02-04-2019 10:44
CEO and senior leaders of Indonesian ride-hailing service Go-Viet and Vietnamese delivery startup Ahamove have just resigned as the companies are floundering in the face of fierce competition with Grab. What new strategies will they pull out of the bag to fight the ride-hailing overlord?
30-03-2019 16:55
Along with the ceremony honouring the winners of VIR’s real estate poll, VIR held the “Real estate Trends in 2019” seminar with the participation of experts, leaders of the Vietnam National Real Estate Association, the Vietnam Association of Realtors, and leading developers.
20-03-2019 16:32
Though the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement may be signed and take effect later than originally scheduled, European investment will continue to flow into Vietnam. What else can the country do in the meantime to attract more quality investment from the EU? Thanh Thu reports.
18-03-2019 14:00
Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, confirmed by black box data, have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
15-03-2019 14:18
Facebook, the world's largest social network, has been partially interrupted by what is believed to be a DDOS attack, adding to his troubles from a criminal investigation into its data deals with 150 companies.
15-03-2019 08:00
What PE funds can bring to Vietnam businesses are not only about providing capital, but also about other aspects of operation, including corporate governance, business ideas, relationship and experience.
14-03-2019 11:16
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram users found that they could not access the apps in parts of the world on Wednesday (Mar 13) as a result of an outage of undetermined origin.
14-03-2019 08:00
Just eight months after the official launch, Vietnam has become the fastest growing market in Southeast Asia of GrabFood, outside of Indonesia. What are the reasons behind this tremendous achievement?
11-03-2019 16:06
An Indonesian investor may prematurely halt a major mining project in the country after a dispute with a local contractor resulted in violence. As legal proceedings are initiated, the involved parties are called upon for restitution. What measures will follow to protect foreign investors’ rights in Vietnam? Phuong Hao reports.
07-03-2019 10:00
Meng Wanzhou's arrest in Vancouver in December on a US warrant infuriated China, which arrested several Canadians days later in what was widely seen as retaliation.
06-03-2019 14:29
TOKYO: Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found.
04-03-2019 17:22
Jonathan L. Moreno, general director of Medovations Vietnam (former AmCham Vietnam chairman and Vietnam Business Forum's board member), shared his thoughts with VIR about Vietnam and the DPRK-US Summit held in Hanoi.
01-03-2019 13:46
Vietnam’s fintech market is predicted to reach $7.8 billion by 2020. What elements will provide the basis of this confident forecast and what pressures will face them? Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, lecturer in Finance at the Department of Economics and Finance at the School of Business and Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) Vietnam Campus, provides an insight.
01-03-2019 08:55
Only six months after launching, FastGo – a truly Vietnamese ride-hailing app – has made its presence felt in 10 provinces and municipalities nationwide, ranking second in user volume in the market with more than 40,000 driver partners. This is also the first Vietnamese firm in its field to break into a foreign market. What isFastGo’srecipe for success?
27-02-2019 08:39
The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong Un is slated to take place in Vietnam on Wednesday and Thursday, and will be their second meeting following their first historic summit in Singapore in last June. Ahead of the DPRK-US Hanoi Summit, experts from around the world share their views on the event.