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Singaporean investors increasingly drawn to Vietnam

November 21, 2023 | 08:00

Thanks to the open economic landscape and enormous growth potential in various sectors, Vietnam has always been on the list of favourable destinations for Singaporean investors

Technology startups betting big on Vietnamese landscape

November 15, 2023 | 11:16

Tech startups in Singapore are eyeing the burgeoning Vietnamese market to tap into local growth potential, showing Vietnam’s promising landscape and Singapore’s emerging as part of a new wave of deep-tech attraction.

Abundant potential for Vietnam-Singapore relations

November 15, 2023 | 11:07

Vietnam and Singapore have been working closely to strengthen bilateral ties in the green and digital economy. Gan Kim Yong, Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry, spoke with VIR’s Minh Anh on the sidelines of the Singapore Week of Technology and Innovation 2023, about the next steps for bilateral relations.

Data of Singapore luxury resort customters hacked

November 08, 2023 | 16:25

The Singaporean intergrated resort operator Marina Bay Sands (MBS) announced on November 7 that a recent cyberattack has affected personal data of 650,000 members of its Sands LifeStyle rewards programme.

Qatar-Singapore Joint Innovation Challenges announced at SWITCH 2023

November 03, 2023 | 09:58

The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council and Enterprise Singapore announced the Qatar-Singapore Joint Innovation Challenge on November 2.

Singapore launches fifth edition of Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge

November 02, 2023 | 12:11

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) launched the fifth edition of the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) on October 31.

SWITCH 2023 spotlights new game changers

October 31, 2023 | 14:00

SWITCH 2023 opened on October 31, highlighting the transformative power of AI and advances in net-zero technologies.

Singapore partners with Japan, UK, Switzerland on digital asset initiative

October 31, 2023 | 12:23

Regulators in Singapore, Japan, the UK and Switzerland are planning asset tokenisation tests for fixed income, foreign exchange and asset management products, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) reported on October 30.

Singapore’s unemployment rate increases

October 30, 2023 | 09:00

The number of retrenchments and unemployed residents in Singapore rose in the third quarter of 2023 as a weaker economic outlook dragged down sectors such as wholesale trade, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)'s statistics.

Singapore to import 1.2GW of low-carbon energy from Vietnam

October 25, 2023 | 09:53

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) on October 24 announced that it has given tentative approval for plans to import 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of primarily wind-generated electricity from Vietnam.

Vietnam to export low-carbon electricity to Singapore

October 24, 2023 | 15:34

Vietnam will export 1.2GW of low-carbon electricity, mostly from wind power, to the island nation.

TikTok Singapore’s operation in Vietnam violates local laws: Ministry

October 06, 2023 | 14:47

Violations of Vietnam's laws have been detected in TikTok's cross-border services in Vietnam after a comprehensive inspection of TikTok's activities in the country from May this year, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said at the monthly press conference on October 5.