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.
11-10-2018 09:15
There is light at the end of the tunnel for apartment buyers at Tokyu Tower, which has just been seized by commercial lender PVcomBank in an attempt to tackle bad debts.
09-10-2018 11:56
An explosion and fire ripped through Canada's largest refinery on Monday (Oct 8) in what the company that owns it called a "major incident."
08-10-2018 11:13
Twenty people were killed on Sunday (Oct 7) after a limousine carrying a wedding party careened out of control in what investigators described as the most deadly transportation accident in the United States for nearly a decade.
02-10-2018 12:18
Inadequate warning systems, a lack of education about what to do when the quake hit and a narrow bay that channelled the tsunami's destructive force - a perfect storm of factors spawned the deadly disaster in Indonesia.
29-09-2018 09:58
The film rights to a book about Malaysia's 1MDB scandal have been bought by the producers of the recent box office hit Crazy Rich Asians.
28-09-2018 09:17
Gold, silk and hundreds of diamonds: a Dubai-based shoemaker has debuted what it says is the world's most expensive pair of shoes - with a whopping US$17 million price tag.