30-09-2011 12:00
A powerful typhoon brought to a shutdown Thursday, with and businesses forced to close as it swept past before slamming into the Chinese island of Hainan.
30-09-2011 09:20
Hanoi and Hoi An ancient quarter in the central province of Quang Nam have been named among the top ten destinations in Asia for 2011, in an online poll conducted by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal, Smart Travel Asia.
19-09-2011 15:55
Ho Chi Minh City-based law firm Bross&Partners Law Co has cautioned the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association that the Phu Quoc fish sauce trademark has been registered by a local firm in Hong Kong.
08-09-2011 08:10
Banking giant HSBC said Wednesday it will slash up to 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong over the next three years, as part of its global cost-cutting drive as it shifts focus to fast-growing markets.
07-09-2011 14:49
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi and the Nam Hai Resort in the central Hoi An city shared top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for this year via an online poll by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal Smart Travel Asia.
02-09-2011 21:11
The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi and The Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An shared top billing as Asia’s best leisure properties for this year via an online poll by Hong Kong-based travel and trade journal Smart Travel Asia.
31-08-2011 14:26
Hong Kong has seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory worth about $1.7 million hidden in a shipment from Malaysia and detained a local man over the haul, customs authorities said Wednesday.
25-08-2011 16:04
PCCW Global, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications provider, PCCW Limited, and FPT Telecom Corporation (FPT), Vietnam’s leading telecommunications services provider, have interconnected their Ethernet networks for improved international network coverage and service availability.
22-08-2011 15:36
News that Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group has sold its controlling stake in animal feed manufacturer CP Vietnam to Hong Kong-based C.P Pokphand has left local animal feed producers with a bad taste in their mouths.
17-08-2011 15:32
Legendary English football club Manchester United plans to tap its massive Asian fan base and raise up to $1 billion by listing 30 per cent of its shares in Singapore, media reports said Wednesday.
17-08-2011 14:33
Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group has sold 71 per cent of its stake in animal feed manufacturer CP Vietnam to Hong Kong-based Charoen Pokphand subsidiary CPP in a deal worth $609 million, CP Vietnam confirmed on August 15.
12-08-2011 16:37
New China Life Insurance may raise as much as $4 billion in a dual Hong Kong-Shanghai listing, despite turmoil on that has seen some firms shelve their flotation plans.
11-08-2011 20:10
Gold prices closed at $1,782.50-$1,783.50 an ounce in Hong Kong on Thursday, down from its record high above $1,800 in the morning when dealers rushed into the safe haven asset.
08-08-2011 08:19
‘Mipim Asia meets the demand of the Vietnamese real estate businesses and has become a festival day for Asian real estate community’
02-08-2011 15:20
AIA Group Limited, the leading pan-Asian life insurance group, announced a record performance for the six months ended May 31, 2011, with value of new business (VONB) rising 32 per cent compared with the same period last year to $399 million.