15-12-2018 08:00
South Korean investors are seeking further funding opportunities in Vietnam’s capital market and are keen to dive in, providing the country further strengthens existing legal frameworks in order to support an efficient capital market.
12-12-2018 16:21
The vibrant demand for private sector funding requires development of the capital-financial market in Vietnam. Konaka Tetsuo, the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s chief representative of the Vietnam office, talked with VIR’s Thanh Tung about the potential of this market, and how it can develop strongly.
03-12-2018 18:08
Nearly 500 Manulife Vietnam staff and agents have taken part in the Hanoi Run for Children 2018 charity run, raising nearly VND200 million ($8,700) in donations to support disadvantaged children suffering from cancer and congenital heart diseases in Vietnam.
03-12-2018 09:50
The World Bank on Monday (Dec 3) unveiled US$200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding.
17-11-2018 15:03
Three companies and one individual registered to buy the entire share volume put on offer by Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JSC (Vinaconex) that is valued at VND5.4 trillion ($234.7 million). However, it remains an enigma where the capital for the deal will come from.
16-11-2018 09:35
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on November 15 adopted new guidelines on the quality of infrastructure development and investment, with all 21 economies agreeing to take into consideration recipients’ ability to pay back loans for such funding.
08-11-2018 14:46
Nguyen Hung, a paralysed lottery ticket seller in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, has finally got his dream house. Part of funding for construction came from a housing programme run by the UNDP.
06-11-2018 12:35
With HCM City’s metro line No 1 from Ben Thanh to Suoi Tien suffering from major cost overruns, and the National Assembly yet to sanction the additional funding, the city government has said it will try and provide the required funds to finish the work by 2020, the extended deadline.
26-09-2018 10:35
Thanks to microcredit programmes from Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, various ethnic minority families have received the funding needed to kick-start their business and lift themselves out of poverty.
18-09-2018 10:00
After several weeks of aggressive marketing in Vietnam, Go-Jek, Indonesia’s most valuable technology startup, has just announced intentions to raise at least $2 billion to fuel its accelerated overseas expansion.
11-09-2018 12:57
Vu Anh Minh, chairman of Vietnam Railways spoke about how to use the VND7trn (USD300m) in funding which they have been allocated by the National Assembly.
25-08-2018 08:40
Italy's populist government warned it would pull European Union funding unless it agrees to take some of the 150 people stranded on an Italian coastguard ship on Friday (Aug 24), sparking a fresh immigration row with the bloc.
16-08-2018 19:26
Sen Do Technology JSC, the operator of Vietnamese customer-to-customer marketplace Sendo, has announced that it has secured an investment of $51 million in Series B funding led by the SBI Group from Japan, with SoftBank Ventures Korea, Daiwa PI Partners, and SKS Ventures as new investors.
25-07-2018 09:52
Dak Nong’s avocado is one step closer to the tables of avocado lovers over the world, thanks to the first co-investment funding model between Dak Nong province, New Zealand G2G Partnerships Office, Plant and Food Research and SAM Agritech.
19-06-2018 14:46
Australia pledged on Tuesday (Jun 19) to provide Pacific nations with better funding to counter Chinese development money which it fears will leave some countries with massive debt burdens and undermine their sovereignty.