ACDL appoints RLB as project manager for Ho Tram, phase 1

Asian Coast Development (Canada) Limited today announced that it had appointed Rider Levett Bucknall as its quantity surveying and co-project management partner for phase 1 of its Ho Tram Strip project – the MGM Grand Ho Tram Resort.
absolute hotel services indochina appoints new general manager for u sapa

Absolute hotel services Indochina appoints new general manager for U Sapa

Philippe Lecluse was just appointed to be the general manager of U Sapa Vietnam, Absolute Hotel Services’ regional director for Indochina Mark Heather leased on April 9.
remittances flood into the country during 2011

Remittances flood into the country during 2011

Inward remittance will possibly be more fruitful in the remaining months of the year as that is when overseas Vietnamese send money home to their relatives.
us canada to try to salvage three country nafta

US, Canada to try to salvage three-country NAFTA

Efforts to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a three-country pact are due to resume Wednesday (Sep 5) when Canada and the US sit down at the negotiating table in a politically charged atmosphere.
prime minister the country needs more viettel

Prime Minister: the country needs more Viettel

Viettel sets the target to become a global, hi-tech telecom and industry group with the annual growth rate of 10-15 per cent per year by 2020 Viettel.
usabc delegation tours the country

USABC delegation tours the country

While no contracts were signed, members of the 2008 mission to Vietnam by the US-ASEAN Business Council last week were optimistic that the US would become the country’s number one foreign investor within two or three years.
country needs new impetuses to bolster growth

Country needs new impetuses to bolster growth

Vietnam urgently needs to revise its growth model because the benefits of its previous strategy have largely evaporated, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh told last week’s National Assembly session.
country profits from green building

Country profits from green building

Green building means more than just energy efficiency. The most important issue in green building is that the environment inside is much healthier than in conventional buildings.
country braced for wave of franchises

Country braced for wave of franchises

Over the past year, the US Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service has linked up many US businesses with Vietnamese partners for franchise deals, said an embassy representative.
esg standards fit for the country

ESG standards fit for the country

As the world deals with an unpredictable global economic environment, applying environmental, social, and governance aspects into the everyday lives of individuals and business operations is now considered a vital approach that will help sustainable development across a wide range of enterprises, communities, fields, and industries. Here, experts and business leaders offer their say on how the ESG issue affects Vietnam in particular.
korean manager ordered fleeing vietnamese workers to return before scaffold collapse witnesses

Korean manager ordered fleeing Vietnamese workers to return before scaffold collapse: witnesses

Before a scaffold weighing hundreds of metric tons collapsed Wednesday night, killing at least 13 Vietnamese and injuring 28 others at a construction site in north-central Vietnam, many workers had fled the site after feeling it shake but were forced to return to work.
windows azure hyper v recovery manager makes business continuity simpler

Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager makes business continuity simpler

Providing business continuity and high availability across every application and workload in your cloud can present quite a challenge.
offshore wind bonanza within reach for the country

Offshore wind bonanza within reach for the country

Vietnam’s offshore wind potential comes with its own set of hurdles and restrictions. David Harrison, partner at Mayer Brown’s Vietnam Office, talked with VIR’s Nguyen Thu about wind energy’s role in Vietnam’s energy transition.
renewables to drive country towards net zero successes

Renewables to drive country towards net-zero successes

Developing renewable energies is expected to drive Vietnam’s endeavour to a net-zero future by 2050, as Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced at COP26. With this move, Vietnam has joined the group of about 140 countries that pledged to net-zero emissions by the middle of the century.
real estate activities picking up across the country

Real estate activities picking up across the country

Mergers and acquisitions in real estate remain active, with a series of large deals taking place with local businesses.