12-08-2017 08:38
BRUSSELS: A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday (Aug 11) as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis.
12-08-2017 07:23
Citi swept Global Finance Magazine’s country awards in the Corporate/Institutional Digital Bank category, winning 15 accolades for Vietnam, Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Thailand.
07-08-2017 14:49
HONG KONG: Ten beaches typically packed on a hot weekend were closed in Hong Kong on Sunday (Aug 6) due to a palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters.
29-07-2017 11:00
HONG KONG: Virtual reality games usually promise shoot 'em up adventures but in Hong Kong Friday (Jul 28) lovelorn tech fans donned headsets to go on imaginary dates.
26-07-2017 10:29
In addition to the wave of investments in the banking and finance sector from financial institutions in Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the US, there will be a marked presence of South Korean banks in the Vietnamese market in the near future, observers forecast.
25-07-2017 17:26
Financial group Blue HK from Hong Kong signed an investment agreement with Start-up Beta Media JSC to construct low-cost multiplexes in smaller cities and provinces in Vietnam, according to newswire NDH.
25-07-2017 11:27
HONG KONG: The dollar suffered fresh losses on Monday (Jul 24), while Asian markets mostly rose as investors await a Federal Reserve policy meeting and the release of big-name earnings results.
19-07-2017 08:00
HONG KONG: The dollar sank on Tuesday (Jul 18) as two Republican senators rejected their party's bill to repeal Obamacare, effectively killing it and throwing Donald Trump's economic agenda into doubt.
13-07-2017 10:26
HONG KONG: It was a spooky sight: Two lifelike disembodied robot torsos discussing the pros and cons of humans in front of a nervously tittering audience in Hong Kong Wednesday (Jul 12).
11-07-2017 09:15
HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly rose on Monday (Jul 30) and the dollar built on gains, following a rally on Wall Street that came on the back of forecast-busting jobs data out of the United States.
06-07-2017 10:01
Hong Kong-based SIBC International Ltd has proposed to the Can Tho authority a project to build a racecourse and an entertainment and tourism complex in the country’s southern city.
05-07-2017 22:16
Bamboo Capital has signed a cooperation agreement with Unisun Energy Group (Hong Kong) and Coara Solar (Germany) for a 40 megawatt solar energy project in the southern province of Long An.
28-06-2017 09:07
HONG KONG: The dollar swung in Asian trade on Tuesday (Jun 27) after a top Federal Reserve official indicated it would raise interest rates further this year, while traders await a speech from Fed boss Janet Yellen.
22-06-2017 09:06
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine cable snapped at its Viet Nam-Hong Kong segment at 4pm, on Tuesday.
16-06-2017 16:53
Chairman of Hong Kong’s Summerfield Company Limited, Francois Da Pan Shih, expressed his interest in investing in the US$2 billion Happy Land entertainment complex in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.