taiwan businessman indicted over north korea oil sales

Taiwan businessman indicted over North Korea oil sales

A Taiwanese businessman has been indicted over illegal oil sales to North Korea, prosecutors said Thursday, flouting UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed regime.
vietnam taiwan enjoy marked growth in tourism links

Vietnam, Taiwan enjoy marked growth in tourism links

Vietnam welcomed more than 616,000 Taiwanese tourists in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 121.5 percent, according to the National Administration of Tourism. 
hoa phat group accelerates 3 billion ill fated dung quat steel complex

Hoa Phat Group accelerates $3 billion ill-fated Dung Quat steel complex

Hoa Phat Group is accelerating the construction of the two phases of $3 billion Hoa Phat Dung Quat steel complex in the central province of Quang Ngai's Dung Quat Economic Zone, which the group took over from Taiwanese investors, who failed to develop the project as promised.
hoa phat group not afraid to compete with formosa

Hoa Phat Group not afraid to compete with Formosa

One of the leading Vietnamese private steel makers, Hoa Phat Group put down concerns over competition with Taiwanese Formosa project as well as the recent US tariff threats on steel and aluminum imports.
taiwanese shoemaker pou chen granted customs priority

Taiwanese shoemaker Pou Chen granted customs priority

Taiwainese shoemaker Pou Chen Vietnam Enterprise Company Limited has just received customs priority, bringing the number of enterprises recognised as priority firms that can enjoy export-import incentives such as fast-track customs to 65.
textile industry dyeing for capacity

Textile industry dyeing for capacity

Leading Taiwanese apparel maker Eclat Fabrics has requested permission to increase dyeing production capacity in its Ba Ria-Vung Tau factory from 10 per cent of the factory’s output to 100 per cent, amid concerns from local authorities regarding the risk of adverse impacts on the environment of the Thi Vai River.
locals compensated for fish kill

Locals compensated for fish kill

Residents in four central provinces have received Government compensation of more than VNĐ6.1 trillion (US$275.2 million) for the April 2016 mass fish kill in which 70 tonnes of fish died, affecting the livelihoods of 260,000 people, due to pollution by the Taiwanese steel company Formosa.
taiwanese brewer to enter vietnamese market

Taiwanese brewer to enter Vietnamese market

With the total consumption of about 3.8 billion litres of beer each year, Vietnam is an attractive market luring in numerous foreign investors, and in the upcoming period, a Taiwanese brewer may join and heat up the competition.
long an pledges help for taiwan firms

Long An pledges help for Taiwan firms

Long An Province will direct relevant agencies to remove bottlenecks for businesses, including those from Taiwan, Tran Van Can, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said at a dialogue with Taiwanese enterprises last week.
dong nai willing to support taiwanese businesses

Dong Nai willing to support Taiwanese businesses

The southern province of Dong Nai will try its best to create optimal conditions for Taiwanese businesses, Tran Van Vinh, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said.
taiwan paper plant red flagged

Taiwan paper plant red-flagged

The $220 million Dai Duong paper plant project, invested by the Taiwanese company Chang Yang Holding Ltd. in the southern province of Tien Giang, may be scrapped due to environmental concerns.
missing trekkers found in nepal after seven weeks one dead

Missing trekkers found in Nepal after seven weeks, one dead

KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Wednesday (Apr 26) found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks ago, but only one survived the ordeal.
formosas 105 billion ha tinh steel complex meets requirement to start blast furnace

Formosa’s $10.5 billion Ha Tinh steel complex meets requirement to start blast furnace

The working group from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment complemented by a body of other scientists have concluded that Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co., Ltd. (HFS), a subsidiary of Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Corp. meets the requirements for the first blast furnace to start operation.
fire reveals hidden oil stock at taiwanese company

Fire reveals hidden oil stock at Taiwanese company

The southern province police department said that the Kwong Lung Meko Company didn’t follow its fire prevention obligations properly, leading to a devastating fire last week on March 23.
taiwan train bomber jailed for 30 years

Taiwan train bomber jailed for 30 years

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday (Feb 22) for detonating a pipe bomb on a busy Taipei train that injured more than two dozen people last year.