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 12:00
While innovation startups and businesses seek supporting policies to further develop, more moves are nevertheless being planned. Pham Hong Quat, director general of the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology, discussed with VIR’s Bich Thuy what these moves entail.
06-03-2024 12:02
Thailand’s WHA Group has made a proposal to invest in the Chau Duc service-urban-industrial park on an area of 1,200 hectares in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
29-02-2024 10:54
While Vietnam's economy recovers, investors, developers, private business owners, international estate operators, and other stakeholders are closely monitoring the country's real and hospitality industries. An upcoming conference promises to reveal the pivotal factors contributing to this recovery and what key trends should be followed.
23-02-2024 16:26
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK is working closely with competent authorities in the UK to fact-check the case that seven allegedly Vietnamese migrants were detected at Newhaven port in Lewes district of East Sussex county.
15-02-2024 11:00
Vietnam in 2023 could be most remembered for strengthening cross-border ties, pushing through new laws, or taking action to weather the storms created by trade issues, geopolitical conflict, inflation, and the post-pandemic landscape. CEOs, legal advisors, and directors across tech, banking, retail, real estate, and more reveal what they thought of the previous 12 months in Vietnam, and offer their projections for the barriers and boosts to come during the Year of the Dragon.
05-02-2024 08:55
What can a business do to reduce nearly 2,000 tonnes of CO2 per year? Plant 3,000 trees? An alternative method has been shown by Duc Thanh Wood JSC's collaboration with GreenYellow, a giant in the renewable energy sector, to install solar energy panels on its factory in the southern province of Binh Duong.
19-12-2023 09:00
Building on the momentum of the newly adopted National Programme for Improvement of Labour Productivity in early November, the Ministry of Science and Technology took action with a National Productivity Forum in Hanoi on December 12.
08-12-2023 19:00
Throughout this decade, the Party and state have been placing high expectations on the fundamental role of science, technology, and innovation to boost productivity, quality, efficiency, and economic competitiveness. Minister of Science and Technology HUYNH THANH DAT explains the progress so far and what is ahead for the nation in this regard.
07-12-2023 11:00
Japan continues to be one of the key players in Vietnam’s merger and acquisition market. At the Vietnam M&A Forum on November 28, Masataka “Sam” Yoshida, head of the Cross-border Division of RECOF Corporation, talked to VIR’s Thanh Van about what could be next for Japan’s investors.
30-11-2023 14:16
At the second panel of the 2023 M&A Vietnam Forum hosted by VIR on November 28, a panel of experts delved into the complexities of M&A. Here's what they had to say.
24-11-2023 10:15
With a series of new regulations relating to the manufacture and export of wooden furniture products, what do furniture businesses need to prepare to meet the stringent market requirements?
20-11-2023 09:00
As part of Thailand’s WHA Group, WHA Nghe An is working to help develop the province sustainably thanks to the international-standard smart eco-industrial park model.
16-11-2023 15:32
This year marks the mid-point for implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, but progress is far from perfect. Le Viet Anh and Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga from the Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources, and Environment under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, explain what Vietnam has to do to achieve its 2030 targets.
13-11-2023 12:34
Pharmaceuticals are an indispensable element in disease prevention and treatment. Three years ago, the global health industry faced huge challenges due to the pandemic. If the world’s pharma industry did not promptly carry out its research and produce vaccines, we could not imagine what the situation would be now for people’s health and livelihoods.