05-05-2016 15:59
Groupe Casino may have to pay $220 million in tax after selling the Big C Vietnam chain to Thai conglomerate Central Group.
05-05-2016 08:46
Investor William Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management owns 9 per cent of troubled Canadian drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals, said earlier this week that the company would not sell its “crown jewel” assets.
04-05-2016 16:05
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), operator of the Vinaphone network, reported the highest growth in profit in the first quarter of 2016, according to the three telecom companies’ recent reports submitted to the Ministry of Information and Communications.
02-05-2016 10:02
Domestic shareholders at Vietnam Export Import Bank (Eximbank) refused to show up at the annual shareholders’ meeting on April 29 possibly to protest foreign shareholders’ pushing them out of the Board of Directors.
01-05-2016 21:53
Electronics retailer Tran Anh (TAG), in which Japanese consumer electronics retailer Nojima Corporation holds 31 per cent, is going to be heavily fined for allegedly having its sales women wear only bikinis on the job.
29-04-2016 17:19
Thai conglomerate Siam Cement Group (SCG) is planning to acquire in whole or in part another cement plant in Vietnam.
28-04-2016 15:42
Lazada Vietnam, the operator of retail site lazada.vn, has refunded a customer that unknowingly bought a refurbished iPhone 5 from a seller on its platform. Lazada Vietnam also terminated all activities of the seller, The Gioi Online 360, penalising the violation of the site’s policy forbidding the trading of refurbished products.
28-04-2016 08:30
Thai company Central Group is completing the last steps to buy up Rocket internet-backed fashion retail site Zalora in Thailand and Vietnam, according to news site TechCrunch.
27-04-2016 15:00
Taiwanese company Formosa has fired public relations director of its Vietnamese subsidiary Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Ltd. over his controversial “steel or fish” comment.
26-04-2016 21:10
Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Ltd.’s public relations director will face chastisement by the company leadership for his “steel or fish” comment regarding the mass dying of fish along the central coast of Vietnam.
26-04-2016 14:08
Yesterday, Canal+ Group’s Vietnamese subsidiary, Vietnam Satellite Digital Television (VSTV), announced the completion of the purchase of the broadcasting rights of the English Premier League (EPL) for the 2016-2019 period.
26-04-2016 11:47
Swiss drug-maker Novartis is working with investment banks to line up potential buyers for its 13.5 billion francs’ ($14 billion) worth stake in Roche, according to Swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung.
25-04-2016 18:52
Investigations are underway to find the culprit behind the mass dying of fishstock in sea and coastal fish farms in the central parts of Vietnam, from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue since April 6.
21-04-2016 10:59
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is going to meet with domestic and foreign business leaders on April 29, to discuss improving Vietnam’s business environment.
21-04-2016 09:00
Vietnam Television (VTV), which represents the state capital in Vietnam Satellite Digital Television (VSTV) - the joint venture with French pay TV operator Canal+ Group, said it may have to ask for permission from the prime minister to sell its stake, according to newswire vneconomy.vn.