13-12-2018 13:17
Manchester United squandered the chance to win their Champions League group on Wednesday (Dec 12) after a lacklustre display got what it deserved in a 2-1 defeat to Valencia.
13-12-2018 08:00
With the United States and China applying a trade war truce for 90 days, Vietnam could still be impacted by the knock-on effects of the trade diversion. What can the country do to shun any adverse consequences and grab opportunities resulting from the international trade tariff stand-off? Nguyen Dat reports.
10-12-2018 08:00
Leading international enterprise data management firm Orchestra Networks will host an event to share a glimpse with Vietnamese enterprises into what they can gain from optimising the wealth of data flowing through their fingers every day. Pierre Bonnet, co-founder of Orchestra Networks, shared with VIR’s Hai Yen how the company rose along with the need for data management across the globe.
07-12-2018 15:38
Hanwha Group, one of the ten biggest corporations in South Korea, today inaugurated its aero engines factory at the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park in Hanoi, making it the first foreign-invested project of its kind in the Vietnamese aviation sector.
28-11-2018 08:00
Delay in the equitisation of many state-owned enterprises is undermining the government’s efforts to create a more balanced environment for all firms in the economy, and to attract more private investment. What can the government do to solve this thorny issue? Nguyen Dat reports.
22-11-2018 14:00
On her seventh visit to Vietnam to attend the Hanoi Forum on climate change response, Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former head of the United Nations Development Programme, discussed with VIR’s Trang Nguyen the progress that Vietnam has made in response to climate change, and what it can do further to pursue rapid growth without compromising investment into climate change adaptation.
12-11-2018 15:18
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, slated for adoption by the National Assembly on November 12, will provide Vietnam with numerous opportunities to expand trade networks and draw in more investment. However, the question is what the country can do to overcome the challenges and grasp the bonanza from the deal? Khoi Nguyen reports.
07-11-2018 14:00
Vietnam’s National Assembly is scheduled to adopt the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on November 12. Raymond Mallon, economic advisor from the Australia-Vietnam economic reform programme, provides in-depth analysis on the deal and what it means to businesses in Vietnam.
06-11-2018 11:17
Vietnam’s export-import turnover in the first 10 months of 2018 nearly reached $400 billion, and the figure is expected to exceed $475 billion by the end of the year, which means it is going to set a new record for trade in goods in Vietnam.
05-11-2018 08:37
The government has confirmed that Vietnam’s economy witnessed significant improvements over the last three years, with comprehensive growth covering key economic sectors, in response to concerns from some National Assembly members over what they believe to be unstable economic growth.
02-11-2018 15:54
BERLIN: Arjen Robben has admitted that Bayern Munich are some way from their best form as they head into what he says is a must-win game for the Bundesliga champions at Freiburg on Saturday (Nov 3).
29-10-2018 17:37
JAKARTA: A search and rescue mission is under way for passengers of Lion Air flight JT610 after it crashed early on Monday (Oct 29).
14-10-2018 10:35
Heavy squalls began to hit Portugal late on Saturday (Oct 13), with the country on red alert as Hurricane Leslie barrelled towards its coastline in what could be the fiercest storm since 1842.
13-10-2018 10:27
UK-Moscow relations have plunged to a "very low level", Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko said on Friday (Oct 12), due to what he claimed was an "aggressive anti-Russian campaign" by the British government.
11-10-2018 11:00
On the occasion celebrating three decades of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in Vietnam, many companies and organisations, including several foreign-invested enterprises who have been honoured by the Vietnamese government with prestigious awards for their outstanding FDI contributions and achievements, talked with VIR about their view on Vietnam’s foreign investment journey, what changes they would like to see, and what upcoming trends they anticipate.