milestone strategic co operation in vietnamese healthcare

Milestone strategic co-operation in Vietnamese healthcare

On January 11, 2018, Sanford World Clinic (SWC) and Victoria Healthcare (VHC) signed a comprehensive strategic co-operation agreement to deliver healthcare in Vietnam. This is the first agreement in Southeast Asia for SWC.
education new zealand posts great successes in 2017

Education New Zealand posts great successes in 2017

Education New Zealand has completed its 2017 journey with some outstanding achievements, celebrating an almost 60 per cent increase in the number of first time Vietnamese student visas compared to the previous year.
jollibee celebrates 100th store in vietnam

Jollibee celebrates 100th store in Vietnam

The third largest restaurant chain in the country marks a new milestone in Can Tho and solidifies commitment of spreading boundless joy in Vietnam.
working group set up to create state asset management committee

Working group set up to create state asset management committee

The prime minister’s Decision No.66/QD-TTg has set up the working group tasked with establishing the Committee on State-Owned Capital Management. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue was appointed as head of the working group, and Nguyen Hoang Anh, the would-be chairman of the committee, as standing deputy head.
office tower 1 at onehub saigon starts construction

Office Tower 1 at OneHub Saigon starts construction

Asia’s leading sustainable urban development and business space solutions provider, Ascendas-Singbridge, and its joint venture partner Saigon Bund Capital Partners, today commenced the construction works for Office Tower 1 (Tower 1) at OneHub Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City’s first fully integrated business park in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP).
michael kelly elected chair of amcham hanoi

Michael Kelly elected chair of AmCham Hanoi

The board of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Hanoi) elected Michael Kelly as its new chairman for 2018. He succeeds Citibank’s Natasha Ansell who held the post in 2017.
is bitcoin a game for desperadoes

Is Bitcoin a game for desperadoes?

Bitcoin, one of the most talked-about phenomena in the financial services sector, has been ceaselessly brought into the limelight due to its ambiguity regarding the face value as well as the potential legal and regulatory risks challenging Bitcoin “whales.”
hagl win national u21 football champs

HAGL win National U21 football champs

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) beat Viettel 3-0 in the finals, to take the title of the National U21 Football Championships for the first time in history.
ha technology now available industry record 64 per cent efficiency

HA technology now available industry-record 64 per cent efficiency

GE Power (NYSE:GE) announced today that its largest and most efficient gas turbine, the HA, is now available at more than 64 per cent efficiency in combined cycle power plants, higher than any other competing technology.
ges digital transformation surfs the industry 40 wave

GE’s digital transformation surfs the Industry 4.0 wave

As the world is speeding ahead with the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 applications, a radical transformation is taking place in factories. With the face of production and manufacturing shifting rapidly towards more technology-intensive activities, GE has restructured itself as the 125-year-old start-up leading this revolution. Wouter Van Wersch president and CEO of GE ASEAN and ANZ talked with VIR’s Hoang Anh on the future of industrial technology and what it brings to Vietnam.
150 coastal trainers receive education on ict and marine conservation

150 coastal trainers receive education on ICT and marine conservation

More than 150 trainers, including teachers, as well as officers from schools and local organisations of the northern province of Quang Ninh's Halong city have participated in training courses on information technology (IT) and marine conservation.
ford vietnam records rising october sales despite incoming tax policy

Ford Vietnam records rising October sales despite incoming tax policy

Ford Vietnam announced October retail sales that rose marginally from the prior month to 2,282 vehicles, amidst a slowdown in industry sales as customers increasingly delay purchases ahead of the new tax policy slated for January.
one man connecting entrepreneurs all over the world

One man connecting entrepreneurs all over the world

Joshua Slayton is the founding CTO of AngelList, the leading platform for startups, through which more than $600 million has been invested since 2010. Recently, Joshua has been working on another new platform for cryptocurrency fundraising, called CoinList. VIR talked with Slayton about his opinions on the startup scene and his upcoming trip to Vietnam this December to judge the national round of VietChallenge 2018—the first global entrepreneurship competition for Vietnamese founders from all over the world. 
fords continuing efforts to make vietnams roads safer

Ford’s continuing efforts to make Vietnam’s roads safer

Throughout 2017, Ford Vietnam has continued its efforts to help make Vietnam’s roads safer through a series of initiatives across the country.
hag group 2018 might be the turning point

HAG Group: 2018 might be the turning point

In the past year or so, core message private group Hoang Anh Gia Lai has revealed its intentions of financial restructuring to investors and declared shifting focus to the fruit segment. The group (ticker: HAG) earned VND1.26 trillion ($57 million) in gross profit in the first nine months of this year. Investors, however, wonder when the group will actually get rid of difficulties.