25-02-2022 08:00
The government is making great efforts to revive the economy with the fresh promulgation of the Economic Recovery and Development Programme for 2022-2023. Nguyen Dinh Cung, former director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, talked with VIR’s Tuyet Anh about these efforts, which can lay the groundwork for a robust economic and trade resurgence.
23-02-2022 18:20
Positive news about the resumption of aviation and tourism services have helped tourism stocks to surge, with many even hitting celling prices continuously, despite the VN-Index struggling around the 1,500-point level.
22-02-2022 16:18
The Public Health Ministry of Thailand on February 21 raised its COVID-19 alert to Level 4 - the second-highest tier, following a sharp increase in Omicron variant infections nationwide.
14-02-2022 00:00
Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will continue to invest in expanding and upgrading existing airports, and new projects in 2022, despite reaching lower profit levels in 2021 than in 2020.
05-02-2022 13:01
The northern province of Hai Duong, located 60km from Hanoi, closed 2021 with noteworthy socioeconomic achievements. Pham Xuan Thang, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of Hai Duong Party Committee, spoke to VIR’s Thanh Tan about the province’s next leaps.
01-02-2022 13:21
Life rarely moves in a straight line, but new successes are always just around the corner. Tim Evans, CEO of HSBC Vietnam, talked to VIR’s Dung Nguyen about his journey that led him to Vietnam, the country’s challenging 2021, and his optimism in Vietnam in the long term.
20-01-2022 16:59
South Korean investors have yet again managed to stay at the top of the food chain in Vietnam’s investment environment in 2021. However, their presence also entails a network of satellite businesses that leave little room for domestic competitors.
20-01-2022 11:01
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently signed a decision approving the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period with total funding of at least 75 trillion VND (3.3 billion USD).
17-01-2022 10:01
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has been allowed to decide on the frequency of domestic flights to meet the travel demand during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, under a document signed by Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan.
17-01-2022 08:51
In the past two years, the number of transactions into startups has increased to the highest level in the past five years, reaching 108 investment deals.
13-01-2022 17:51
The National Assembly approved to decrease VAT by 2-8 per cent this year, applied on certain goods and services currently taxed with 10 per cent.
06-01-2022 11:47
A coalition of international investors, including VinFast of Vingroup, has funded $80 million in StoreDot, an innovative firm that builds fast-charging electric car batteries.
20-12-2021 11:18
The death toll from Typhoon Rai - the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year - has risen to at least 75, according to official statistics announced by local authorities on December 19.
16-12-2021 17:00
Pepper prices have been skyrocketing to the highest level since 2018 – but with a lack of supply, many pepper growers have put little trust in the black seeds and even reduced plantations to be less dependent on the fluctuating market.
16-12-2021 13:02
Global real estate advisor Knight Frank has established a new subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to partner with long-term resident and market leader, Alex Crane, formerly of Crane & Company and Cushman & Wakefield, who becomes managing director effective from December 13.