The deadline to submit bills/claims for benefits under the LTC Special Cash package scheme has been further extended to May 31, 2021. The Department of Expenditure, via an Office Memorandum issued on May 7, 2021 stated that due to the current Covid-19 situation the last date of submission of bills under the LTC Cash scheme has been extended till May 31. “Queries have been received in this department to extend the date for submission of bills/claims and settlement beyond 30th April 2021. Keeping in view of the situation existing due to Covid-19 pandemic, it has been decided that submission of…
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Conglomerate Masan is hoping to raise up to $1 billion by selling a stake in its animal feed unit Masan MeatLife Corp. The group is also mulling a possible initial public offering for the unit, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Shares of Masan MeatLife (MML) on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) rose 6.3 percent Friday to a new peak this year of VND62,000. A $1 billion deal would be Vietnam’s biggest since 2017, when Vietnam F&B Alliance Investment JSC bought a 54 percent stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage (Sabeco) for $4.4 billion, according to data compiled…
The Ministry of Health confirmed 60 new Covid-19 patients Friday evening, including 59 local cases and an imported one. Among the new community transmissions, Bac Ninh has 33, Hanoi has 12, Bac Giang 6, Da Nang 3, Thai Binh and Dien Bien with one each. All cases were contained within the quarantine zones. Patients numbered 3757 to 3809 and 3811 to 3816, two are in K Hospital, one is in General Hospital of Tropical Diseases 2 in Hanoi. The imported case, “patient 3812” was quarantined after returning to Vietnam from Japan at Cam Ranh Airport, Khanh Hoa Province. Since the…
30 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on Friday morning, raising the total number of patients in the country to 3,740, the Ministry of Health has reported. According to the ministry’s report, 29 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases who were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown, including 10 in Bac Giang Province, nine in Hanoi, six in Bac Ninh Province, and four in Lang Son Province. As of Friday morning, 712 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27. The outbreak has so far spread to…
Da Nang has banned gatherings of more than five in public and outside of offices and schools in its latest move against coronavirus spread. Le Trung Chinh, chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, issued the decision Thursday night, which is a step beyond the city’s previous limitation of no more than 30 people in a gathering. The new decision would help minimize the disease’s spread, especially within families, said Chinh. Da Nang has already suspended non essential services like bars, dance clubs, karaoke parlors and festival activities since May 4, among other measures. The city, a popular beach destination and…
Facing the complicated situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, many businesses have actively implemented remote working plans for employees. However, ensuring work efficiency and information security is their priority. Research shows that information security and employee autonomy are decisive factors for work from home. Almost Vietnam businesses are using popular messaging tools such as Zalo, Viber, Whatsapp to exchange working messages & file transfer with customers and internally. A small number of large enterprises use other platforms such as Microsoft or Google. Recently, Vietnam business has been turning to Chatwork – Japan’s No. 1 communication platform. What is Chatwork? Chatwork is…
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have ordered local police to re-establish 12 checkpoints at the city’s gateways to beef up coronavirus spread containment. Accordingly, these checkpoints will begin operating at 0:00 am on May 15 at the city’s entrances. The municipal government established 62 similar checkpoints in April 2020 when Vietnam faced a serious epidemic outbreak and dismantled them three weeks later, when the virus had been kept at bay. The order was first given at a meeting convened on Monday by local authorities to discuss measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has affected 664 people in…
E-wallets in Vietnam have strongly benefited from the change in payment habits during the Covid-19 pandemic. Vietnam’s mobile e-commerce is rapidly growing with an estimated value of US$10.2 billion by 2023, according to 2021 Vietnam Mobile Application Report, conducted by the market research company Appota. The report revealed that mobile e-commerce is showing dramatic growth as it accounts for nearly half of all business-to-consumer e-commerce revenue in Vietnam. In terms of transaction rates, the mobile platform also manifested a strong superiority over the desktop, accounting for 62% of all transactions. Meanwhile, the number via the desktop accounted for only 38%.…
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Hi everyone and welcome to episode 122 of the ET Wealth Wisdom podcastI am Tania JaleelIn this week’s podcast we will be talking about succession planning and how one can make sure that one’s assets are passed on to the rightful heirsWe will also be looking at how parents can take care of the financial interests of their minor children in case of the parents’ untimely deathI spoke to Atul Singh of Validus Wealth to find outHere is what he had to say And on that note that will be all for this week Come back next week for more…