10-01-2019 00:00
Vietnam is not only a “dragon being unleashed” by virtue of its flourishing digital economy, as Google and Singaporean state investment fund Temasek have assessed in their recent report. The country is more than that, in the eyes of Jack Ma, a billionaire and the founder of the largest Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, Vietnam is the “new gold mine” that has grabbed the whole world’s attention. Huu Tuan reports.
08-01-2019 09:46
Lalamove from Hong Kong has kissed its ambitions good-bye after proving unable to beat Grab and Go-Viet to seize the local delivery market and has called it quits.
04-01-2019 11:00
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set up a council to scrutinise alleged violations of competition regulations in ride-hailing services firm Grab’s acquisition of Uber’s business in Vietnam.
29-12-2018 11:01
The HCM City court on Friday ordered ride-hailing firm Grab to pay VND4.8 billion (US$210,300) worth of compensation to local taxi firm Vinasun.
25-12-2018 09:20
It was a memorable year for sport in 2018, with the World Cup in Russia, a cricketing controversy and Serena Williams' bizarre outburst grabbing the headlines.
20-12-2018 14:00
Seventeen traditional taxi operators have forged a new partnership to use the same technology platform in order to win back customers from foreign ride-hailing services providers, including Grab.
Kim Thu reports.
17-12-2018 10:16
It is now in the hands of the VCC to decide whether the M&A between Grab and Uber violates Vietnamese competition law.
13-12-2018 11:39
Grab’s acquisition of Uber may have violated the Competition Law, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).
13-12-2018 08:00
With the United States and China applying a trade war truce for 90 days, Vietnam could still be impacted by the knock-on effects of the trade diversion. What can the country do to shun any adverse consequences and grab opportunities resulting from the international trade tariff stand-off? Nguyen Dat reports.
11-12-2018 13:47
An alliance of 17 domestic taxi companies with 12,000 vehicles launched Monday, aiming to compete with ride-hailing services company Grab.
09-12-2018 02:41
The Vietnamese delivery market, especially food, is at a year long high with many new businesses and services profiting.
06-12-2018 14:03
Mitsubishi is to launch itself into the healthcare, retail, and high-tech agriculture markets in Vietnam in an attempt to cash in on growing local demands, but remain wary of the obstacles to success that lay ahead.
30-11-2018 16:17
Launching the GrabFood service in Danang just one month after its latest expansion to Hanoi was GrabFood’s next stop on the journey to bring more local merchant-partners online and satisfy food cravings.
28-11-2018 12:08
For a day and a half ride-hailing services in Ho Chi Minh City ground to a halt in face of the flood, unable to respond to the booming demand, while traditional taxi companies braved the elements to harvest a bumper crop.
15-11-2018 14:01
Awesome cars and the incredibly sexy long legs of super-hot girls are grabbing all the attention at the 2018 Vietnam Motor Show.