taiwan china set for historic trade meeting

Taiwan, China set for historic trade meeting

Deputy trade ministers from Taiwan and China will meet on the island this week in what is being hailed as a significant step forward in the normalisation of ties between the former rivals.
huge potential for vietnams puffer fish exports

Huge potential for Vietnam’s puffer fish exports

The increasing demand for Vietnamese puffer fish (ca noc) in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Taiwan and mainland China is opening up a great potential for Vietnam’s seafood industry, said the Seafood Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
foreign polluters throw curve ball

Foreign polluters throw curve ball

A Taiwanese environmental polluter in northern Hai Duong province may elude criminal charges.
taiwans sintek in tie up with s koreas samsung

Taiwan's Sintek in tie-up with S. Korea's Samsung

Sintek Photronic, a leading Taiwan flat-screen component maker, has tied up with Samsung to produce advanced touch-screens for next-generation smartphones, officials said Wednesday.
htc launches social smartphones with facebook

HTC launches social smartphones with Facebook

Facebook users will be able to show friends their exact GPS location as well as sharing text and photos with new smartphones launched here Tuesday by top Taiwan device maker HTC.
hoa phat secures loans for plant

Hoa Phat secures loans for plant

Hoa Phat Group recently clinched a VND600 billion ($30 million) five-year credit package with diverse banking institutions consisting of ANZ Bank, BaoViet Bank, Habubank and Taiwan-based Hua Nan Commercial Bank – to finance the second phase construction of the Hoa Phat coal processing and thermoelectricity plant.
projects sitting with axe poised to fall on lifespans

Projects sitting with axe poised to fall on lifespans

The fate of two Taiwanese-backed projects in northern Thai Nguyen may hang in the air during 2011.
aigs taiwan unit fined for punishing union member

AIG's Taiwan unit fined for punishing union member

The Taiwan unit of US insurance giant AIG has been fined for punishing a union official after he spoke out on the planned sale of the company, authorities said Thursday.

US tech giant Qualcomm to build new Taiwan plant

US technology giant Qualcomm plans to spend one billion US dollars to build a plant in Taiwan to produce new, energy-efficient displays used in tablet devices and e-books, an official said Tuesday.
taiwan investment in china rises sharply in 2010

Taiwan investment in China rises sharply in 2010

Taiwanese companies have invested $13.3 billion in China this year, up 119.8 per cent from the previous year, a report said Friday.
fubon financial climbs into life insurance market

Fubon Financial climbs into life insurance market

Taiwan’s second-largest financial group Fubon Financial has officially jumped into Vietnam’s life insurance market.
fubon life gets the thumbs up

Fubon Life gets the thumbs up

Fubon Life Insurance Vietnam, an insurance arm of Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding, was granted approval to set up on Thursday (December 23) by the Vietnamese authorities.
aig may announce buyer for taiwan unit next week report

AIG may announce buyer for Taiwan unit next week: report

Insurance giant American International Group is likely to announce next week the buyer for its Taiwan unit, Nan Shan Life, a report said Thursday as the firm tries to pay back its US government bailout.

Ipad screen maker looks at Bac Giang

Taiwan’s Wintek Corporation is looking for an investment certificate to develop its $150 million plant in northern Bac Giang province to make touch screens for Apple’s Ipads and Iphones.

Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough'

Taiwanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled an advanced microchip technology which they claimed marks a breakthrough in piling ever more memory into ever smaller spaces.