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Congress talks transforming finance in digital age The 48th World Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Congress opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15, focusing discussion on transforming finance in the digital age. In his opening speech, Nguyen Ngoc Bach, Chairman of the Vietnam CFO Association and head of the organising board, said the event, held for the first time in Vietnam, is a great opportunity for business leaders to gather, exchange and directly share their knowledge and practices, their intensive financial management skills with experienced finance leaders from other continents. “International financial experts will talk new trends and provide insights into the future of the financial sector and the challenges that business leaders and financial professionals are facing in this technological era,” he said. Nguyen Thien Nhan, member of the Politburo and Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, said Vietnam and HCM City in particular are focusing on implementing … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 17/11

National action month on gender equality begins Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyễn Thị Hà gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the national action month on gender equality. — Photo Courtesy of the MOLISA The national action month on gender equality, with the theme of preventing violence and abuse against women and girls, was launched on Wednesday in the southern province of Cần Thơ. The opening ceremony was organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the Cần Thơ City People’s Committee. As many as 800 students and local residents joined the ceremony. The national action month is organised across the country each year. This year, it will run from November 15 to December 15. Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyễn Thị Hà said Việt Nam had been recognised by international organisations … [Read more...] about Social News 17/11

Vietnam will pilot a fifth-generation (5G) network next year and officially provide the service in 2020, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Customers test the locally made Bphone 3 at a launch event. Vietnam will make 5G service available in 2020  At a seminar on Vietnam’s innovation, jointly held by the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission on November 14, Minister Hung said that 5G would make mobile internet speed much faster than 3G and 4G, helping the country develop the economy and keep pace with other countries. Experts participating in the seminar also agreed that new technologies, especially 5G, would help the country keep abreast of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Hung, 2G technology was developed in 1990, and Vietnam launched a 2G mobile network three years later. However, the country could only start making 3G available 10 years after the service came out. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to pilot 5G service next year

Instead of signing contracts with waste treatment companies, many business households, production establishments and enterprises in HCMC have hired trucks to carry waste to sneakily dump into rivers, canals or places with few inhabitants to save costs. Meantime, sanctions as well as solutions to tackle the issue have proved ineffective. Industrial waste sneakily dumped in a road in Vinh Loc A commune, Binh Chanh district Director of Natural Resources and Environment Department Nguyen Toan Thang said that about 2,300 tons of waste are thrown into the environment a day. At 8a.m. on October 16, Tran Thanh Tam from Vinh Loc B, Binh Chanh district was caught red handed dumping industrial waste such as coconut residue, leather, nylon bags and cloth scrap from his motor tricycle into a vacant land in the commune. In the statement with authorized agencies, Tam said that the owners of three footwear, clothe and weaving and dying establishments hired him to transport the waste to dump in the … [Read more...] about HCMC faces alarming environmental pollution from industrial waste