27-07-2021 15:24
Beacon Fund, an investment firm supporting female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia including Vietnam, has received $5 million investment from Japan-based Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
25-07-2021 11:49
Emili Omuro was thrilled by Naomi Osaka's star turn at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, but the biracial teenager says Japan must do more to accept people of mixed heritage.
23-07-2021 17:18
Savvy Japanese investors are acknowledging that the Southeast Asian market, and Vietnam in particular, is the central pillar of their business expansion strategy. Motokatsu Ban, manager and head of Japanese Corporate Department No.2 at Mizuho Bank Vietnam in Hanoi, discussed with VIR’s Luu Huong the special investment appetite of the Japanese, and how megabanks like Mizuho are taking on the latest trends in the financial landscape.
23-07-2021 14:00
Japanese companies are starting to accelerate their overseas expansion, with surging value of outbound mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter. Masataka “Sam” Yoshida, head of the Cross-border Division of RECOF Corporation and CEO of RECOF Vietnam Co., Ltd., talked with VIR’s Oanh Van about the trend.
23-07-2021 09:00
Along with local businesses, foreign-invested counterparts are also grappling with mounting hardships in an attempt to retain business continuity amid the pandemic’s complexities.
21-07-2021 17:27
The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide Vietnam with 1,600 cold boxes to preserve COVID-19 vaccines.
19-07-2021 21:43
Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota confirmed Monday it has scrapped plans to run an Olympic-linked brand campaign in Japan, where opposition to the pandemic-postponed Games remains high.
19-07-2021 21:04
Nippon Notebook Corporation under major Japanese stationery and office supplies maker Plus Corporation has opened a new factory in Vietnam to produce workbooks and notebooks.
19-07-2021 16:21
Vietnam-based food-tech startup Kamereo has raised $4.6 million in a series of funding rounds co-led by conglomerate CPF Group, Quest Ventures, and Genesia Ventures.
19-07-2021 08:00
Following its expansion into the Malaysian market, a new joint venture between the Malaysian subsidiary of Japan-based e-gift service Giftee and marketing communications company Mekong Communications has just been announced, signaling the expansion of the e-gift service to Vietnam.
16-07-2021 21:44
Japanese-based retail giant AEON is planning to use its commercial network to export Vietnamese longan to neighbouring Asian nations, according to Yuichiro Shiotani, General Director of the AEON TOPVALU Vietnam Co. Ltd.
15-07-2021 17:37
A new survey found that the majority of Japanese want to travel overseas post-pandemic with 63.4 per cent of respondents targeting Vietnam.
09-07-2021 23:55
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will officially trial the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass mobile application on flights from Narita Airport, Japan to Danang from July 15.
07-07-2021 15:13
Given their financially sound cornerstone and professional know-how, Japanese megabanks are actively exploring sensible bolt-on opportunities of banks in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, as a critical part of their international market expansion.
05-07-2021 08:00
Dubbed as a “new masterpiece” in Japanese brand collection in Haiphong, the Minato Residence is attracting a vast number of customers and investors alike.