The digital transformation is being considered the key to unlock sustainable development of livestock for the country, with large-scale breeding farms investing more in digital farming in order to create a digitalised agriculture supply chain, minimise costs, and enhance productivity.

One of the biggest local browser and search engines in Vietnam, Coc Coc, is planning to thoroughly upgrade existing features and develop new ones to create the best services for users.

Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex (NSRP) has completed one year of commercial operations, meeting around 33 per cent of Vietnam’s domestic fuel demand and providing a secure supply of energy for the country’s economy. To mark this anniversary, Atsushi Yamamoto, general director of NSRP, talked with VIR’s Kim Oanh about the company’s journey so far and about its role as a vital pillar of the Vietnamese petrochemical industry.

Vietnam reported an all-time high trade surplus of $9.94 billion in the past four years. The US, Europe, China, and countries in the ASEAN are the largest export markets of the country.

Chaleun Sekong Group has paid VND2.25 trillion ($97.83 million) of the VND2.53 trillion ($110 million) on fully buying up Hoang Anh Gia Lai Hydro Power JSC which was a subsidiary of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL), despite news that the company operates without profit.

Maersk’s new logistics centre in Bac Ninh hopes to address the needs of a high-demand north Vietnamese market.

Developing large-scale outsourcing farms is ideal to promote the sustainable development of the livestock sector because it ensures safe and stable supply in the context of the African swine fever while creating stable benefits for both farmers and livestock companies.

Taking AEON MALL Hadong – the second shopping mall in Hanoi by AEONMALL VIETNAM Co., Ltd. – into official operation brings a new lifestyle destination to the people in the southwest of Hanoi.

After the successful launching ceremony in Danang, PPC An Thinh Vietnam Investment and Infrastructure Development JSC (PPCAT) introduced the Nimbus apartment building to customers in the north, especiallyin Hanoi.

C.P. Vietnam Corporation was honoured as one of the Top 100 Sustainable Businesses 2019 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), which picked the company from a roster of more local and foreign-invested companies than ever in the programmes history.

Although total foreign investment inflows to Vietnam in the eleven months saw a slight increase, the number of enterprise delegations visiting the country to look for investment opportunities increased by 30 per cent since last year.

With the average pharmaceutical import turnover of $245 million per month, the figure for the whole year of 2019 may reach $3 billion, equaling 50 per cent of the whole scale of the market.

JW Pharmaceutical Corporation acquired Euvipharm, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients and finished products in Long An, becoming the first Korean company to fully take over a Vietnamese pharmaceutical company and operate it directly.

The demands of digital transformation are forcing organisations of all sizes and industries to reassess the effectiveness and scalability of the existing legacy security infrastructure. Networks in sensitive sectors such as government, financial services, and healthcare often hold highly-valuable data on individuals, financial transactions, and critical infrastructure. This data-rich environment makes them the target of a variety of threats like ransomware. Peerapong Jongvibool, vice president for Southeast Asia and Hong Kong at Fortinet, told VIR about the importance of security-driven networking and what Fortinet’s cybersecurity solution can do for organisations.

In the first 10 months of 2019, Vietnam lured in $29.11 billion of foreign investment capital in new and expanded projects, as well as capital contributions and share purchases, signifying an increase of 4.3 per cent on-year.