31-03-2016 10:29
On March 30, the Hanoi People’s Committee granted the investment certificate for Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV)’s $300 million research and development (R&D) centre to be built in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district.
02-11-2015 08:09
This September, Manulife Vietnam officially became the exclusive long-term partner to distribute bancassurance solutions for Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank customers in Vietnam. This is Manulife Vietnam’s very first exclusive bancassurance deal, and marks an important milestone in the company’s strategy for diversified distribution channels. VIR’s Thu Tra spoke with Jude Gomes, head of Partnership Distribution at Manulife Vietnam, to understand more about the insurer’s bancassurance strategy in Vietnam.
17-09-2015 15:56
Hanoi’s plan to attract $200 million in the total investment capital this year to the city’s industrial zones has proved quite challenging as only 30 per cent of the target has been reached as of now.
23-05-2015 10:00
Naanovo Energy has recently commenced its project to build the combined heat and power solid waste treatment plant WTE Thanh Hoa. Le Lien, representative of Naanovo Energy Inc. Canada, talked to VIR’s Thu Trang about the project.
09-12-2014 11:55
Fujisawa SST’s inauguration has proven smart and sustainable living is not a pipe dream.
11-08-2014 08:05
US industrial conglomerate GE last week announced the appointment of Vu Thu Trang as its new general director for the group’s $110 million GE Haiphong manufacturing facility.
04-02-2013 16:29
South Korean giant LG Electronics has stirred up the Asian home appliance market with its latest smart products.
04-10-2012 16:39
The fate of some Vietnamese mobile phone brands is in the stars.
13-02-2012 08:31
A strong hand is getting to grips with the banking system’s liquidity problems.
03-10-2011 08:00
New commercial bank short-term deposit rate limitations will force banks to roll with the punches.
Recently, with the 14 per cent interest rate cap for deposits, commercial banks are finding ways to avoid cash withdrawal and attract deposits by straightening the mobilisation rate curve to 14 per cent for all maturities.
14-06-2010 17:37
International donors are offering words of wisdom to Vietnam’s authorities to ensure the country’s further economic growth and address post-global financial crisis challenges.
14-03-2005 17:41
Slow work on a number of government-funded projects has placed enormous strain on the state budget, said a senior official at last week’s National Conference on Investment Supervision and Evaluation in Hanoi.
04-01-2005 17:41
Almost $1 billion worth of foreign direct investment projects are expected to be approved in the first month of the year, kicking off a good year for foreign investors, according to a source in the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
14-06-2004 18:34
A 14-hectare eco-tourism complex will soon span the coastline of Quang Ngai’s My Khe Beach, in a move investors hope will spawn the next vacation getaway.The $2.4 million Hang Duong Marine Eco-tourism Project was developed by the Hanoi-based Ha Thanh Company Limited, a wholly Vietnamese-owned firm.
12-01-2004 18:16
THE Vietnam Maritime Commercial Stock Bank has launched a modern payment system whereby all branches nationwide will provide, real time payments.