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It was followed by the industry and construction sector, up VND211-555 trillion ($9.09-23.91 billion) a year. The agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector rose VND25-46 trillion ($1.08-1.98 billion) per year. After revising its GDP methodology to match international standards, the agriculture, forestry and fisher sector’s GDP contribution decreased from 17.4 percent to 14.7 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The industry and construction sectors grew from 33 percent to 34 percent of GDP, while the service grew from 39.2 percent to 41.2 percent. With the revised methodology, Vietnam formally raised its GDP by an average 25.4 percent for the 2010-2017 period. The figure was recalculated by the General Statistics Office (GSO) in August, but formalization was delayed to give the government more time to assess its impacts. 2017’s GDP has been raised to VND6.3 quadrillion ($271.29 billion) from VND5 quadrillion ($215.71 billion), up 25.7 percent. … [Read more...] about Service sector sees biggest increase after GDP recalculation

KPMG improved remarkably on its weaker points since 2018 to take the pole position in Source Global Research’s 2019 Financial Services report A rise of eight points compared with its 2018 performance in the survey placed KPMG squarely at the top of the table and marked the biggest uptick in client opinion of individual firms in the period. Every year, Source Global Research asks senior end-users of consulting firms to rate the quality of consulting firms' work in 13 different financial services specialisms. KPMG came first in business strategy, financial management, risk management, regulatory-driven work, and robotics, as well as working with legacy technologies and managing non-digital transformations. The firm also ranked in the top three for taking advantage of artificial intelligence, data and analytics, operational improvement, and sales and marketing consulting, including customer experience. The firm also ranked in the top three for taking advantage of artificial … [Read more...] about KPMG No.1 in Source Global Research 2019 Financial Services report

The high-speed boat route linking the island district of Phu Quoc and Nam Du Archipelago of Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, officially opened on December 14. Phu Quoc – Nam Du high-speed boat service opens The high-speed boat route is operated by the Superdong – Kien Giang Speedboat Corporation. All cabins are equipped with air-conditioners, comfortable seats, LCD TV’s, toilets and a VIP cabin, with music and a movie system. Tickets for passengers are priced at VND250,000 each, VND200,000 for children, and VND210,000VND for people with disabilities. The boat departs from Phu Quoc at 8 am while the returning boat departs from Nam Du at 3:30 pm. According to Le Minh Tri - Vice Chairman of Kien Hai District People's Committee, putting the Phu Quoc - Nam Du high-speed boat service into operation promises to attract more tourists to the district, especially to Nam Du Archipelago. In recent years, the number of domestic and foreign tourists … [Read more...] about Phu Quoc – Nam Du high-speed boat service opens

PANO - Vietnam’s military-run telecom group Viettel is organizing a competition, entitled “Honoring Viettel’s Best Sales and Customer Services Groups 2015”, as a playground for its staff to learn  experiences from each other within customer services. At the semi-final round in late September, competitors will have to compete in three areas of knowledge, understanding teammates and behavior. Competitors joining the event Most recently, the semifinal of region 1 took place at the Au Co Theatre in Hanoi, with the participation of 70 members of 14 teams from three units of Viettel Telecom Corporation, Viettel Commercial and Ex-Im Company and Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation. The top five teams selected from different regions will compete in the final round.  After more than 10 years of operation in the telecoms market, Viettel has always operated with the motto “each customer as a distinct individual”. It has always focused on … [Read more...] about Viettel’s competition to promote good customer service

Generally, participants said that improving patient care has become a priority for all health care providers with the overall objective of achieving a high degree of patient satisfaction to lure foreign patients, Vietnamese living abroad and local high earners. The quality of patient care is essentially determined by the quality of infrastructure, quality of training, competence of personnel and efficiency of operational systems. 38 year old S.Sokunthea woman from Cambodia has been taken to City International Hospital in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City in critical condition. The woman had undergone C-section City International Hospital in Cambodia and she haemorrhaged after the birth. Accordingly, Cambodian surgeons had to cut her womb to stop bleeding but they failed. The woman fell in unconscious and had breathing problem. After receiving two- week treatment in Vietnam’s City International Hospital, she recovered. Cho Ray, Medical University center, Gia An 115, and Tumor … [Read more...] about Project to lure foreign patients in Vietnamese hospitals