05-03-2021 08:00
Named as one of Vietnam’s SME 100 Fast Moving Companies, Singapore-based NPX Point Avenue, an education technology company focused on the fast-growing K-12 private international school market and K-12 after school training market, recently closed $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Hong Kong-based private equity firm Gaw Capital.
02-03-2021 09:59
Vietnam’s National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development (NATEC) and Enterprise Singapore have intensified their cooperation with an additional focus on leveraging existing open innovation initiatives to crowdsource solutions for corporations in Vietnam. Pham Hong Quat, director general of the National Agency, and Leon Cai, regional director (Ho Chi Minh City), Enterprise Singapore, talked with VIR’s Bich Thuy about how partnerships benefit the innovation landscape for Singapore and Vietnam.
24-02-2021 06:00
A series of large-scale foreign-invested projects worth hundreds of millions of US dollars are flocking to Vietnam, promising a bright outlook in attracting this type of capital inflow this year.
17-02-2021 10:23
An article published on the Singapore’s Straits Times on February 16 commented that even as Singapore's economy stays on the recovery track, enthusiasm over a significant growth acceleration is wearing off.
10-02-2021 13:47
With only a month and a half into the new year, numerous Singaporean investors have already decided to build factories and pour investment into Quang Ninh province's industrial zones.
08-02-2021 08:00
The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) of Indonesia has considered granting emergency using licenses for three COVID-19 vaccines namely AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Novavax, Head of BPOM Penny K. Lukito said.
05-02-2021 10:50
Singapore has become the first country in Asia to approve Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as it begins rolling out its immunisation programme to the wider population.
03-02-2021 13:49
Standard Chartered Bank today announced the appointment of Michele Wee as CEO for Vietnam, effective from February 1. She will report to Patrick Lee, cluster CEO, Singapore and ASEAN Markets (Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and representative offices).
02-02-2021 16:36
Foreign investors from the US and Singapore are interested in either surveying or implementing wind farms in Lang Son province.
29-01-2021 15:29
The Straits Times of Singapore on January 28 ran an article that views 2021 as a year of opportunity for Vietnam while the Australian Financial Review (AFR) said Vietnam has become an essential cog in the global supply chains.
20-01-2021 08:00
Foxconn Singapore PTE Ltd will build a 270-million USD plant to produce laptops and tablets at Quang Chau industrial park in the northern province of Bac Giang.
07-01-2021 16:12
As the world struggles with surging COVID-19 cases, Vietnam, along with Taiwan (China) and Singapore, has succeeded in limiting local transmissions to almost zero, said Japan’s Nikkei Asia on January 6.
06-01-2021 10:06
Singapore-headquartered fintech firm ATM Online has launched new products for its new clients.
02-01-2021 20:47
A multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail link between Singapore and Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur has been terminated.
02-01-2021 09:00
The Singaporean business community has been finding ways out to keep operations running in Vietnam amid the new normal and is pinning high hopes on 2021. Jeffrey Wandly, vice president of the Singapore Business Association Vietnam, looks at 2020’s performance and the outlook for the next year.