30-03-2018 21:31
A rare Picasso believed to be a self-portrait created when he was under threat of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp is expected to fetch US$70 million at auction, Christie's said Friday as the work went on view in Hong Kong.
29-03-2018 11:20
A booming tech sector has made San Francisco the most expensive city in the world for the average renter, at £460 per week. This puts the city ahead of New York and Los Angeles, according to the latest analysis from international real estate adviser Savills.
28-03-2018 10:27
From murals made famous by Instagram to painting battles, Hong Kong's once largely underground street art scene has exploded in recent years, and is now blossoming across the city's walls and alleyways.
27-03-2018 17:16
In the first quarter of this year, the three largest foreign investors in Vietnam have been South Korea with $1.84 billion in registered investment capital, Hong Kong with $689 million, and Singapore with $649 million. Japanese investors were crowded out from the top.
21-03-2018 10:38
Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong (China) are the largest foreign real estate investors in Vietnam, according to a survey recently published by CBRE Vietnam.
15-03-2018 20:32
A delegation of 70 enterprises from Hong Kong will visit Việt Nam to seek cooperation with Vietnamese firms on March 21, 2018 in HCM City.
13-02-2018 21:03
Prosecutors said on Tuesday (Feb 13) they were seeking more serious charges against the bus driver involved in the deadly crash which killed 19 people and injured more than 60 others.
04-02-2018 11:24
HONG KONG: In a city that likes to dress up its dogs, 50 dachshunds gathered in Hong Kong Saturday (Feb 3) wearing everything from patterned winter jumpers to dapper tweed.
31-01-2018 11:55
GoBear, Asia’s first and only meta-search engine in insurance and financial products, has launched a new product comparison category on its website. Accordingly, fixed deposits comparison is now available on all GoBear platforms in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Hong Kong.
17-01-2018 10:13
Two big shareholders of Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB), Standard Chartered APR Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, have just sold a total of 154 million ACB shares and gained over VND6 trillion ($264.3 million) in proceeds.
11-01-2018 09:46
HONG KONG: The rally across Asia that welcomed in 2018 looked to have run out of steam on Wednesday (Jan 10) with most markets slipping into the red on profit-taking but energy shares climbed with another surge in oil prices.
02-01-2018 14:52
Asian stocks mostly opened the year with gains on Tuesday as traders drift back to work after the festive break, with Hong Kong the standout performer, though the dollar faced fresh pressure from most other currencies.
23-12-2017 11:00
HONG KONG: Most Asian markets on Friday (Dec 22) saw in the Christmas break on a positive note, picking up the baton from Wall Street while the euro stood firm against a sell-off despite a victory for Catalan separatists in a snap poll.
07-12-2017 09:04
HONG KONG: Technology and energy firms were the biggest losers as Hong Kong and Tokyo led an Asian market plunge on Wednesday (Dec 6), extending retreats across Europe and New York.
07-12-2017 08:00
ASEAN and Hong Kong recently signed a free trade agreement and a related investment agreement, with a view towards contributing to regional economic development. Benjamin Chau, deputy executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, explained to VIR’s Thanh Van how the new agreements will facilitate greater access to both trade and investment.