fecon stops stake sale to chinese partner

Fecon stops stake sale to Chinese partner

Fecon Corporation – one of the biggest underground construction contractors in Vietnam – has cancelled negotiations with Chinese investor China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. (CHEC) about selling 32 million individual stocks.
tiktok rejects microsoft buyout offer oracle sole remaining bidder

TikTok rejects Microsoft buyout offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder

US tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of a looming deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations.
vietnam might become largest manufacturing facility of samsung

Vietnam might become largest manufacturing facility of Samsung

Samsung Electronics will close its sole Chinese TV factory in November and shift part of its operations to Vietnam while recategorising its factory in Ho Chi Minh City as an export processing enterprise.    
india bans 118 chinese apps in new backlash over border dispute

India bans 118 Chinese apps in new backlash over border dispute

India on Wednesday banned 118 more Chinese apps as the backlash intensified against Beijing over an increasingly bitter border showdown between the giant neighbours.
steelmakers urge import protection

Steelmakers urge import protection

Amidst the US-China trade tensions, local steelmakers are worried that imported cold-rolled steel products from China could eventually ruin their business and have petitioned the Ministry of Industry and Trade for additional anti-dumping measures to control the influx of Chinese steel.
vng sues tiktok for music copyright infringement

VNG sues TikTok for music copyright infringement

VNG is suing TikTok, the Chinese short-form video platform, for not having sufficient licences for the songs being used in its videos.
microsoft in merger talks with tiktok

Microsoft in merger talks with TikTok

Microsoft has retained its ravenous appetite for social networking sites, as reflected by the recent merger talks with Chinese platform TikTok.
chinese man arrested for illegally bringing foreigners into vietnam

Chinese man arrested for illegally bringing foreigners into Vietnam

A Chinese man has been arrested in the central city of Da Nang for illegally bringing foreigners into Vietnam, the municipal police department said on July 26.
two more vietnamese dairy firms licensed to export to china

Two more Vietnamese dairy firms licensed to export to China

The Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) on June 22 granted transaction codes to two Vietnamese companies to export dairy products to China, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets.
beijing virus outbreak deals further blow to chinese super league

Beijing virus outbreak deals further blow to Chinese Super League

SHANGHAI: The delayed Chinese Super League (CSL) season is "shrouded in uncertainty", state media warned on Thursday (Jun 18), as a fresh coronavirus outbreak in Beijing throws the campaign into even further doubt.
beijing cancels flights shuts schools over new covid 19 outbreak

Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools over new COVID-19 outbreak

BEIJING: Beijing's airports cancelled two-thirds of all flights on Wednesday (Jun 17) and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again as authorities rushed to contain a new coronavirus outbreak and warned infections may rise.
f1 wants two races in shanghai city sports boss

F1 wants two races in Shanghai: City sports boss

SHANGHAI: Formula 1 chiefs want to stage two races in Shanghai this season after the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed because of COVID-19, the city's sports boss said on Monday (Jun 15), adding there was no final decision.
pompeo says trump to act on chinese students

Pompeo says Trump to act on Chinese students

WASHINGTON: The United States will take action to prevent alleged espionage by Chinese students, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday (May 28), ahead of an expected announcement by President Donald Trump.
volkswagen invests us 22b in chinese electric vehicle sector

Volkswagen invests US$2.2b in Chinese electric vehicle sector

BEIJING: Volkswagen said on Friday (May 29) it will invest around 2 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it "the world's biggest market".
canadian court rules against huawei executive fighting extradition

Canadian court rules against Huawei executive fighting extradition

VANCOUVER: Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou suffered a legal setback on Wednesday (May 27) when a Canadian judge ruled that proceedings to extradite her to the United States will go ahead.