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Opportunities to unlock in Vietnam’s green finance arena

April 16, 2024 | 09:38

In recent years, financial institutions have pivoted from solely emphasising green finance to investing in businesses that both adapt to and mitigate climate risk impacts.

Vietnam’s M&A flourishes over last 15 years

November 28, 2023 | 17:40

The Vietnam M&A Forum 2023 brought together experts to look at the challenges and opportunities in the field on November 28.

Mobile trading apps: the future of online investing?

October 27, 2023 | 10:09

In today’s digital world, smart devices are capable of handling a wide spectrum of activities, and trading is no exception.

The intellectual property perspective of investing

June 19, 2023 | 11:53

Foreign investors are always concerned about the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), as well as relevant policies and regulations.

MoC reduces its pledge to build over one million social housing units

February 24, 2023 | 13:28

The Ministry of Construction's initiative to invest in affordable homes for low-income individuals from 2021 to 2030 has now been amended.

Japanese enterprises accelerate investment in Vietnam

February 10, 2023 | 09:39

At the meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and Nakajima Takeo, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), said that Japanese enterprises could not ignore Vietnam when looking around Asia for a destination to in

Appreciating efforts to attract more overseas capital

July 05, 2022 | 10:09

Over the past decade, Warburg Pincus has been investing across Vietnam in companies that support the government’s goals of diversifying and modernising the country’s economy.

HSBC Investing in the future

February 01, 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.

Japan’s investors pinpoint pivotal year

January 27, 2022 | 08:00

Japanese investors have been committed to further investing in Vietnam as the nation offers ample opportunities. Hirai Shinji, chief representative of the Japan Trade Promotion Organization in Ho Chi Minh City, talked with VIR’s Thanh Van about the outlook of Japanese investment and business in Vietnam this year.

Regional tensions throwing investing trajectory up in air

March 25, 2021 | 11:00

Political stability has been seen as one of the main reasons for Vietnam’s success in recent years in terms of attracting foreign investment. But how might current unrest in other Southeast Asian countries affect the flows of investment in the region as it simultaneously attempts to fight its way out of the pandemic?

Deluge of foreign capital marks strong start to 2021

February 05, 2021 | 08:00

The wave of high-tech companies investing billions of US dollars in Vietnam is already materialising, raising the question for the country on exactly how to absorb all the incoming capital.

Investing in resilience to erratic future

December 22, 2020 | 10:22

As the tides of catastrophe recede, leaving Central Vietnam and indeed the entire country turned on its head by a raging pandemic and natural disasters, the need to rebuild emerges stronger than ever. Dao Xuan Lai, assistant resident representative and team leader of Climate Change and Environment from the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam, writes about what priority considerations Vietnam needs to take into account to build a better, more resilient, and more sustainable future for itself and its people.