10-09-2014 09:48
In recent years, Café Racers, originally a style of motorcycle used for quick rides from one coffee bar to another, have increasingly appealed to bike enthusiasts in Ho Chi Minh City.
08-09-2014 13:00
Thailand’s exhibition organiser Reed Tradex has announced that it’s two co-located exhibitions, “Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2014” and “Industrial Components and Subcontracting Vietnam”, held in Hanoi two weeks ago were hugely successful, with thousands of trade buyers from all over the world visiting the three-day event.
21-08-2014 14:42
On August 13 the Minister of Construction approved the equitisation roadmap of the Vietnam Machinery Installation Corporation (Lilama).
12-08-2014 09:21
Over 100 children and 39 elderly people looked after at a Buddhist pagoda in Long Bien District, Hanoi, will likely be sent to social sponsoring centers for management and care, the city Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said on Sunday.
11-08-2014 08:03
Vietnam may be about to witness a second wave of mergers and acquisitions, with the value of deals in the 2014-2018 period expected to top $20 billion.
04-08-2014 17:00
Despite issuing positive first-half results, it appears petroleum giant PetroVietnam may be losing out on efficiency.
31-07-2014 09:01
Over the past two years, Vietnam’s internet and mobile market has caught the attention of both major domestic and international investors.
08-07-2014 09:12
The death toll in the military helicopter crash in a suburban area of Hanoi increased to 19 as three more soldiers died of serious injuries, sources told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday.
07-07-2014 15:59
In the age of economic transition, agriculture will continue to be at the forefront of Vietnam’s economic growth. To realise its mission, the sector needs to shift from a quantity to a quality-based growth model. Natalie DiNicola, vice president of Sustainability and Signature Partnerships of the US’ Monsanto told VIR’s Hoang Mai that the Vietnamese government should look towards innovation and partnership in its vision for achieving strong growth and sustainability in the agriculture sector.
24-06-2014 19:35
Police in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have indicted a former sales department head of a local company for providing about 800,000 mobile phone users with apps containing porn content alongside spyware to appropriate over US$420,000 from them.
17-06-2014 13:45
Some provisions under the draft law on immigration and residency for foreigners in Vietnam have come under fire due to their obvious lack of practicality.
16-06-2014 13:27
Vietnam may be allowed to stretch-out its implementation of the yarn-forward rule for the garment and textile industry if it joins the currently under-negotiation Trans-Pacific Partnership.
11-06-2014 09:01
A delegation of animal feed suppliers from India will join a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday to meet potential local importers and producers and establish future business relationships.
03-06-2014 15:38
Overall business conditions in the manufacturing sector strengthened in May amid an ongoing increase in client demand as output increased for the eighth consecutive month amid another solid expansion in new business, according to the HSBC Vietnam Manufacturing PMI report.
21-05-2014 19:54
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has finished a draft decree on fuel trading with many amendments that will hopefully enable fuel prices in Vietnam to be in accordance with global development and reduce consumers’ dissatisfaction over the current market management.