09-07-2019 14:31
Modern retail channels are shaping up the competitive landscape in Vietnam so retailers who fail to provide new retail experience will be forced to drop out of the competition.
15-05-2019 13:00
Ho Chi Minh City authorities are doing their best to improve the investment climate to ensure the success of all projects in the southern hub.
29-03-2019 14:00
With the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in effect, more opportunities will open up for Singaporean-based multinationals currently investing or looking to pour money into Vietnam in a wide range of sectors. Van Ngoc reports.
05-11-2017 14:07
Hosting APEC Year 2017 is a focus of Vietnam’s external relations activities this year, as well as the country’s most important contribution to fostering APEC co-operation as part of its deeper and more comprehensive international integration strategy. On the occasion of the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, held during November 6-11 in Danang, APEC Secretariat executive director Dr. Alan Bollard talked with VIR’s Van Ngoc about his insight into APEC 2017 and its implications for regional economic integration.
14-10-2016 15:19
Remnants of Champa architecture have recently been found in the central province of Binh Dinh, said Nguyen Van Ngoc, Director of the Binh Dinh provincial museum.
24-05-2016 08:44
After failing to meet the shopping habits of Vietnamese consumers, Malaysian retailing group Parkson has seen its malls turn into ghost towns before finally shutting down, while Aeon, Lotte, and Saigon Co.op have been positively received by customers, encouraging them to quicken their pace of development.
15-03-2016 20:00
Japanese investors are increasing their presence in Vietnam’s real estate sector by teaming up with domestic partners.
12-08-2015 08:00
Despite being one of the most conservative foreign investors in Vietnam, Japan is currently emerging as a major partner through a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
03-06-2015 14:58
Phu My Hung Development Corporation has revealed reasons why it had not distributed profits within the joint venture partnership for the 2010 - 2014 period despite repeated requests from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
24-02-2012 16:34
Vietnam has new hope in Judo champion Van Ngoc Tu, who will represent the country at the London Olympics 2012, after a miserable performance 16 years ago at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 when Cao Ngoc Phuong Trinh failed to leave a mark.
20-07-2011 14:24
Top joint stock commercial banks have turned frowns into smiles in 2011.
14-07-2011 17:33
HSBC has launched on July 14th a mobile platform for its global credit card privileges programme, enabling cardholders to access HSBC’s Home&Away Privilege Programme anytime, anywhere on their iPhone and other compatible Apple devices.
12-07-2011 18:00
The AES Corporation on July 11 officially announced the financing documentation for Vietnam’s largest private sector power project 1,240 megawatt, coal-fired Mong Duong 2 Power project located in Quang Ninh province, has been formally completed finance.
11-07-2011 16:03
HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. has just been awarded the prestigious title of Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Vietnam.
07-07-2011 17:15
HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) reported slow level of emerging market growth in the second quarter of 2011, its weakest level in the last two years, reflecting global economic fragility, the exceptional consequences of the Japanese tsunami and amid the lingering impact of recent inflation.