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Vietnam-Australia Digital Forum 2023: Making Vietnamese digital enterprises go global

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The Vietnam – Australia Digital Forum 2023 was held in Sydney, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), on August 4 to promote the cooperation in information and communication technology as well as the digital field between the two countries.

Vietnam-Australia Digital Forum 2023: Making Vietnamese digital enterprises go global hinh anh 1The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Vietnam’s Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and its Australian partners. (Photo: VNA)

Sydney – The Vietnam – Australia Digital Forum 2023 was held in Sydney, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), on August 4 to promote the cooperation in information and communication technology as well as the digital field between the two countries.

The event was co-organised by Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and the NSW Trade and Investment Department in charge of the Vietnam market.

The forum took place as part of Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung’s visit to Australia, Director of the MIC’s Department of International Cooperation Trieu Minh Long told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Sydney.

In 2023, one of the key tasks that the ministry focuses on implementing is to support Vietnam’s digital business community  go global. In addition to activities in Australia, it also implements programmes in other countries and regions around the world such as the US, Japan, and Europe.

Long highlighted strengths of Vietnam’s digital technology enterprises, saying some of them have been successful in foreign markets, even in choosy markets like the US and Japan.

One of the advantages of Vietnamese businesses when accessing the Australian market is that the two countries have good diplomatic and economic relations, along with the strong Vietnamese community in Australia.

Speaking at the forum, Consul General of Vietnam in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia Nguyen Dang Thang said that developing a digital platform is a breakthrough solution to promote faster digital transformation, reduce costs and increase economic efficiency.

International cooperation is also an important solution to carry out digital transformation, especially promoting the transformation in society, thereby creating momentum for the digital transformation process in government agencies, he added.
Highlighting the two countries’ new cooperation opportunities, Thang said Vietnam and Australia have a strong cooperative relationship, high political trust which is an important point for cooperation in cybersecurity.

Karla Lampe, Director of NSW International Engagement & Market Development under the NSW’s Department of Enterprises, Investment and Trade (DEIT), emphasised that Vietnam and Australia are maintaining strongest-ever partnership, both from economic perspective and from the ties between the two governments. Both New South Wales and Vietnam have large technology companies and influential individuals in the media.

She expressed her hope that the two countries further promote economic and trade ties in the future, and outline ambitious digital transformation goals.

At the forum, representatives from agencies, organisations, research institutions and businesses of the two countries discussed issues related to information and communication technology, and digital technology to learn about policy incentives, the investment environment in Vietnam and Australia.

At the end of the forum, they witnesses the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Vietnam’s Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and its Australian partners including Western Sydney University, the University of Canberra, SET Education, the Association of Vietnamese Australian Scholars and Professionals (VASEA)./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamaustralia-digital-forum-2023-making-vietnamese-digital-enterprises-go-global/265680.vnp

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2 Japanese firms join Vietnamese partner in suppling affordable houses

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A tripartite real estate joint venture including Vietnam’s TT Capital Investment Corporation (TT Capital) and Japanese partners was launched in Ho Chi Minh City this week with the aim of building and marketing about 1,000 affordable apartments each year.

TT Capital, a Ho Chi Minh City-based real estate firm established in 2021, entered into a joint venture with two real estate Japanese firms, namely Cosmos Initia Co. Ltd. and Koterasu Partners Pte. Ltd., in a ceremony held in the city on Tuesday. 

The three parties expect to invest about US$150 million over the next five years, after which they will build about 1,000 affordable apartment units every year and offer them at less than VND2 billion ($82,300) apiece.

The joint venture will develop its first residential building project in Di An City of Binh Duong Province, a northern neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, to provide 2,000 apartments, which cover 50 – 60 square meters each, at the aforementioned price, or VND35 million ($1,440) per square meter.

The capital contribution for the tenement project was completed last month and the project will be commenced officially in mid-2024.

Primary apartment selling prices from 2021 to the first half of 2023 in Binh Duong increased 11 percent year on year, reaching up to VND40 million ($1,640) per square meter in the second quarter, CBRE Vietnam said.

Addressing the ceremony, Nguyen Trung Tin, chairman of TT Capital, said that cooperation with its two Japanese partners will help the company improve its capital source, further promote its existing capability, and quickly launch new products to the market.

“The joint venture is committed to creating housing products of excellent quality to enhance customers’ living experience with our outstanding services,” Tin told the ceremony.

TT Capital’s aspiration is to become a property developer providing the most livable urban towns in Vietnam and the Southeast Asian region, the firm said on its website.

The total local housing demand in Ho Chi Minh City for the period 2021-30 is estimated to be around 37 million square meters but the supply of affordable housing in the city and its surrounding areas remains limited, Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper cited housing analysts.

Therefore, when the joint venture’s target of 1,000 apartments priced under $82,300 each is realized, it will considerably contribute to the supply of the affordable housing segment not only in Binh Duong but also in Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbors.

A subsidiary of Japan’s Daiwa House Group, Cosmos Initia, founded in 1969, engages in real estate sales, rentals, and brokerage activities in Japan.

It has some subsidiaries that participated in developing a number of real estate projects in Vietnam.

Koterasu is an enterprise established in 2020, specializing in cross-border real estate asset management, consultancy on international expansion for Japanese clients, and other fields.

Founder and CEO of Koterasu Masakazu Yamaguchi is a member of the board of Ho Chi Minh City-based An Gia Real Estate Investment and Development Corporation, with which Koterasu signed an agreement in September to invest $10 million.

Speaking at the ceremony, Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Ono Masuo wished the joint venture successful operations, contributing good value to the housing development in Vietnam, according to local media.

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Festival to drive national rice trade

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Expanding the Festival of Vietnam Rice Industry internationally will make it possible to showcase the rice production potential, strength and quality, thereby driving national rice trade, heard a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1 to introduce the Vietnam International Rice Industry Festival – Hau Giang 2023 slated for December 11-14.

Festival to drive national rice trade hinh anh 1Harvesting rice in the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA)

HCM City – Expanding the Festival of Vietnam Rice
Industry internationally will make it possible to showcase the rice production
potential, strength and quality, thereby driving national rice trade, heard a press
conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1 to introduce the Vietnam
International Rice Industry Festival – Hau Giang 2023 slated for December
11-14.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development Hoang Trung said over the past years, Vietnam has achieved
significant milestones in rice production, making a crucial contribution to
ensuring national food security and maintaining its position as one of the
world’s leading rice exporting countries.

The festival will take place at
a time when Vietnam is aiming to become a leading nation in the production of
quality rice in a green and sustainable direction, he said.

Dong Van Thanh, Chairman of the Hau Giang provincial People’s
Committee, said the festival will be elevated to an international level for the
first time this year with a series of exhibitions and seminars on a larger
scale.

During the event, the Prime Minister will officially announce
the approval of a project on the sustainable development of one million ha of
high-quality rice cultivation with low emissions associated with green growth in
the Mekong Delta by 2030, thus conveying the Vietnamese Government’s commitment
to greenhouse gas emission reduction, which was declared by the PM at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, he said.

According to him, the festival will enable
organisations, localities, businesses and farmers to access new production
knowledge, technological advances and modern techniques applied in the overall
agricultural digital transformation and specifically in rice production.

It will feature a wide range of activities,
including seminars and contests which aim to arouse the desire to develop
agriculture and rural areas.

There will be more than 700 booths showcasing
products under the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme, and culinary
delicacies from rice and the introduction of various types of machines and
drones that serve rice production.

One of the highlights of the festival is the
Vietnamese rice journey from December 11 to January 3 which is arranged to show
the development of the country’s rice cultivation from shortage of food to
become the second rice exporting country in the world./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/festival-to-drive-national-rice-trade/272180.vnp

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Vietnam’s aviation sector grows as economy develops: Emirates GM

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Vietnam’s aviation sector is growing in tandem with its economic development as the geographical location definitely gives a benefit to the Southeast Asian country, said Majid Al Falasi, country manager of Emirates in Vietnam.

With both tourism and transportation demands increasing after the COVID-19 pandemic, the carrier expects Vietnam to remain an important market in Southeast Asia.

Responding to Tuoi Tre News via a video call, Falasi affirmed that Vietnam has a favorable position to connect with the world by both air and sea.

Please tell us about the upcoming plans that Emirates has for its operation in Vietnam after COVID-19.

I have been in Vietnam for almost three months, going on four months. I am delighted to be here, looking forward to the upcoming time in Vietnam. The country has a lot of things to offer. It has a lot of unique features.

There are lots of potential and a lot of things that the country has and can provide. At the moment for Emirates, we are looking at getting things back to pre-COVID levels. Then from there, we’ll look forward to growing.

We see travel demand is increasing in Vietnam. We saw a huge volume of cargo during the pandemic, specifically from the Vietnamese market, which indicates that it is one of the critical markets in the region. We used to have more than 30 aircraft coming to Vietnam during that COVID-19 period.

The manufacturing industry, the bilateral agreements that are being signed, and the relationship between other countries are all things that help us as an airline. Many corporations in manufacturing industries are available in the country, which definitely supports us from a cargo perspective.

The cargo business is now more stabilized. It is more similar to pre-COVID levels.

In 2022 and the beginning of 2023, we achieved numbers higher even than pre-COVID levels [for passenger transport]. This is understandable because during the pandemic there were a lot of people who were just kept at home and could not travel. So they were very eager to travel, specifically from the year 2022 to the beginning of 2023. During this period, we saw numbers even higher than pre-COVID levels.

Some claim that Vietnam has the dilemma of ‘good location, bad infrastructures,’ which prevents the country from playing a more crucial part as a commercial air transport hub of Southeast Asia and the wider region. What are your thoughts?

Looking at the global tendency now, you see a lot of big companies opening up factories in Vietnam. Numerous foreign investments are coming into Vietnam. The geographical location definitely gives a plus to Vietnam.

I think Vietnam has the potential to grow. I believe Vietnam can be one of the region’s biggest economies in the next few years.

I think the geographical location of Vietnam plays a good role in attracting investment as Vietnam has a long coastline and many ports. So this helps those manufacturers and investors when they do their costing. So the country is very well connected in terms of air and sea transport. That is why Vietnam has the potential and I do believe in the vision for the future.

I have recently read in the news that there is a US$1-billion project for a Lego factory, for example. It shows that this country has something special and unique to offer, which is driving the investment. Foreign investors are coming here to do the manufacturing.

I understand that Samsung is already present in Vietnam and they have a big manufacturing business there. When you see big players in the global market have a presence in Vietnam, it clearly shows the strength of this country.

I do not see it [the infrastructure] as a weakness. I think this is an opportunity to develop and it is a starting point for development. 

We, on the other hand, help take these products globally. Whatever the product is, with our aircraft and our procedures, we ensure that the whole streamline is safe. We ensure that you will receive your products exactly as we receive them. We assure you that the process Emirates follows maintains the highest standard in terms of the cargo business. 

So challenges are there, and opportunities are there, but the situation and the potential of the country are super high, which is shown by foreign investors’ investments in this country. 

Speaking of new investments, the Vietnamese government has set its ambition in the semiconductor industry. So how can foreign airlines like Emirates contribute to this goal?

Building the supply chain for these semiconductors is a complex task. We integrate this consideration into all our standards and measures while undertaking the process.

Emirates contributes to Vietnam’s ambition and the global semiconductor supply chain through an extensive global network, reliable and flexible cargo services, and temperature-controlled solutions.

These are all things that Emirates already has. Security and safety measures are also something that is always on our top list and priority. Customer experience and expectations are always our highest priority. Collaboration with the local stakeholders is also taken into consideration. 

The strength of the airline lies in its pivotal role as a valuable partner in supporting Vietnamese endeavors to elevate its position in the semiconductor industry and on a global stage. 

What is Emirates’ business development orientation and vision in Vietnam in the next five to 10 years?

Our biggest goal at the moment is to support the growing demand for air travel to and from Vietnam and contribute to the country’s GDP by creating jobs for Vietnamese talent across various business units and in different roles. We have different setups that we manage to support them.

At Emirates, there are now more than 160 Vietnamese employees in varied business units including cabin crew, Emirates outstations, customer services, and other roles.

Is Vietnam a regional aviation center?

Falasi said Vietnam has the potential to become a new regional aviation center as novel plans are being implemented.

“The government’s vision for airport development, as articulated in an announcement, aligns with a forward-looking perspective for the year 2050. The ambitious plan entails the construction of 30-33 new airports, signaling a significant stride toward bolstering the country’s connectivity and overall infrastructure,” he explained.

“This will give a push overall. Now the vision clearly says that they want 97 percent of the people to be 100 kilometers away from any of the airports, which helps people and businesses stay connected.

“Air transport locally will be easier. Being in Ho Chi Minh City, I also saw the news about the new Long Thanh International Airport. The government’s commitment to this project not only indicates a dedication to modernizing infrastructure but also opens up promising opportunities for international airlines.

“So we believe things and actions are already being taken. It is just a matter of time for them to be implemented. Yes, of course, that’s precious!”

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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20231206/vietnams-aviation-sector-grows-as-economy-develops-emirates-gm/77114.html

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