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Blockchain: Enhancing Transparency in the Global Supply Chain

Ensuring transparency and trust among stakeholders has become a critical factor for survival. Blockchain technology—a form of distributed ledger—is emerging as a groundbreaking tool that enables immutable data recording and real-time tracking. This is reshaping how goods are managed and verified across the entire value chain.

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Localization of Supporting Industries: The Cornerstone of Vietnam’s Sustainable Supply Chain Development

Localization of Supporting Industries: The Cornerstone of Vietnam’s Sustainable Supply Chain Development

The development of supporting industries and the enhancement of localization rates have become key factors in helping Vietnam improve competitiveness, reduce reliance on imports, and ensure supply chain stability. This article provides an initial overview of the current situation, challenges, and strategic proposals to promote the localization of supporting industries, contributing to the sustainable development of the national economy.

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Digital transformation in enterpries: Indispensable solution

Digital transformation in enterpries: Indispensable solution

In Vietnam, digital transformation in enterprises has been generally understood as the progress of changing traditional models to digital enterprises by applying new technology as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, IoT and Cloud Computing. They will change ways of management, working progress and enterprises’ culture.

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The resilience in spring

The resilience in spring

(VLR) 2021 posed a great challenge to all businesses with 2 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Vietnam's macro indicators have grown relatively steadily, affirming Vietnam's strategic vision and correct direction.

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The spring comes think about the national transport system

The spring comes think about the national transport system

(VLR) New Year’s Eve last year, I called a friend in Hanoi to give him a New Year Wish. He told me it hailed right in the night of the New Year’s Eve. His house was in O Quan Chuong, right in the ancient town. Ice balls pounded on his rooftop. A hail in the New Year’s Eve in Hanoi was a thing I never experienced. “It is so strange this year", I thought.

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RPA a helpful tool for the finance - banking sector

RPA a helpful tool for the finance - banking sector

(VLR) The use of RPA today has become popular. To the sector of Finance - Banking, RPA has been considered a powerful solution to solve backlog of works in the process of optimizing and digitalizing of an enterprise. It is a helpful tool to speed up work processing that ensures accuracy and efficiency in customer services.

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Vietnam’s trade in goods in ASEAN

Vietnam’s trade in goods in ASEAN

(VLR) July 28, 2020 marked a quarter-of-century time Vietnam officially joined ASEAN- Association of Southeast Asia Nations. Joining ASEAN was a breakthrough step of Vietnam, forming the basis for international integrations, globalization and free trades. After a quarter of a century joining ASEAN, regional cooperation relationship among Vietnam and ASEAN countries is getting comprehensive and have great impacts on Vietnam’s socio-economic and political life, contributing in improving Vietnam’s positions in regional and the world’s cooperation forums.

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A shift wave of the supply chain

A shift wave of the supply chain

(VLR) COVID-19 has raised many worries for companies and enterprises, which is a catalyst for the completely change in the supply chain of the current world. If considering in positive way, this could be the time for enterprises to see the new chances or look deeper in the current shortages and difficulties in their supply chains.

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VLA together with enterprises fights COVID-19

VLA together with enterprises fights COVID-19

(VLR) Responding the call from the government in preventing and fighting against the outbreak of COVID-19, Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) has had some suggestions and solutions to join hand with the logistics community to overcome difficulties caused by the outbreak of COVID-19

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Industry & export remain to be force of growth

Industry & export remain to be force of growth

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) There has been a downward trend in quarterly GDP growth. However, economic experts found industry and export have had good developments and remain to be force of economic growth in 2018.

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Import - export 2017: Clawing the way back

Import - export 2017: Clawing the way back

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) Although there are two months to the end of 2017, with satisfactory happening, our country’s import - export target will be over 14% over the target that the Assembly assigned.

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E-Logistics: High tech! High touch?

E-Logistics: High tech! High touch?

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) High tech developments seem to make ICT the dominant factor for managing Logistics and SCM. Truck drivers are expected to have board computers for ‘24/7’ tracing and tracking, scanners should be used by order pickers to avoid making mistakes when picking, partners in the supply chain should communicate in real time with alerts, continuously, as Quick Response downstream (but also upstream) in the supply chain is required. But, as experts in PR/Marketing say, what about ‘high touch’?

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Improving export competition abilities: how?

Improving export competition abilities: how?

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) The PM has just approve the Project of Improving Competition Abilities of Vietnam’s exported goods to 2020, orientation to 2030. The problem is how to reach the average growth by 20% on current figure on groups of key products.

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Improving intellectual property protection in Vietnam

Improving intellectual property protection in Vietnam

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) The fact that the U.S are in preparation to investigate China trade and China warned a trade war with the U.S coming from accusations of pirating and violating intellectual property which resulted in the U.S business’ loss of USD 600bn annually, equally to 3% of the total GDP of the U.S. China has been considered a chief offender. The information warned us about an important issue which is normally neglected in Vietnam.

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The import-export painting of 2017: With bright colors of expectations

The import-export painting of 2017: With bright colors of expectations

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) There has been trade shortfall in the first five months of 2017. However, with export growth which is higher than that of 2016 and with positive signals, it is expected that export targets for 2017 will be fulfilled.

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Vietnam import - export 2016 & prospects 2017

Vietnam import - export 2016 & prospects 2017

(VLR) (Vietnam Logistics Review) The year of 2016, the first year of the 5-year plan 2016- 2020, is the year of recovery for Vietnam’s economy: inflation is controlled at the low level; basic balances of the economy is secured; GDP growth was at around 6.21%; import- export remained in the trend of growing and many measurements have been carried out to push up import - export in the situation of global and regional trade growth on the decrease.

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Vietnam logistics’ professionalism on the increase

Vietnam logistics’ professionalism on the increase

(VLR) There are about 1,200 enterprises in Vietnam providing logistics services (compared to the number of 700 by 2005) as transport freight forwarding, warehousing, loading-unloading service, transport agencies, freight forwarding agencies and logistics services… They are mainly operating in HCMC and Hanoi.

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Logistics sector going green

Logistics sector going green

(VLR) A spate of sustainability-related announcements from some of the world’s largest logistics companies show these firms mean green business, Chen He reports.

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Developing Knowledge Economy: A Shortcut to Modernization

Developing Knowledge Economy: A Shortcut to Modernization

(VLR) The term “Knowledge Economy” has appeared in Vietnam for the past few years and the type of economy has derived from developed industrial countries for the past few decades. There are many terms related to knowledge economy that have been being using: knowledge-based economy, high-technology economy, network economy, digital economy…

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Southeast Asia: Region on the Rise

Southeast Asia: Region on the Rise

(VLR) With an average annual economic growth rate of more than five percent, the countries that comprise this dynamic region represent a thriving trade and economic hub, despite infrastructure and regulator

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