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At the event (Source: VNA)   HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam-based AsiaInvest sealed a deal with Singapore’s MoolahSense Group in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15 to develop a digital lending platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. The signing was part of events for the 48th CFO World Congress held in the southern economic hub from November 14-16 under the theme of “Transforming Finance in the Digital Age”. This year’s CFO World Congress is held by the International Association of Financial Executives Institutes (IAFEI), the Vietnam Chief Financial Officer Club (VCFO), and the Japan Association for CFOs (JACFO). It will bring together about 500 business leaders, global CFOs, financial directors and other finance executives from around the world. The agreement has outlined a roadmap for the establishment of a joint venture between AsiaInvest and MoolahSense to bring together each side’s strengths in providing high-tech … [Read more...] about Digital lending platform to be developed for Vietnamese SMEs

Experts said Vietnam needs to build up the National Innovation Centre to create a technological start-up ecosystem and upgrade the national innovation system (Photo: cand.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam needs to build up the National Innovation Centre to create a technological start-up ecosystem and upgrade the national innovation system, said experts. The centre plays an important role in bringing new technologies to businesses and individuals, Nguyen Dinh Cung, head of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), said at a workshop on establishing the National Innovation Centre (NIC) held by the CIEM in Hanoi on October 31.   Vietnam’s innovation centres can help convert the country into an innovation-driven society based on Industry 4.0 technology, he stressed, adding the NIC will have an advanced development model to create an international-level ecosystem for tech start ups. Dang Quang Vinh, deputy head director the CIEM’s Business Environment and … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs centre to boost innovation: experts

    Ousmane Dione, Country Director WB (centre) in Việt Nam speaks with Chairman of Phú Yên People's Committee Phạm Đại Dương at the Phú Yên Development Co-operation Conference held in Tuy Hòa City late last week. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — The central province of Phú Yên has called for the World Bank’s provision of official development assistance (ODA) to support the implementation of four projects with a total investment of about US$70 million. They are the construction of a railway flyover and Nguyễn Tất Thành road connecting Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Street in Tuy Hòa City, the sewage treatment plant and septic tank of Tuy Hòa City, Xuân Lâm water reservoir in Sông Cầu Commune, waste treatment plant and garbage dump in Hòa Xuân Đông Commune in Đông Hòa … [Read more...] about Phú Yên calls for WB’s support in infrastructure, economic development

Nearly all the people buried at the mid-20th Century paupers' cemetery were African Americans. The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida. They are part of Ridgewood Cemetery, a mid-20th Century cemetery for the poor. The coffins - buried 3-5ft (1-1.5m) deep - were discovered using ground-penetrating radar after the school was alerted about the possible location of the cemetery. Records indicate more than 250 people were buried there, most of them African Americans, the school district said. Up to 77 of them were infants or small children.  The city opened Ridgewood in 1942 and sold it off to a private company in 1957. The school district acquired the land in 1959, opening King High School in 1960. Today, the site consists of open land and the school's agricultural building. Plans are being made to have the building removed, according to school district Superintendent Jeff Eakins. "We want to make sure that the folks … [Read more...] about Florida: 145 graves of an African-American cemetery found under school

To be organised at the Hanoi International Exhibition Centre, the exhibition is expected to welcome around 10,000 visitors. — Photo courtesy of Vinexad Hanoi (VNA) - The 26th Vietnam International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Vietnam Medipharm Expo) will take place from December 5-7 in Hanoi, attracting 180 domestic and foreign exhibitors. Among firms participating are those from India, Poland, Belarus, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia, China and Japan, the US, Russia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine, according to the event’s organising board – the Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Co (Vinexad). They will showcase pharmaceuticals, herbs, functional foods; food processing and packing machinery; hospital services and medical tourism; beauty care, aesthetics; dental products, ophthalmic products; medical equipment; laboratory equipment and chemicals at 220 booths, it said. The company described the upcoming event as an opportunity for … [Read more...] about Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2019 to open in Hanoi next month