accounting for 78 percent, visitors by road at 75,000, accounting for 21.3 percent and travellers to Vietnam by [...]

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