expert explains outcome of advertising cap lift

Expert explains outcome of advertising cap lift

On January 1, 2015 the cap on advertising and promotion costs will be lifted. Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan shines further light on this long-awaited decision.
vietnam club to use u 19 players for top flight league to clean football

Vietnam club to use U-19 players for top-flight league to ‘clean’ football

Vietnamese football club Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will present many changes in the 2015 V-League season, to start in fewer than two weeks, to maintain their prominent role in national football development.
good view for waterfront saigon

Good view for Waterfront Saigon

CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, has secured a contract to manage the 222-unit Ascott Waterfront Saigon from Canh Hung Hai Thanh Corporation, an affiliate company under the management of M.I.K Corporation. The property, located in central Ho Chi Minh City and scheduled to open in 2016, will be the first premier Ascott-branded serviced residence in Vietnam and Ascott’s latest among its portfolio of 13 properties in the country. Mark Chan, Ascott’s country general manager for Vietnam talked with VIR’s Hoang Anh about this project.
microsoft dynamics ax offers best solutions for e commerce

Microsoft Dynamics AX offers best solutions for e-commerce

Votiva-SAGlobal, Microsoft, HP and Solver BI today organised “E-commerce and Business Intelligence Solution for Retailer and Distributor” seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.
microsoft and vietnamplus launch msn vietnam

Microsoft and VietnamPlus launch MSN Vietnam

Today, Microsoft and VietnamPlus online newspaper - a member of the Vietnam News Agency, announced the launch of MSN in Vietnamese, following the official roll-out of the new MSN in over 50 countries across the world.
mobileworld the best working place in vietnam

MobileWorld: the best working place in Vietnam

Vietnam’s leading retailer of mobilephones and electronic home appliances MobileWorld (MWG on HOSE) won “The Best Working Place in Vietnam” and “The Best Recruitment and Staffing Strategy” awards at the Vietnam HR Awards 2014 hosted in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10.
hagl test brazilian footballer julio moraes ribeiro for v league

HAGL test Brazilian footballer Julio Moraes Ribeiro for V-League

V-League side Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) is testing Julio Moraes Ribeiro of Brazil in preparation for the V-League next year.
microsoft and mobileworld cooperate

Microsoft and MobileWorld cooperate

Today, Microsoft and the domestic retailer MobileWorld officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Ho Chi Minh City
taiwan excellence promotes trade with vietnam

Taiwan Excellence promotes trade with Vietnam

For the last five years in Vietnam, Taiwan Excellence, a trade promotion campaign by the Taiwanese government to market Taiwanese products in emerging markets, has helped leading global brands originating from Taiwan reach and benefit local consumers. Tang Ming Hui, chief representative of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council in Ho Chi Minh City, talked to VIR’s Hoang Anh about how these campaigns have helped promote trade and investment exchanges between Vietnam and Taiwan.
usg boral innovates construction industry

USG Boral innovates construction industry

USG Boral - a world leader in building products manufacturing -  last week launched in Vietnam, together with its new Innovation Inspired by You brand campaign to deliver the firm’s best-in-class building products technologies to the local construction industry.
ge helps improve access to quality new born care

GE helps improve access to quality new born care

GE Healthcare, the $18 billion healthcare business of the US’ General Electric Company, last week introduced a suite of new innovative solutions for the survival and growth of neonates in the primary care settings in order to help meet the need to improve access to innovative, affordable solutions in Vietnam.
deutsche bank steps up its vietnam vigor

Deutsche Bank steps up its Vietnam vigor

Since it entered the country in 1992, Deutsche Bank has sought to strengthen its presence as a foreign bank branch in Vietnam. Jens Ruebbert, chief country officer and head of Global Transaction Banking told VIR’s Hoang Anh that the institution has indeed contributed to opening Vietnam to the global investment community.
hitachi committed to promoting aseans growth

Hitachi committed to promoting ASEAN’s growth

Today, Japan-based Hitachi Limited is hosting the “Hitachi Innovation Forum 2014 Singapore” at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.
bidv metlife aims to become a market leader

BIDV MetLife aims to become a market leader

BIDV MetLife, a $48 million joint venture between the US’ MetLife Limited, Joint Stock Bank BIDV, and the creditor’s affiliate, BIDV Insurance Joint Stock Corporation (BIC), was officially launched last week. CEO of BIDV MetLife Dustin Ball spoke with VIR’s Hoang Anh about being a newcomer in the insurance market.
asean sustainable development symposium 2014 opens in bangkok

ASEAN Sustainable Development Symposium 2014 opens in Bangkok

Thailand’s leading industrial conglomerate SCG, appointed by DJSI as the world’s top sustainable development model in the construction materials industry for the fourth year running, is hosting the ASEAN Sustainable Development Symposium 2014 in Bangkok today.