Visa today announced the launch of its 2011 Premium Access programme for Visa platinum cardholders in Vietnam, offering affluent lifestyle privileges to those who enjoy the finer things in life.

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company of Vietnam, Ltd. (“Dai-ichi Life Vietnam”) was granted Vietnam Top Trade Services Award 2010 at Hanoi Opera House.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150 million loan to Vietnam to finance the construction of a metro line project in Ho Chi Minh City.

During his visit to Vietnam in mid-November with the ambitious strategy As-One and a focused investment plan in his portfolio, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Global CEO Jim Quigley told VIR a long-term vision would pay off for the world’s largest private professional services organisation.

Munich City Utilities (SWM) have placed an order with Siemens Mobility for 21 new C2 type underground trains worth about 185 million euros.

The 20th anniversary edition of the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report, launched yesterday in a ceremony with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, spotlights countries that made the greatest progress in recent decades as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), with China, Nepal, Indonesia, Laos and Republic of Korea all making the report’s “Top 10 Movers” list.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to make his first official visit to Vietnam during October 28-30 to attend a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations.