Representatives from Mekong Basin nations, along with development partners, convened at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat to mark the 29th Mekong Day, focusing on initiatives to preserve and improve the health of the Mekong Basin.
“Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024” concluded in success
Diverse and vibrant activities showcased the value of engineering profession Nurturing the young generation to inherit the responsibility of urban development
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 April 2024 – “Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024”, organised by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), concluded with a diverse array of captivating and inspiring activities and competitions. It brought unforgettable moments for citizens and the industry, receiving enthusiastic responses from all sectors and achieving unprecedented success, thus providing a perfect ending to “Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024.”
Ir Dr Barry LEE Chi Hong, the HKIE President stated, “The ‘Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024’ featured seven activities that were planned and implemented over several months. Among them, the annual family event, ‘Hong Kong Engineers Week Carnival,’ was eagerly anticipated by the public and received unprecedented success, attracting over 46,000 participants. By organising the carnival, we not only provided the public with joyful moments but also demonstrated how engineering technologies are applied in daily life, allowing citizens to understand the importance and value of engineering. A remarkable attendance of more than 1,300 visitors was recorded throughout the ‘Career Fairs’. On behalf of the HKIE, I sincerely thank the industry and the public for their active support and participation.”
The Carnival with the theme “Be the Change”, successfully organised a series of activities with different perspectives, including the “Hong Kong Engineers Week Carnival,” “Engineer Alliance”, “Our Dream City” Primary School Design Competition”, “Our Future Engineers” Secondary Student Quiz Contest, “Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition”, “Career Fairs”, and “The HKIE Grand Awards 2024”.
After intense competition, the results of multiple matches have been determined. In the “Engineer Alliance”, Ir Eva LEE Ho Yan emerged as the Captain, while Mr Anthony CHAN Chun Yip and Miss Miro CHAN Sum Chau became Vice-captain. In the “Our Dream City” primary school design competition, Precious Blood Primary School, St. Francis of Assisi’s Caritas School (Team 2), and Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School (Team 1) were crowned as the Champion, First Runner-up, and Second Runner-up, respectively. The Champion, First Runner-up and Second Runner-up of “Our Future Engineers” Secondary Student Quiz Contest were awarded to Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College, Immaculate Heart of Mary College and Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College. As for the joint team composed of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University and Shenzhen Institute of Technology emerged as the Overall Champions of the invitational competition tournament in the “Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition”.
Ir Dr Barry LEE Chi Hong, said” Through various industry and academic competitions, we witnessed a group of talented young engineers and students who showcased their innovative spirit and problem-solving abilities. It is truly gratifying and proud to see the unlimited potential of the younger generation in the field of engineering. Moving forward, we will continue to cultivate the interest of the younger generation in engineering work, inheriting the responsibility of driving Hong Kong’s development.”
The successful conclusion of “Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024” marks the end of an exciting chapter but also signals a new beginning. The Institution will continue its efforts to promote the development of the engineering field and organise more educational and impactful activities in collaboration with various sectors, working together to build a better future.
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About the HKIE
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) – previously The Engineering Society of Hong Kong – was founded in 1947. In 1975, the HKIE was incorporated under the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Ordinance, Chapter 1105 of the Laws of Hong Kong. Today the HKIE has over 34,000 members, of which around 17,000 are Corporate Members.
The Institution aims to bring together engineers of different disciplines for their common good. The HKIE is committed to upholding the quality of membership, and sets standards for the training and admission of engineers from 22 engineering disciplines. It also has strict rules governing members’ conduct and is dedicated to raising the ethical standards of professional engineers in Hong Kong. For more information about the HKIE, please visit https://hkie.org.hk
PolyU harnesses GeoAI technologies to enable sustainable urban development

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 April 2024 – Geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) is an interdisciplinary field that combines geospatial science and artificial intelligence (AI). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is harnessing innovative GeoAI technologies to provide ground-breaking solutions for some of the environmental and social challenges facing the world today, in various fields including transportation, urban and public safely, planning, climate change and natural disasters.

Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, and Global STEM Professor, established the PolyU Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Geomatics (RCAIG), to focus on the development of original and innovative AI methodologies and technologies for geomatics and their applications in urban areas, with the goal of it becoming a global R&D hub in GeoAI. Prof. Weng has recently been honoured with the 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography and the 2024 AAG Remote Sensing Specialty Group Lifetime Achievement Honor Award for his ground-breaking contributions in geography.
One direction for the Research Centre is investigation into human-environment interactions in urbanisation by utilising geospatial analytics, GeoAI and big data methods. Another direction is to create various data products of global urban areas using Earth Observations (EO) and to provide EO-based urban data services.
As RCAIG Principal Investigator and Director, Prof. Weng said, “Earth observation is important as a guiding compass for understanding changes in the environment and society. Our research focuses on diverse fields including geospatial big data and AI, remote sensing, ground-based sensors, navigation and positioning, surveying and geodesy, laser scanning, and photogrammetry. These technologies play a crucial role in addressing and resolving key environmental and social challenges.”
In particular, GeoAI has revolutionised building monitoring by utilising thousands of learnable parameters. An illustration of this is its ability to automatically learn and identify general patterns of buildings such as colour and shape. This technology is crucially applied to detect disaster-damaged buildings, retrieve building height, identify structural changes and estimate building energy consumption. As a result, GeoAI has emerged as a mainstream solution for more efficient and insightful building monitoring.
Environmental monitoring
In the field of urbanisation monitoring, an RCAIG research team has developed an impervious surface area based urban cellular automata (CA) model that can simulate the fractional change of urban areas within each grid by utilising annual urban extent time series data obtained from satellite observations. By categorising the historical pathways of urban area growth into different levels of urbanisation, the model offers more detailed insights compared to traditional, binary, CA models. This demonstrates its great potential in supporting sustainable development.
Research conducted by Ms Wanru HE, an RCAIG doctoral research assistant, and her team was reported in the paper “Modeling gridded urban fractional change using the temporal context information in the urban cellular automata model“, and has been published in Cities. Their model effectively captures the dynamics of urban sprawl with significantly improved computational efficiency and performance, and will help enable the modelling of urban growth at regional and even global level, under diverse future urbanisation scenarios.
GeoAI for traffic management
In the area of smart traffic management, to enhance the efficiency of ride-hailing platforms and achieve intelligent management of their services, the RCAIG research team has developed a multi-agent order matching and vehicle repositioning approach. This innovative technology focuses on coordinating the supply and demand of ride-hailing services, ultimately aiming to improve their overall efficiency.
Their approach provides a ground-breaking solution to tackle two critical aspects necessary for efficient ride-hailing services. Firstly, it addresses order matching by efficiently assigning orders to available vehicles. Secondly, it incorporates proactive vehicle repositioning, strategically deploying idle vehicles to regions with potentially high demand.
Based on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning, this innovation solves the complex planning issues in transportation and offers a new perspective on a long-term spatio-temporal planning problem. The research conducted by Ms Mingyue XU, another RCAIG researcher, and her team, was reported in the paper “Multi-agent reinforcement learning to unify order-matching and vehicle-repositioning in ride-hailing services“, and has been published in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science. The study achieved outstanding results, including reduced passenger rejection rates and driver idle time.
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About RCAIG
With a focus on GeoAI, RCAIG is dedicated to conducting research in diverse fields, including urban building and energy, urban safety and security, environmental monitoring and conservation, urban resilience and public health. This aligns with the 11th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, which aims to create inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements. Website: https://rcaig.com/
Learn more about Prof. Qihao Weng’s research focus in the video: https://polyu.me/3Vt7yih
Unlock Opportunities in the Nifty Index with Phillip Nova

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 April 2024 – 2024 is without doubt is a year for Asia’s boom and India’s resilience against atrocities of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing geopolitical tensions, and elevated interest rates. The latter of which has been catching a lot of attention recently from a foreign direct investment perspective. Many analysts speculate that India might be entering a decade-long era of infrastructure development, especially after it surpassed China as the country with the world’s largest population.
The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has focused on supporting economic growth, reducing the fiscal deficit, and working around fostering businesses. Pro-growth policies included liberalisation of corporate tax and reduced caps on foreign ownership along with infrastructure development, an area that was earlier lagging, has been in focus in the last couple of budgets.
India’s expanding, working-age labour force could also help propel the next leg of economic growth. India’s demographic advantage – a population with a median age of around 29 years makes India more attractive to domestic and foreign companies. By 2030, India will be home to 1 billion working-age adults who are also becoming wealthier and driving domestic demand. Its strategic location and tax incentives along with its young, well-educated, and inexpensive labour force, are also enticing.
From a financial market standpoint, the Gift Nifty index represents an emerging market with an elevated growth outlook driven by robust domestic consumption. Multi-faceted opportunities across large, small, and mid-caps can be witnessed and presently the retail flows into domestic mutual funds, by Indian investors, is pretty significant. Attractive earnings pose as the cherry on top with ample room for improvement as businesses focus on ramping earnings and Return on Equity. Double-digit growth in corporate earnings is starting to reflect India’s high GDP growth forecasts which many analysts believe is likely a trend that will continue.
From a long-term perspective, analysts believe that India is on the cusp of a new era, as it benefits from wide-ranging pro-growth reforms. India’s real GDP growth rate of the past 20 years has averaged 6%–7% annually, which is not just higher than many developed and emerging markets, but is showing sufficient signs to indicate that it could potentially continue.
Capturing Opportunities in the Indian Market
To cater to the heightened interest in the Indian market, Phillip Nova, a trusted Singapore brokerage providing access to global Futures, Stocks, ETF, CFD and Forex trading have reduced their commission rates for the SGX GIFT Connect Nifty Futures to just USD1.50*. This promotional rate is valid for all individual traders. New customers simply need to open an account and then opt-in for the promotion to enjoy the promotional rates. More details on this exciting promotion can be found on their website here.
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Phillip Nova (formerly known as Phillip Futures) was inaugurated in 1983 as a member of PhillipCapital Group and is one of the founding clearing members of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT). Phillip Nova have since grown to become one of the region’s top brokerages for the trading of Stocks, ETFs, CFD, Forex, global Futures and Commodities. The Group has clearing memberships in 21 global exchanges, including APEX, BMD, CME Group exchanges, DGCX, HKEX, ICDX, ICE Singapore, JPX Group exchanges, NSE, TFEX, TOCOM and SGX Group exchanges.
Hong Kong’s First Internationally ISO-Certified Pet Relocation Company “Canlife” Launches New “Furry Travel” Pet Travel Service
Taking Your Pets on the Go, Without Breaking the Bank! Making tails wag worldwide.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 April 2024 – Attention all pet lovers and globetrotters! Get ready to embark on exciting adventures with your beloved fur-babies, as Canlife Pets Moving, Hong Kong’s pioneering pet relocation company, proudly introduces its latest pet travel service. Bid farewell to the notion that pet travel is restricted to private jets, as Canlife makes dreams of travelling with your pets a reality.

Japan Becomes First Destination Under Canlife’s ‘Furry Travel’ Service
With a newly established branch in Japan, Canlife team works closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan, along with 24/7 emergency veterinary support based in Hong Kong. Pet owners can rest assured that their furry friends will receive the utmost care and attention throughout the entire travel process, ensuring a stress-free and comfortable experience for all.
Take pet travelling to Japan as an example, Canlife Pets Moving offers premium relocation services, including physical examination for fit to fly, ISO microchip implantation, rabies vaccination, rabies antibody testing (RNATT), application for import permit, pet seat booking, issuance of animal health certificate, and endorsement by Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, in a span of 8 months.
The procedures required to enter Japan include:
First Veterinary Consultation
- ISO Microchip Implantation
- First Rabies Vaccination
Second Veterinary Consultation
- Second Rabies Vaccination
- Rabies Neutralizing Antibody Titre Test (RNATT)
Apply Import Licenses
Third Veterinary Consultation
- Japanese Official Health Certificate
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Endorsed Health Certificates
*The physical examination mainly ensures that the health condition of cats or dogs is suitable for export, and does not include any further testing or diagnosis fees.
3 Steps Before Considering Pet Travel
1. Find an IPATA pet shipper
Pet shippers who are members of IPATA must follow ethical guidelines in pet travel and relocating animals worldwide. Canlife is a member of the International Pet and Animal Transportation Association (IPATA) and Animal Transportation Association (ATA). It is also one of the few recognized local pet travel agents by Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong.
2. Research the country requirement
Requirements vary between countries – some require specific vaccinations while others require quarantine. Research your destination’s pet entry rules and prepare accordingly. Some countries, like Australia and New Zealand, might need a preparation time of at least 7 months.
3. Crate train your fur babies
Travelling might be stressful to your pet. Other than choosing an IATA compliant kennel that allows your pet to sit, stand and lie down comfortably, training them to relax and settle in the crate under complete darkness is equally important.
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About Canlife
Canlife is the first pet relocation company in Hong Kong to obtain international ISO 9001 certification. With a globally recognized standard for quality management, Canlife has served over 400 clients and their pets to relocate to different continents. Founder & senior veterinarian Dr Tommy Sze has over 15 years of vet experience and 6 years of animal import and export control in AFCD. With overseas branches in Singapore, Japan and Germany, Canlife offers professional and extensive pet relocation services to pet owners to and from around the world.
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LOCA Currently Operates 20 Fast EV Charging Stations, Plans to Boost EV Infrastructure with 40 Stations by 2024
In a significant stride towards sustainable mobility, the CEO of LOCA announced at the ZEEKR Launch event that the company is now operating 20 DC Fast charging stations across Laos. Demonstrating an ambitious vision for the future, LOCA aims to double this number, reaching a total of 40 stations by the end of 2024.
Pay Equity and Pay Transparency Gaining Importance in Asia, Driven by Regulations and Company DEIB Policies, Aon Survey

- Pay transparency practices are mostly driven by regulation and compliance, followed by diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) policy and peer practices.
- While large organisations in Asia with global headcount focus on gender for pay equity analyses, smaller organisations consider other factors like job family, performance rating and experience.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 April 2024 – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released its 2023-24 Asia Pay Equity Survey results, which reveal that pay equity and pay transparency are gaining importance in the region. The survey, which is the one of the most comprehensive of its kind in Asia, is conducted annually to understand prevalent practices on pay equity and transparency and provide valuable insight into the factors driving change, as well as the primary challenges organisations face while implementing pay equity and transparency strategies.
Pay Transparency is Gaining Importance
Organisations across North America and Europe are enhancing their pay transparency practices complying with increasing regulatory requirements. This trend is now gaining momentum in Asia, where companies anticipate similar regulations. Although 79 percent of survey respondents said they consider pay transparency important, with the exception of Japan and Australia, there are no specific regulations mandating pay disclosure in the region at present. Legislation around pay disclosures are expected in the near future for markets such as Mainland China, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.
According to the survey, 72 percent of companies cite regulation and compliance as their primary driver for action on pay transparency, followed by 58 percent that attribute it to DEIB policies and 38 percent to peer practices. However, only 25 percent of organisations say they have proactively disclosed some aspects of their pay-related matters to employees, with many taking a cautious approach. Apart from regulatory requirements, this shift toward pay transparency is also being championed by business leaders who recognise the role of pay transparency in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.
The survey further reveals that, compared to privately-held companies, publicly-listed companies are further ahead in implementing pay transparency practices, with 86 percent adopting some form and frequency of pay transparency compared with 74 percent of privately-held organisations.
Peter Zhang, partner and head of Talent Solutions for Aon in Asia Pacific, said, “Globally, pay transparency regulations and directives are being introduced with the aim of closing the pay gap more quickly – through legislation, rigour and enforcement. Although it is still nascent, trends in pay transparency show that regulations will catch up in the region and most organisations may have to disclose some information about pay transparency. Forward-looking organisations in Asia are therefore not waiting for regulations to catch up but taking a proactive approach to pay transparency. While embarking on this journey, they are deciding on the degree and extent of pay transparency based on drivers such as their DEIB policy, peer practices, local market requirements and practices of their global headquarters.”
Pay Equity Practices
Pay equity compares the pay between job holders doing substantially similar work, which has historically been unequal across gender, disability status, race, ethnicity groups and other employee cohorts. Led by upcoming regulatory requirements along with their own maturing DEIB policies, organisations are anticipating the need to remediate their compensation structures. The survey results show that 62 percent of organisations conduct a pay equity analysis, and, among them, 65 percent have an implementation strategy. The prevalence of such analyses is higher in publicly listed companies, with 75 percent reporting that they conduct such analyses, compared to a split of 50-50 for private organisations. In addition, 71 percent of the companies surveyed consider job family rating as the top factor for consideration during pay equity analyses; followed closely by performance rating at 69 percent and experience at 59 percent.
Communicating the results of pay equity analyses to key stakeholders does not play a pivotal role in driving the implementation of pay equity strategy. According to the survey, more than 50 percent of the responding companies communicate results to top management, 29 percent to their employees, while 22 percent of companies report that they share this information with their board of directors. Despite the senior leadership being aware of this information, 38 percent of organisations say budget allocation is their top challenge for implementing pay equity, while 34 percent say a lack of knowledge of peer practices, and 25 percent say that unconscious bias in managers hinders implementing pay equity.
Maggie You, partner and head of people advisory and people analytics, Talent Solutions for Aon in Asia Pacific, said, “Organisations that have started to conduct pay equity analyses have also begun to articulate their remediation or pay equity implementation strategy. This trend is seen across the region, regardless of the organisation’s size or type. Developing a pay equity implementation strategy based on a thorough pay equity analysis helps organisations identify any discrepancies. However, it is essential to note that the foundation of such an analysis is based on a robust job architecture built on analytical job evaluation methodology. Also, accelerating and expanding pay equity and pay transparency efforts requires top management in the region to better understand its impact on employer brand, employee engagement, and attracting and retaining top talent.”
“Typically, organisations with mature HR functions with evolved pay equity practices conduct a pay equity analysis annually. For many of these organisations, the study is done during or after the annual salary increment cycle. The frequency of conducting a pay equity analysis should depend on various other factors, including the gap identified after the initial analysis, remediation plans for gap reduction, budget allocation, perceived changes in employee demographics for example due to large-scale hiring plans, significant changes in the organisation due to M&A, and re-organisation,” added You.
About the survey
Aon’s 2023-24 Asia Pay Equity Survey, which is the most comprehensive of its kind in Asia, was conducted between December 2023 and early January 2024. The survey collected more than 350 responses across 13 Asian markets, including Mainland China, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Japan. More information about pay equity can be found here:
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HD은행, 현금과 주식으로 25%의 배당금 지급…2024년 고성장 목표

호치민, 베트남 – Media OutReach Newswire – 2024 년 4월 9일 – 호치민시개발은행(Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank, 이하 HD은행, 종목코드: HDB)이 2023년도 배당으로 현금 10%, 주식 15% 등 총 25%의 배당금을 지급할 계획이다. 배당안은 4월 4일 발표된 2024년도 연례 주주총회 안건 자료에 공개된 것이다.

HD은행은 올해 전년 대비 22% 성장한 15조8500억동(6억3413만달러)의 수익 달성과 최대 30%의 배당금 지급(최대 15% 현금 지급)을 목표로 하고 있다.
자료에 따르면 연례 주총(AGM)은 4월 26일 온라인으로 진행될 예정이다. HD은행은 2023년도 경영 실적과 2024년도 사업 계획, 2023년도 이익 배분 계획, 기타 주요 보고서를 포함한 보고서를 주주들에게 제출해 승인을 요청할 예정이다.
2024년 수익 16조동, ROE 24.6% 목표
지난 10년간 개혁의 노정을 걸어온 HD은행은 2023년에도 높은 성장세를 구가했다.
지난해 수익성 비율인 총자산이익률(ROA)은 2%, 자기자본이익률(ROE)은 24.2%로 주요 은행 그룹 중 상위권을 유지했다.
2024년에도 높은 성장세를 이어가는 한편으로 포괄적인 환경ㆍ사회ㆍ거버넌스(ESG) 전략을 개발해 나갈 계획이다.
세전 이익은 2023년 대비 21.8% 증가한 15조8500억동, ROE는 24.6%를 목표로 하고 있으며 부실 대출 비율은 업계 최저 수준을 계속 유지한다는 계획이다.
올해 총자산은 2023년 대비 16% 증가해 700조동(280억달러)을 돌파할 전망이다.
총 자금은 전년보다 16% 증가한 624조동(250억달러)에 달할 것으로 예상된다.
미상환 대출은 베트남 중앙은행이 할당한 신용 확대 목표에 따라 438조동(175억달러)을 넘어설 전망이다.
현금, 주식으로 최대 30%의 배당금 지급
HD은행은 이번 주총에서 2023년도에 총 25%의 배당안건을 의제에 올릴 계획이다. 25% 중 10%는 현금으로, 15%는 주식으로 지급한다는 방안이다.
특히 2024년에는 현금과 주식으로 총 30%의 배당액을 지급할 계획이다.
HD은행은 10년 이상 줄곧 고속 성장을 구가하면서 꾸준히 높은 배당금을 지급해 왔다.
HD은행은 올해 배당금 지급을 위한 주식 발행을 통해 자기자본을 현재 29조1000억 동(11억6000만달러)에서 33조6500억동(13억4000만달러)으로 4조5600억동(1억8288만달러) 이상 늘릴 계획이다. 또한 이미 업계 최고 수준인 재무 건전성 지표를 더욱 확고히 하고 향후 지속 가능한 발전을 위한 전략적 기반을 공고히 할 방침이다.
HD은행은 지속 가능한 발전과 포괄적인 디지털 전환, 녹색 성장을 달성하기 위해 매진하고 있다.
관리 역량을 꾸준히 개선하는 한편 바젤3(Basel III)과 같은 선진적인 국제 관리 표준을 채택했다.
HD은행은 포괄적인 ESG 전략을 수용한 선구적 기업으로 ESG 보고서를 발간하고 기업의 사회적 책임을 적극적으로 이행하는 동시에, 현대적 소매금융을 향한 디지털 뱅킹 개발 계획을 강화하고 있다.
2023년 예상보다 좋은 실적을 거둔 HD은행은 4월 26일 주총에서 주주들에게 긍정적 소식을 전할 예정이다.
HD은행은 경제가 불확실한 상황에서도 2024년 목표(주총 문서에 명시)를 달성할 수 있을 것이라 확신하고 있다.
약 2만 명의 HD은행 주주들은 HD은행의 지배구조와 2024년 계획 달성 능력에 대해 낙관적인 분위기 속에 주총을 준비하고 있다.
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호치민시개발은행(HDBank) 소개
HD은행은 베트남을 대표하는 유수 금융 기관으로 ESG와 지속가능한 개발, 혁신을 촉진하는 데 매진하고 있다.
HD은행은 개인과 기업이 모두 번영할 수 있는 금융 솔루션을 제공하는 것을 사명으로 삼고 있다.