formosa eyes import tax break

Formosa eyes import tax break

Taiwan’s Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, has proposed it be exempt from paying import taxes on its project.
formosa plastics steel blast furnace hits halfway point

Formosa Plastics’ steel blast furnace hits halfway point

Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group has completed more than half of the construction of a blast furnace at its steel manufacturing facility in the central province of Ha Tinh towards the goal of starting commercial operations next year.
ferrer flops as taiwans lu sets up isner final

Ferrer flops as Taiwan's Lu sets up Isner final

Defending champion David Ferrer crashed out of the Auckland Open semi-finals Friday when Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun staged a stunning upset to set up a tournament decider against American John Isner.
taiwan a promising market for vietnamese products

Taiwan a promising market for Vietnamese products

Taiwan has become Vietnam’s fifth largest trading partner, according to the most recent press release of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT)’s Asia-Pacific Market Department.
taiwans htc back to profit in q4

Taiwan's HTC back to profit in Q4

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said on Sunday that it had swung to profit in the three months to December after a quarterly net loss, the first since listing in 2002.
apple fined in taiwan for fair trade violation

Apple fined in Taiwan for fair trade violation

Taiwanese authorities on Wednesday slapped a fine of Tw$20 million (US$667,000) on US tech giant Apple for violating a fair trade law over local iPhone pricing.
taiwan excellence campaign promotes taiwanese brand recognition in vietnam

Taiwan Excellence campaign promotes Taiwanese brand recognition in Vietnam

Taiwan Excellence - an integrated marketing communications programme has successfully boosted the profile of 63 award-winning Taiwanese brands in Vietnam via a wide range of activities. The campaign is promoted by Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade (MOEA) and implemented by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).
taiwan a potential but difficult market to penetrate

Taiwan – a potential but difficult market to penetrate

Vietnamese businesses should improve product quality and be proactive in learning about Taiwan and enhance their competitive edge in order to successfully penetrate the market.
google opens first data centres in asia

Google opens first data centres in Asia

US search engine giant Google Wednesday opened its first data centres in Asia to cater for soaring demand, and said it would double its planned investment in the Taiwan facility to US$600 million.
rolled steel anti dumping tariff could freeze imports

Rolled steel anti-dumping tariff could freeze imports

Vietnam has levied anti-dumping tariffs on imported cold-rolled stainless steel from mainland China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan, ranging from 6.45 per cent to 30.73 per cent in an effort to protect local producers.
labour exports pick up speed

Labour exports pick up speed

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Overseas Labour Management Department (OLMD), more than 70,000 Vietnamese labourers went to work abroad from January to October, with Taiwan attracting 40,000.
vietnam probes 229 kg heroin case busted by taiwan

Vietnam probes 229 kg heroin case busted by Taiwan

Vietnamese customs and police are investigating a case in which Taiwanese authorities discovered 600 bricks of heroin hidden inside an air shipment sent from Vietnam.
stars gather in taiwan for chinese oscars

Stars gather in Taiwan for Chinese "Oscars"

Stars from China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan gathered in Taipei on Saturday for this year's Golden Horse Film Awards, with Wong Kar-wai's martial arts epic "The Grandmaster" leading the race with 11 nominations.
formosa to add 500m investment

Formosa to add $500m investment

Taiwan’s largest industrial group Formosa is going to spend an additional $500 million to expand its textile and plastics production capacity in Vietnam, in anticipation of the zero-tariff treatment for exports after Vietnam joins Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
acer ceo resigns over q3 widening loss

Acer CEO resigns over Q3 widening loss

J.T. Wang resigned as chairman and CEO of Acer Tuesday as the Taiwanese personal computer maker reported a net third-quarter loss of T$13.1 billion (US$442.2 million).