Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT) of Vietnam has joined the TradeLens blockchain platform. On Dec. 19 a local publication made the announcement. CMIT is located in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. CMIT is one of the largest terminals in the Cái Mép-Thị Vải deep-water gateway port complex that provides a direct link from Vietnam to European, North American and Asian markets. The general director of CMIT Jan Bandstra said that the decision to join the blockchain-based program w

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Security Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) recently convened the first meeting to tackle information security issues. Open Gov Asia reported that the meeting was attended by: the Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office The representatives of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam Japanese cybersecurity experts. During the meeting, the two parties agreed tha

The rise of Vietnam’s economy has been a long time coming. For 15 years between 2000 and 2015, Vietnam recorded an average annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.9%. In 2018, the country went on to log an astonishing 7.1% GDP growth in 2018, beating an IMF forecast of 6.8%. At the end of the Sino-US trade war, the expansion of protectionist measures put in place by the two global economic powerhouses may eventually benefit Vietnam, as manufacturers looking for divers