07-05-2020 08:00
Vietnam is becoming a prospective hub for British startups, with the country strengthening its position on the global technology scene amid the recent boom in the startup community. Natalie Black, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Asia-Pacific at the United Kingdom's Department for International Trade, told VIR’s Thanh Van about the trend of the British startup community in Vietnam.
04-05-2020 08:51
Vietnam’s top four network providers, namely VNPT, Vinaphone, Viettel, and MobiFone, are listed among top 150 most valuable and strongest telecom brands worldwide in 2020, according to an annual report recently released by UK-based Brand Finance.
27-04-2020 08:57
The World Health Organisation (WHO)'s medical product evaluation agency has sent a letter informing the certification of the SARS-CoV-2 testing kit LightPower iVA SARS-CoV-2 1st RT-rPCR, which was jointly produced by Vietnam Military Medical University and Viet A Company.
17-04-2020 08:00
Vietnam on April 16 presented medical supplies as gifts of its government and people to their Japanese counterparts to support them in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
16-04-2020 15:07
The online meeting with the prime minister and leaders of assorted economic sectors, branches, and localities discussing wide-ranging measures to support and help remove difficulties for businesses and local people, as well as ensuring social order and welfare took place last week in Hanoi. Ho Quoc Tuan, lecturer at UK University of Bristol, shares his thoughts after observing the meeting.
14-04-2020 09:33
A British patient of the coronavirus was discharged from hospital in Hanoi on the evening of 13 after recovery and boarded a flight to the UK with his wife who was also a COVID-19 patient.
14-04-2020 09:21
The British Business Group Vietnam (BBGV) on April 13 donated over VND500 million ($21,740) to the Vietnam Young Physicians Association (VYPA) to cope with COVID-19.
09-04-2020 09:00
A new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the hotel segment may reach the shores of Vietnam’s coastal and central cities even as the hospitality sector struggles with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
06-04-2020 21:36
London-based GSK, the world's sixth-largest pharmaceutical company according to Forbes as of 2019, has taken action to support the global response to COVID-19.
06-04-2020 09:29
A Vietnamese student from the UK was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 5 afternoon, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 241, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
05-04-2020 09:42
The British Embassy in Vietnam said on April 3 that amid the complicated developments of COVID-19, it is working closely with the Vietnamese authorities to provide consular support for affected UK citizens.
29-03-2020 11:45
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Saturday (Mar 28) the coronavirus outbreak will get worse before it gets better, as the number of deaths in Britain rose 260 in one day to over 1,000.
28-03-2020 16:34
Vietnam’s COVID-19 patient No 33, a UK man, was discharged from Hue Central Hospital, the second branch in Phong Dien district, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, on March 28 after full recovery.
27-03-2020 17:18
Pham Minh Nam, an overseas Vietnamese national in the UK on March 26 presented 1 billion VND (over 43,000 USD) to support Vietnam’s fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
27-03-2020 09:45
All the McLaren Formula One team members quarantined in Melbourne since the cancelled Australian Grand Prix have returned home, the UK-based outfit reported on Thursday (Mar 26).