James Duong Nguyen, general director of Dcorp R-Keeper Vietnam, talked with VIR’s Van Thu about his thoughts on increasing tech uptake in the industry. Vietnam has seen an increasing number of restaurant chains in recent years. What is the role of technology in the development of these restaurant chains? Most people think that the restaurant business is a simple task and doesn’t require a high level of management. That can be true for family-run or small-scale businesses, say one or two outlets. However, once the business system expands to five or more outlets, the owners soon realise that without proper, effective management, it’s like stepping into the darkness. The use of technology to manage a restaurant helps it become the backbone of the business. Without it, actions will be delayed or flawed, and decisions will be inconsistent, not based on a reliable database. Moreover, the latest technological solutions on the mobile app help with manipulations for sales, ordering, customer interactions, speed, and overall better quality dining experiences. Could you share some advantages and challenges when expanding operations in Vietnam? Vietnam is a highly-populated country with a large young generation, which is a major advantage. However, most of the local restaurants are family-run or personally managed, they haven’t realised how significant technology is to ensuring a reasonable budget. At the same time, they’re also hiring low-wage employees, so they are not overly concerned with finding new ways to cut operating expenses and increase labour productivity. With rising expenses in Vietnam, companies…
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HCM CITY (VNS) — Rock First Motion – Halloween Season featuring 12 local rock bands will take place at Cargo Bar on October 26.The bands include Revival United, Knife-Sticking Head, the BU-GI, and Feed The Bill. There will be more than 10 rock-style booths selling clothes, stickers, tattoos, and accessories.The event will start at 11am. The bar is at 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, District 4.Ticket are available via www.ticketbox.vn or at the venue. — VNS... [read more]
The Amended Cinematography Law will regulate the number of showings of Vietnamese films at local cinemas.Under the law, which will take effect on July 7 Vietnamese film showings must be at least 20 per cent of local cinemas' total film showings and have priority during the popular 6pm to 10pm sessions every day.Many filmmakers like the new law that will bring local films to more audiences.The law will also help them solve distribution and scheduling problems.The law will force many cinema owners who previously had not screened Vietnamese films to screen them. A lot of cinemas avoid screening local movies…... [read more]
The suggestion was made by Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, while addressing a conference held in the Northern province on December 27 to review the local emulation and commendation work in 2017 and deploy the 2018 tasks. Speaking at the meeting, Vice President Thinh highly praised the province’s emulation movements in the past year, stressing that, with its responsibility and determination, Quang Ninh has become one of the bright spots in socio-economic development and a destination for domestic and foreign tourists. Recently, the locality has taken the lead in terms of their reform of the administrative apparatus and…... [read more]
Trade promotion programmes for the domestic market will include "Vietnamese goods fairs" to be held in residential areas and industrial parks, helping to bring locally manufactured goods to remote and rural areas.— File Photo HCM CITY (VNS) — Trade promotion centres from southern cities and provinces met in HCM City on Friday to enhance cooperation between provincial trade organisations. The representatives of trade centres in the region signed an agreement on a trade and investment cooperation programme that will be carried out from now to the end of 2020. The programme is focused on efforts to enhance trade promotion, expand…... [read more]
Remote YaChim commune in Kon Tum is lightened up with electricity (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group is continuing its efforts to upgrade and develop the national power grid in rural areas in order to connect all communities by 2020. Under the plan, 99.5 percent of rural households across the nation will enjoy electricity and 95 percent of communes will meet the power criteria in the national strategic programme on new-style rural areas. EVN plans to mobilise different resources to complete the target, including international aid, central and local budgets, local traders and residents, according to…... [read more]
HA NOI — The Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japanese-ASEAN centre hosted a seminar in Tokyo on Tuesday to promote Vietnamese-Japanese trade. Addressing the event, Nguyen Trung Dung, commercial counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, said Japan was Viet Nam's third largest trading partner and the second largest importer of Vietnamese goods. In the first half of this year, two-way trade hit over US$12 billion, a year-on-year rise of 28 per cent, of which Viet Nam 's exports to Japan reached about $7 billion, up 45 per cent on the same period of last year.…... [read more]
Knowing that developing industrial parks will be able to attract resources for development investment, gradually build a modern industry to create a motive force for local economic restructuring towards industrialisation and modernisation, Binh Thuan province has made every effort to perfect the infrastructure system and pull investment capital into industrial parks in the past years. Initial results Although it has a lower level of industrial development than other provinces in the Southern Key Economic Zone, by tapping its abundant and diverse resources, young labour force, low land rent rates and specially streamlined administrative procedures, Binh Thuan province in general and…... [read more]
by Thu NganBINH DUONG (Biz Hub) — Global beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) recently opened its first brewery in Viet Nam as part of its strategy to tap the rapidly growing potential of the country and Southeast Asia."In a short span of just one and a half years, our pioneering beer production base for Viet Nam has been transformed from a mere idea into reality, from barren ground into a state-of-the-art brewery," Ricardo Vasques, General Manager of AB InBev Viet Nam, said."Our brewery strives to enrich local communities. With continued support from the local government, we strongly hope to…... [read more]
The company on December 15 held a seminar to review the technology ecosystem for the food and beverage (F&B) industry in Ho Chi Minh City. The seminar is aimed at introducing the latest technological solutions for restaurant and coffee shop operators to catch up with Industry 4.0 trends as well as improve customer experience.According to James Duong Nguyen, the firm’s general director, the F&B market is in the early stages of the boom. The market holds tremendous potential for restaurant and catering investors thanks to the country’s large population and young demographic.However, the fast-growing market has intensified competition in the restaurant business over…... [read more]
The north-western mountainous region is a place of potential for tourism with many places of interest and famous historical and cultural relic sites. Besides, traditional festivals and market days also create unique traits of the mountainous region. An effective co-operation in tourism between Hanoi and north-western provinces therefore could help speed up the development of tourism in the region.Hanoi, which now covers an area of 3,324 km2 with a population of 6.3 million, located in the gateway of north-western provinces, has a great impact on socio-economic activities all northern provinces. Hanoi is also one of the two biggest tourism centres…... [read more]
