more south korean enterprises seek business opportunities in vietnam

More South Korean enterprises seek business opportunities in Vietnam

Representatives of ten South Korean enterprises headquartered in Busan arrived in Vietnam to find business opportunities through an event held by the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA Hanoi) on June 24 at the Daewoo Hotel.
abe pledges to improve ties with south korea

Abe pledges to improve ties with South Korea

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he helped "improve and further develop" relations with South Korea, as the two nations marked 50 years of normalised relations.
keangnam to sink deeper into trouble

Keangnam to sink deeper into trouble

South Korea’s Keangnam Vina, the developer of Vietnam’s highest building, the Keangnam Landmark Tower in Hanoi, could face a  recompense of almost $30 million to its home-buyers after illegally stating their prices using US dollars in the sales contracts of 900 apartments.
mers virus infects regional tourism

MERS virus infects regional tourism

The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is not only affecting the South Korean tourism industry, it is causing problems worldwide including Vietnam.
south korea says mers outbreak shows signs of subsiding

South Korea says MERS outbreak shows signs of subsiding

South Korea said on Friday (Jun 19) that the MERS outbreak that has killed 24 people appears to have begun subsiding, as it reported one new case - the lowest rate of new infections in two weeks.
south koreans jailed for illegally detaining fellow countryman in vietnam

South Koreans jailed for illegally detaining fellow countryman in Vietnam

A Vietnam court has handed down sentences of up to one year in prison to two South Korean men who kidnapped and beat a fellow countryman over a business conflict last year.
honey lee poses for cosmopolitan in danang

Honey Lee poses for Cosmopolitan in Danang

Korean actress and former beauty queen Lee Ha-nui, known as Honey Lee, is featured in the current issue of the fashion publication Cosmopolitan Magazine.
foreigners can call trilingual helplines to get mers related information in vietnam

Foreigners can call trilingual helplines to get MERS-related information in Vietnam

The Hanoi health authorities have established a hotline in Vietnamese and English and another in Korean to provide advice on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by the coronavirus.
mers ruled out for south korean man in slovakia

MERS ruled out for South Korean man in Slovakia

New tests on Monday ruled out the potentially fatal MERS virus in a South Korean man being kept in isolation at a hospital in Slovakia, a health ministry spokesman said.
more tests needed to rule out mers for south korean in slovakia

More tests needed to rule out MERS for South Korean in Slovakia

A South Korean man in isolation at a Slovakian hospital will undergo another round of tests to ensure he is not infected with the potentially fatal MERS virus, the hospital in Bratislava said on Sunday.
vietnamese drop south korea tours over mers fears

Vietnamese drop South Korea tours over MERS fears

More Vietnamese tourists are canceling their tour packages to South Korea over fears of the MERS-CoV outbreak, as the East Asian country on Monday reported its sixth patient killed by the deadly disease.
vietjet launches new route ho chi minh city seoul

Vietjet launches new route Ho Chi Minh City - Seoul

VietJetAir has announced the opening of its new route linking the Vietnam’s southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City and the South Korea’s capital of Seoul with a frequency of seven return flights per week.
apple watch to be in stores this month

Apple Watch to be in stores this month

Apple Watch will also become available in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan on Jun 26.
korean electronics firm to construct spare parts plant

Korean electronics firm to construct spare-parts plant

The Haengsung Electronics Vietnam Co. will construct a US$100-million plant to manufacture electronic spare parts in the northern city of Hai Phong.
tech giant moves on sehc

Tech giant moves on SEHC

The $1.4bn investment in a hi-tech production complex by the Korean-based giant Samsung is expected to be a new driving force for the development of the Saigon Hi-tech Park in Ho Chi Minh City.