25-01-2018 08:00
Foreign capital flow in the footwear industry is expected to rebound this year after a slowdown in 2017, with the anticipated arrival of a major US player.
11-01-2018 17:52
Vung Ro Petroleum Co., Ltd. (VRP), the operator of Vietnam's third oil refinery located in the central province of Phu Yen and backed by the UK-based Technostar Management Limited, today signed a co-operative agreement with DenimoTech, a Denmark-headquartered firm, aiming to provide turnkey solutions for the petroleum by-product sector and aid the implementation of VRP’s new manufacturing plant in Vietnam.
01-01-2018 11:28
Welcome to the world of the haiku bar trail. Matsuyama, Japan, is celebrating its 19th-century haiku poet, Masaoka Shiki, who coined the term haiku, with related events.
28-12-2017 15:52
Haiphong is calling for foreign direct investment worth $500 million for four major transportation projects in the northern port city, according to the Haiphong Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre.
19-12-2017 21:27
Japanese shopping mall developer AEON MALL, the investor of AEON MALL Haiphong in collaboration with the Haiphong People’s Committee, has accelerated completing the procedures in early 2018 so that the construction can be started in the second quarter.
30-11-2017 12:22
Vietnam’s two core export sectors—textile garment and footwear—expect to count $49 billion in combined export value for 2017, with $31 billion coming from the textile and garment sector and $18 billion from the footwear industry.
21-11-2017 17:29
Bypassing the concerns that the application of anti-dumping tariffs in some export markets might cast a negative impact on export performance, the fibre sector is solid on its way to beat the 2017 export value of $3.1 billion.
01-11-2017 08:18
Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, is proceeding its ambitious business plan in Vietnam following Alibaba’s footsteps in the field of cloud computing services.
24-10-2017 22:55
In the first nine months of this year, Vietnam imported 10.4 million tonnes of coal with a total import turnover of $1.03 billion, showing strong dependence on imported coal.
21-10-2017 16:07
The exports of many of Vietnam’s key commodities, such as telephones and components, textiles, footwear, and agricultural and fishery products, have been greatly boosted thanks to the country’s efficient exploitation of major markets in APEC economies.
09-10-2017 13:50
Foreign investors’ joining the retail distribution of petroleum is expected to break domestic distributors’ dominance, heating up the competition in this sector.
08-10-2017 21:41
The minimum wage increase, coupled with the increase for social insurance and union fees, is putting financial burdens on enterprises operating in labour-intensive sectors, such as the garment and textile sector.
04-10-2017 09:50
Danish garment manufacturer Spectre opened its second textile factory worth over $5 million in the northern province of Nam Dinh to take advantage of the country’s fast-developing garment industry.
28-09-2017 22:51
Vietnam’s vegetable and fruit export is anticipated to far surpass the $3-billion target for this year, with thanh long (dragon fruit) and banana among the key drivers.
14-09-2017 09:47
Over the last five years, Hai Phong has developed a strategy to attract investment from corporations across ASEAN and build sustainable cooperative ties with them. Le Tri Vu, director of the Hai Phong Investment, Trade, Tourism and Tourism Promotion Centre speaks to the Vietnam News Agency about the issues.