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Legal workers provide free-of-charge assistance to people of Tân Bình District in HCM City. — Photo plo.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Supporting people living in poverty and vulnerable groups is a priority for Việt Nam, said deputy justice minister Nguyễn Khánh Ngọc during a conference held between the Ministry of Justice and the Delegation of the European Union to Việt Nam on Thursday in Hà Nội. The Government of Việt Nam will continue to work to ensure that poor people and vulnerable groups are not excluded from the benefits of development and can play an active role in the country’s social, cultural and political activities, said the deputy minister. He said this is in line with the spirit of the 2013 Constitution and numerous laws enforced by the country to improve civil and human rights, especially those that emphasise the rights of poor people and vulnerable groups. Head of the EU delegation … [Read more...] about VN prioritise legal aid for the poor and vulnerable

Nha Trang beach in Khánh Hoà Province. — VNS File Photo.Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Australian TV channel Nine has listed Nha Trang, Hà Nội and Đà Lạt in its top 10 cheapest locations to work remotely. The list is based on factors such as cost of living, internet speed, weather, the cost of beer, and friendliness. Ranked number one in the list is the beach town of Nha Trang in the central Khánh Hoà Province. Hà Nội ranks fifth, with the site saying the city is very easy to navigate by foot and an expat could live comfortably on $859 a month. Đà Lạt slots in behind Hà Nội at number six. HSBC’s latest Expat Explorer report released in October ranked Việt Nam 19th among the world’s best destinations for expats in 2018. The average annual income for expats in Việt Nam is $90,408. — VNS … [Read more...] about 3 VN cities among cheapest to work remotely: Australian TV

Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Vietnamese companies need to improve their production technologies and strengthen linkages with foreign companies to improve their competitiveness in both domestic and overseas markets, a seminar heard in HCM City on Wednesday. Lê Hoài Quốc, head of the management board of the Saigon High Tech Park, told the Việt Nam-Korea production technology seminar that 97 per cent of companies in the country are small and use modest technologies. According to the HCM City Association of Mechanical – Electrical Enterprises, the computer numerical control (CNC) machine manufacturing industry in Việt Nam and HCM City in particular is not developed. Most machinery used in the local market is imported from other countries, 65 per cent from developing countries and the rest from developed ones. The association said Việt Nam’s industrial sector is integrating globally and growing rapidly, and rising investment by foreign … [Read more...] about VN firms told to improve production technologies

Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Base.vn, a Việt Nam-based SaaS (software as a service) platform enterprise, has successfully raised US$1.3 million in its second round of funding. This round was led by Alpha JWC Ventures (Indonesia) and Beenext (Singapore), with 500 Startups and VIISA, who had provided seed funding, joining in again. The amount is “the biggest ever invested in a B2B tech company in Việt Nam,” Phạm Kim Hùng, Base.vn’s founder and CEO, said. “Our first priority with this funding is to acquire more talent for product development and build a solid platform for our strategic expansion in Southeast Asia in mid-2019.” Alpha JWC Ventures’ co-founder and managing partner, Chandra Tjan, said: “Selling to enterprises is challenging, and Base.vn with its outstanding products has managed to become a market leader in the SaaS sector in Việt Nam.” Founded in 2016, Base.vn is the first open platform in … [Read more...] about Base.vn raises $1.3 million

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam needed to develop policies and an ecosystem to encourage angel investors to invest money in start-up businesses, heard a conference on Tuesday held by the Việt Nam National University’s University of Economics and Business. Khôi Nguyễn, founder and CEO of Wefit, a fitness startup with more than 100,000 users, said at the conference that the start-up ecosystem in Việt Nam had not fully developed yet. Together with a lack of a transparent legal framework, the start-up ecosystem was discouraging angel investors and venture capital funds from investing in Vietnamese start-ups. He added that several start-ups were asked to set up businesses in Singapore when receiving funding from angel investors or venture capital firms. Lawyer Vũ Văn Tính from the Hà Nội Bar Association said Việt Nam lacked a pproper legal framework to boost start-up development and tax policies to … [Read more...] about VN needs policies to encourge investment in start-ups