20-03-2020 10:45
The Olympic flame arrives in Japan on Friday (Mar 20), with what should have been a joyous celebration dramatically downscaled as doubts grow over whether the Tokyo Games can go ahead during the coronavirus pandemic.
19-03-2020 13:19
Stocks in Asia bounced back on Thursday (Mar 19) after the European Central Bank launched an emergency plan to buy bonds in what one analyst said could be a "game changer" for the coronavirus-wracked eurozone.
14-03-2020 18:00
Investors are souring on overseas players on the domestic stock market due to poor results, raising questions of what went wrong over the past decade.
12-03-2020 14:42
South Korean-backed insurer Hanwha Life Vietnam, in tandem with the Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in Ho Chi Minh City, has been donating free health insurance cards to needy people in Vietnam with an aim of improving healthcare conditions for people in a difficult stituation due to the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.
07-03-2020 10:55
Seoul suspended a visa waiver programme for Japanese nationals on Friday (Mar 6) in retaliation for what it called an "irrational" plan by Tokyo to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, escalating a diplomatic row over their containment measures.
29-02-2020 09:19
Tensions between Britain and the European Union are high ahead of post-Brexit trade talks next week, but experts say a deal is possible - even if it falls below what many businesses want.
25-02-2020 16:49
US magazine Forbes has listed Hon Ong (Whale Island) in the central province of Khanh Hoa among the 10 must-dive destinations this year.
18-02-2020 08:44
The rest of 2020 is crucial for the development of a new United Kingdom as it detaches itself from the European Union. Dr. Cuong Phu Nguyen, architect in the UK, discusses what could be in store for the country, as well as the possible impacts on the Vietnamese community.
08-02-2020 16:28
Positive feed-in tariff incentives have proven a most effective policy tool to induce a rapid growth in renewables, and Vietnam is a prime example of this. Rooftop solar expert Mai Van Trung takes a look at what is next for 2020, with new moves by the government and what prevailing trends await.
05-02-2020 10:34
The first fatality from China's new virus would come to represent a common set of traits among most of those who have died of the disease: he was over the age of 60 and in poor health.
31-01-2020 11:00
The Vietnamese economy has grown by 7.02 per cent in 2019, and is expected to maintain this growth momentum into 2020. Nguyen Minh Cuong, principal country economist at the Asian Development Bank in Vietnam, sat down with VIR’s Thanh Tung to talk about the country’s economic outlook and what it should do to support domestic enterprises’ performance for heightened economic growth, as well as the links between foreign-invested enterprises and their domestic counterparts in the economy.
31-01-2020 08:00
As the Lunar New Year approaches, David Duong, president of California Waste Solutions cum CEO of Vietnam Waste Solutions, had a chat with VIR’s Bao Giang about what he has done during the past year and his plans for the New Year.
16-01-2020 14:00
Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market expects to see the winds of change in 2020. Tony Foster, managing partner of the Vietnam offices at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, outlines future M&A prospects and explains what will affect Vietnam’s future appeal in this area.
16-01-2020 09:06
President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 15) signed a partial new trade deal with China, hailing it as an historic win for the United States after years of mishandled trade policy.
15-01-2020 08:00
Despite the growing interest among international tech firms, overseas investment in Vietnamese high-tech parks in 2019 remained lacklustre, and solutions will need to be found in order to create an upward trend. Bich Thuy reports.