09-11-2016 22:00
Foreign developers of urban areas and industrial parks are eyeing Vietnam with renewed vigour, due to a rise in foreign direct investment.
07-11-2016 08:56
The commercialisation of state institutions – including state-owned enterprises – has sparked a critical need to restructure the state sector. VIR’s Thanh Thu looks at how this mission is approached in the draft 2016-2020 economic restructuring plan, now under debate at the National Assembly.
10-10-2016 08:34
As Vietnam looks to raise the nation’s renewable energy sources, foreign investors are sensing an opportunity for solar energy projects. But low feed-in-tariffs are slowing this movement, to the dismay of both local and international organisations. Thanh Thu reports.
12-09-2016 10:09
South Korea-based Global Green Growth Institute has continued to support Vietnam to realise green growth, with a focus on developing national energy planning processes that enable the transition to a clean energy future.
10-08-2016 14:00
Vietnam’s growing demand for safe agricultural and foodstuff products is proving attractive to Singaporean enterprises. Thanh Thu reports.
05-08-2016 20:22
Thailand’s Siam City Cement Public Company Limited (SCCC) won the tender for LafargeHolcim Vietnam entity, a first step in its ambition to deepen its presence in Vietnam.
28-07-2016 10:16
The specific time for Vietnam to officially release its billion-dollar government bonds in the international market remains unclear.
27-07-2016 09:46
Vietnam and Slovakia are working to promote trade and investment of the two nations, with a slew of co-operation deals inked.
11-07-2016 09:00
The biggest environmental scandal ever in Vietnam by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corporation has caused foreign firms doing business here to be more concerned with regards to environmental protection issues.
04-07-2016 14:11
Belgium’s Rent-A-Port Group is planning to implement two major projects, the first in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh and the second in the southern Mekong River Delta region.
24-05-2016 16:00
Japan’s ANA Holdings would officially become a strategic investor of Vietnam’s flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines under a deal expected to be signed during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working visit to Japan this week.
11-05-2016 09:49
Vietnam is unlikely to reach its target for the development of renewable energy in the nation’s revised power master plan, as low electricity prices are turning off domestic and foreign investors.
09-05-2016 08:00
Oil and gas will be one of the most important co-operation pillars between Vietnam and Kuwait.
04-05-2016 12:15
Vietnam and the United Nations are calling upon the international community to support a $48.5 million emergency response package to mitigate the effects of the drought currently affecting two million people in the country’s southern and central regions.
04-05-2016 11:00
Vietnam’s economy is experiencing a record four-month trade surplus, the highest in the past four years, mostly driven by foreign-backed firms.