Bao Tin Insurance attracts investors, adopts new name

The non-life Bao Tin Insurance Co has increased its charter capital from VND80 billion ($4 million) to VND300 billion by selling stakes to three other companies, including a Taiwanese investment firm, and changed its name to the Phu Hung Assurance Corporation.
textile group woos taiwanese investor

Textile group woos Taiwanese investor

Textile group Vinatex will send a delegation to Taiwan to offer investment chances in its new industrial zone, said Vinatex Investment Joint Stock Company general director Vuong Tran Lam.
china steel to hold stake in 16bn steel complex

China Steel to hold stake in $16bn steel complex

Giant Taiwanese steelmaker China Steel is closer to an agreement to acquire a 5 per cent stake in Formosa Plastic Group’s massive steel and port complex in Vietnam’s central part.
strike offers a lesson for fies

Strike offers a lesson for FIEs

Big strike at a Taiwanese-backed motorbike and automobile manufacturer in Hanoi has again sparked off the issue of decent work for local labourers at foreign invested enterprises in Vietnam.
foreign polluters throw curve ball

Foreign polluters throw curve ball

A Taiwanese environmental polluter in northern Hai Duong province may elude criminal charges.
projects sitting with axe poised to fall on lifespans

Projects sitting with axe poised to fall on lifespans

The fate of two Taiwanese-backed projects in northern Thai Nguyen may hang in the air during 2011.
taiwan investment in china rises sharply in 2010

Taiwan investment in China rises sharply in 2010

Taiwanese companies have invested $13.3 billion in China this year, up 119.8 per cent from the previous year, a report said Friday.

Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough'

Taiwanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled an advanced microchip technology which they claimed marks a breakthrough in piling ever more memory into ever smaller spaces.
dirty secrets spark alarms

Dirty secrets spark alarms

Recent discoveries of foreign firms’ environmental violations continue setting alarm bells ringing in the corridors of Vietnam’s law-makers.
eu slaps 649 million euro fine on asian flat screen cartel

EU slaps 649 million euro fine on Asian flat-screen cartel

The European Commission imposed on Wednesday 649 million euros ($860 million ) in fines against South Korean and Taiwanese makers of LCD flat screens for running a price-fixing cartel.

Dell loses another Taiwan consumer lawsuit

A Taiwanese woman has won a lawsuit forcing US computer giant Dell to honour bargains the firm said it mistakenly offered on the Internet, a court said Tuesday, the latest in a series of defeats for Dell.

Okay raises new steel glut fears

A Taiwanese investor has been given the nod to raise its giant steel manufacturing capacity, despite fears of a domestic steel glut.

Polaris Kty raises serious land clearance concerns

Taiwanese investor Polaris Kty International Vietnam has expressed concern about land clearance for its $1.8 billion project to develop a multi functional complex in Ha Tinh province.
firms polish 1bn steel plan

Firms polish $1bn steel plan

Taiwanese firms Sun Steel Corporation and E-United Group are joining hands to build a mammoth $1 billion stainless steel-making factory in the southern province of Dong Nai.

First FIE set to float on local bourse

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has given in-principle approval to Taiwanese-owned electrical wire and cable producer Taya Vietnam to trade shares on the local stock exchange.