19-08-2020 10:20
Actress Mai Thu Huyen is making a film based on the Vietnamese 19th-century literature masterpiece Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) by Nguyen Du. The movie is being produced between two social distancing periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
15-06-2020 15:57
Children in the southern province of Kien Giang’s Kien Binh commune can rejoice as one of Vietnam’s largest cement makers decided to sponsor the construction of a new school, thereby giving them and their families life-changing access to education.
01-06-2020 08:38
With natural resources being consumed 50 per cent faster than they can be replaced, the circular economy has become the ultimate goal of all big corporations in recent years. As a result, INSEE Vietnam’s approach to green manufacturing is focusing on reducing the use of raw materials and self-production of energy in its products, with the potential to recycle or reuse back into the manufacturing process.
25-12-2018 11:44
The Fed hiking interest rates last week for the fourth time this year was not a total surprise and the dong has weathered through with poise.
18-12-2018 08:00
Credit growth has climbed to around 16 per cent by the end of November, possibly on track to meet the target of 17 per cent set for the entire year.
15-12-2018 09:13
As 2018 is almost over, many local banks still have not shown any signs of listing on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) as per their plan announced earlier on at the annual general shareholders’ meeting.
13-12-2018 10:59
As many banks have reached their credit growth limit, they are seeking for additional space from the central bank to meet the increasing credit demand from businesses during the year-end.
23-10-2012 09:30
There are still other opportunities for foreign investors when forming commercial partnerships or joint ventures in some areas such as establishment of data centres or internet.
22-09-2012 11:00
Competition in Vietnam’s telecom sector is taking twists and turns as foreign companies scrutinise the evolving market, with some dropping out.
26-03-2011 09:54
Hanel Company Limited will start work on building the Hanoi software park this April.
24-12-2010 19:00
CMC Technology Group (CMC) had decided to pour $20 million into mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to expand its footprint in Vietnam. VIR talks with the firm’s general director Nguyen Trung Chinh to shed some light on CMC’s M&A activities.
09-11-2010 16:43
VNPT has signed a VND1.092 trillion ($56 million) credit package with state-owned Vietnam Development Bank for its Vinasat-2 project satellite-launching.
26-09-2013 15:00
Huyen Chip, a 21-year-old female backpacker who claims to have traveled through 25 countries and has so far written two books about it, is in the midst of a storm when readers doubt the honesty of what she wrote.
19-07-2011 09:42
Japanese investors want to expand Lach Huyen port’s investment threshold.
09-02-2018 11:15
The People’s Court of HCM City on February 8 began its trial of Huỳnh Thị Huyền Như, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the HCM City branch of VietinBank, and Võ Anh Tuấn, deputy director of VietinBank’s Nhà Bè branch, on charges of "swindling to appropriate assets" worth VNĐ1.085 trillion (US$51 million) from five companies.