Economy & Money

Gambling ads, adult content make Facebook 'toxic'

Facebook frequently displays ads soliciting gambling, which is illegal in Vietnam except at licensed casinos, and adult content even in accounts whose owners never search for them.
An ad with an offensive image on Facebook. Photo by VnExpress/Khuong Nha

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Finance Ministry wants online game companies taxed

The Ministry of Finance wants special consumption tax on online video games, saying it would fetch large revenues.
Finance Ministry wants online game companies taxed

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Shares open new week on negative note amid uncertainty

Shares opened this week on a negative note on both major stock exchanges as pessimistic news from the financial market continued to affect investors’ psychology.

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Higher input costs, speculation drive housing prices up

The increasing costs of land, materials, labor, legal procedures, and interest rates, as well as speculation, have all been pushing housing prices up for years, according to experts.
Higher input costs, speculation drive housing prices up

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US businesses exploring investment, business opportunities in Việt Nam

Vũ Tú Thành, the council’s representative in Việt Nam, said the body has organised these events for three decades, adding that this is the biggest ever mission in the country.

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Hòa Bình Province exports first batch of fresh sugarcane to US

Speaking at the event, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Đinh Công Sứ said the province would seek ways to boost sugarcane exports, contributing to the development of the sugar industry in the locality.

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Middle East, North Africa lucrative markets, fruit, vegetable exporters told

The Middle East and Africa have high demand for fruits and vegetables, offering Vietnamese firms a great opportunity to boost exports, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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Aviation firms ready to welcome Chinese tourists

Responding to VTC News, a representative of the country's national airline, Vietnam Airlines, said that it has prepared resources to welcome visitors from China.

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King Coffee and Tín Thành Group partner to build a tyre plant in the US

King Coffee opened its first US coffee shop at Anaheim Garden Walk near Disneyland in California.

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Bamboo Airways finds a new investor

Bamboo Airways is in the negotiation phase with a new investor. This group is expected to provide financial support to the company and the old chairman Trịnh Văn Quyết.

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Quảng Trị Province calls for investment in 80 projects

The plan highlights Quảng Trị’s advantages as an important hub of many transport links.

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Ministry carries out solutions to effectively exploit domestic market

Measures have been taken to effectively exploit the domestic market with a population of nearly 100 million to fulfil the goal of an increase of 8-9 per cent in retail sales of goods and services, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

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Interest rates reduce in all markets in wake of central bank’s policy rate cut

After the State Bank of Vietnam cut several policy interest rates last week, interest rates on the interbank market, the open market operation (OMO) channel and commercial banks have all decreased.

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