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Photo Le Toan Having been living in Vietnam for more than 20 years, Hong Sun, vice chairman of the Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam (KorCham), can speak and read both Vietnamese and English fluently. Sun habitually reads newspapers every day. “The media can provide me exact information about the Vietnamese market, and where my projects are going well,” Sun told VIR. He is CEO and president at HSDC Co. Ltd., the investor of many industrial zones, smart logistics parks, and innovation and research and development parks in Vietnam. KorCham has often asked the media to help convey the voice of its over 9,300 South Korean member enterprises to the government and ministries. “Many proposals have been solved thanks to the help of journalists. The media has played an extremely important role in the Vietnamese business and investment climate. Enterprises can receive information, directions, and policies, as well as laws from the Party, the National Assembly, and the government. … [Read more...] about Helping others make informed decisions

Danang seeks to offer special loans to tourism workers By Nhan Tam A tourism worker guides a group of tourists at the Danang International Airport earlier this year. The Danang City government will have a preferential policy for tourism workers - PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG - The Danang City government will have a preferential policy for tourism workers who want to borrow money, up to a maximum of VND100 million, to overcome difficulties. By late last year, 38,717  of 50,963 tourism workers were laid off or unemployed since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Vietnam in 2020. From the beginning of 2021, the tourism industry showed signs of a recovery. Workers began to return to work. However, the pandemic broke out again in late April 2021 in Danang. More than 11,802 out of 24,248 employees in the tourism industry have been laid off, according to the latest statistics provided by the Danang Department of Tourism. To help eliminate the difficulties plaguing workers, the … [Read more...] about Danang seeks to offer special loans to tourism workers

Vietnamese journalists can’t stand on the sidelines of the 4.0 industrial revolution era, in which digital transformation is the goal of today’s newsrooms. Domestic journalists today celebrate their day, the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day, marking the process of 96 years of sharing the nation with all the ups and downs in building a Vietnam of peace, independence, and freedom. Reporters from various press agencies at work at the 13th National Assembly Congress held in January this year. Photo: Duy Linh Journalists across the country, every day, every hour, are making their best efforts to step in the front to cover hot issues of every aspect of life, including society, economy, culture, and tourism of Vietnam as well as changes in the world. During the process, from June 21, 1925-2021, Vietnam's revolutionary press has continuously grown. Newspapers and journalists have affirmed their important positions in social life. In such a constant movement and … [Read more...] about Journalists mark Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day

Warrick Cleine, chairman and CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia The past year has revolved almost entirely around the COVID-19 pandemic. What would you say were the most important impacts for KPMG and the market in general? The biggest change in my book has been the acceleration of agility through the adoption of technology and new mindsets. We are now confident in our ability to work from remote locations and are aware that we do not have to be physically in front of the client to serve them. For us at KPMG, the pandemic had the potential to be very negative – but it was far from that. The negative impacts were mainly felt as a business interruption from the lockdowns and the lack of coherence among our people. However, our people are very young and tech-savvy and proved extremely flexible, willing to just pick up where they left work at the office and continue online. In a way, the disruption has shown us that we can maintain operations even in the most difficult … [Read more...] about Digital foundations for increased SME agility