11-03-2024 18:02
With the low-interest rate environment and resumed credit growth, banks are expecting a rosier profit picture this year compared to 2023.
11-03-2024 15:05
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries, through its 67 per cent-owned joint venture Phu My 3 BOT Power Co. Ltd., handed over Phu My 3 Power Plant to Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on March 8.
11-03-2024 09:52
The revised Land Law, which was passed at the 15th National Assembly’s fifth extraordinary session, holds great significance in the country’s political, socioeconomic life and national defence and security as well as has impacts on people from all walks of life and the business community.
11-03-2024 09:36
Thai authorities have arrested eight suspects and confiscated more than 10,000 e-cigarette and vaping devices in a raid at Number One market near Ramkhamhaeng University (Bangna Campus) in Bangkok.
08-03-2024 15:21
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Djibouti is taking citizen protection measures for Vietnamese sailors working on the Barbados-flagged True Confidence cargo ship which was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen on March 6.
08-03-2024 14:34
Australian insurtech firm Hillridge launched a new partnership with Bao Minh Insurance on March 7 that offers its new Typhoon Index Insurance product, a Vietnam-first new parametric product to protect Vietnamese acacia timber farmers from the nation's devastating typhoons.
08-03-2024 12:29
The United Kingdom-Vietnam trade relationship is poised to reach new heights, buoyed by the celebration of 50 years of UK-Vietnam bilateral relations last year, guided by the continued implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), and further boosted by the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
08-03-2024 12:15
VinFast’s decision to open a manufacturing plant in India as a strategic manoeuvre that not only leverages the potential of a burgeoning electric vehicle market but also positions the company favourably against future competitors.
08-03-2024 11:52
Between 2019 and 2022, a significant number of family conglomerates in Vietnam orchestrated a shift of operations towards their children. In 2023, despite not being as prominent, this wave continues amid various economic and social challenges. It is undeniable that the evolution in business dynamics calls for a transition, yet the journey is not always smooth sailing within the confines of Vietnamese family clans.
07-03-2024 15:33
The Singaporean government continues to facilitate the project to export 1.2GW of offshore wind power from Vietnam to Singapore.
07-03-2024 08:54
While Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends a summit commemorating 50 years of ASEAN-Australia relations during his first official visit to Australia and New Zealand, Simon Pugh, president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Auscham), talked with VIR’s Bich Ngoc about the prospects of attracting Australian investment to Vietnam.
06-03-2024 17:20
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of the National Food Authority (NFA) head and 138 other officials and employees for their alleged involvement in a sale of rice buffer stocks, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said on March 4.
06-03-2024 12:10
The number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) – those with assets of more than $30m – rose by 2.4 per cent in Vietnam last year, according to the Wealth Report 2024 compiled by property consultants Knight Frank.
06-03-2024 00:00
Taiwan-headquartered Pegavision Corporation broke ground on a factory for manufacturing and assembling optical products and medical equipment in Thai Binh province on March 5.
05-03-2024 16:16
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has asked Procter & Gamble (P&G) to expand its partnership and create the best conditions for Vietnamese businesses to join its supply chain.