07-04-2016 09:08
Microsoft Vietnam today announced the retail availability of the Lumia 650 throughout Vietnam with a recommended retail price of VND3,990,000.
30-03-2016 15:42
Vietnam Aviation Academy under Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport and D’viation Solutions Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the Malaysia-based D’viation Group today signed a collaboration agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership with the aim of enhancing the aviation education and training in Vietnam.
29-03-2016 10:41
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) continues to expand to foreign markets in the context of its troubling business results at home.
28-03-2016 08:00
It has been five years since global distilled beverage producer Pernod Ricard initiated the Bartender Career Start-up programme to help Ho Chi Minh City’s disadvantaged youth. The programme has trained up to 500 skilled bartenders in Vietnam and is still going strong. Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh, managing director of Pernod Ricard Vietnam, talked to VIR’s Hong Anh about the company’s vision for the programme.
21-03-2016 10:48
Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan has highlighted tourism as a potential and mutually beneficial field for both Vietnam and Indonesia, especially given the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015.
21-03-2016 08:00
Vietnam’s export activities saw continued growth in 2015, and the many free trade agreements that the country has signed will further boost these activities for this year and the years to come. Marco Civardi, area managing director for Damco Vietnam/Cambodia, spoke to VIR’s Hoang Anh about how Damco was preparing to take advantage of these trade pacts, while also sharing his insight into Vietnam’s logistics sector.
16-03-2016 12:20
Hoang Anh Gia Lai reported losses of VND589 billion ($26.4 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, for the first time since the company was listed in 2008, according to newswire vneconomy.
11-03-2016 11:39
Microsoft Vietnam has been awarded in the top ranking of technology companies as the best place to work for three consecutive years in the “Vietnam 100 Best Places To Work” survey conducted by employer branding solutions firm Anphabe and the leading market research company The Nielsen.
11-03-2016 10:19
Visa cards are now accepted in Mai Linh taxis in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh and some central districts in Ho Chi Minh City, providing commuters with a faster and more convenient way to pay for their taxi rides.
10-03-2016 12:53
Industrial giant GE in September last year launched its Digital Power Plant – an Industrial Internet solution that couples software and hardware for the analysis and optimisation of a power plant, leading the digital transformation of the global power industry. GE Power's president and CEO Steve Bolze says that it is now the best time to expand this solution to the ASEAN region, including Vietnam, in line with the firm’s efforts to ‘make power possible for people around the world’.
02-03-2016 11:00
Instead of a walking stick, visually impaired people now can walk safely on the street with a glove using a sound wave sensor created by two young students, Lam Vu Hoang and Tran Quoc Co, from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted.
05-02-2016 15:30
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is planning to lease 20 A321 NEO Aircraft in the period from 2018 to 2020.
28-01-2016 10:39
Vietnam’s Politburo has been announced at the 12th National Party Congress with Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Party General Secretary for the 2016-2020 tenure.
26-01-2016 10:05
Ford Motor Company has announced its overall retail sales for the ASEAN region in 2015 rose 3.3 per cent from the previous year to a record 103,975 units.
25-01-2016 14:34
Monsanto Fund and Room to Read today announced a landmark three-year partnership until 2018 to improve literacy and gender equality for 21,000 children in farmer communities in Vietnam.