10-08-2017 18:00
SEOUL: Hundreds of South Korean scientists expressed outrage Wednesday (Aug 9) after a controversial figure accused of covering up a notorious stem cell research fraud was appointed as the country's top technology official.
10-08-2017 09:24
Vietnamese shares tumbled on Wednesday on both local markets as investors triggered large-scale sell-offs following rising tension between the US and North Korea and false news about the arrest of a former banker.
10-08-2017 09:02
The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) has extended its anti-dumping investigation against ferroalloy imported from Viet Nam, Ukraine and India and will arrive at a final decision on October 1 this year instead of August 1 as per the previous deadline.
05-08-2017 14:57
The power supply for the Samsung complex in the northern province of Thai Nguyen will return to normal by August 10, 2017 at the earliest after the electrical substation that supplies electricity to the South Korean electronics giant complex caught fire three days ago. The incident may hurt Samsungs manufacturing operations.
05-08-2017 14:00
Sixty percent of the cinema market in Vietnam is being held by foreign investors, with CGV and Lotte from South Korea the main players.
05-08-2017 11:00
ST ANDREWS: South Korea's Kim In-Kyung fired a second-round 68 on Friday (Aug 4) to lead by two shots at the halfway stage of the Women's British Open, as she seeks to banish the memories of a major meltdown from five years ago.
05-08-2017 09:55
K-Pop music girl band Twice will arrive in Vietnam late August to film portions of a reality television show titled ‘Carefree Travellers,’ reports Osen, a Korean entertainment newspaper.
05-08-2017 09:05
The council is expected to vote on Saturday on the measures that include a ban on exports of coal, iron and iron ore, lead and lead ore, as well as seafood by the cash-starved state.
04-08-2017 12:05
Korean convenience store chain GS25 plans to open its first store in Ho Chi Minh City this year, marking a foray in the Vietnamese retail market, where competition between convenience store chains is already fierce.
03-08-2017 14:00
SEOUL: The heir to the world's top smartphone maker Samsung had no role in decision-making at the wider group, he told a court on Wednesday (Aug 2) in his trial for corruption over the scandal that brought down South Korea's last president.
03-08-2017 11:51
Eins Vina, a unit of South Korean Sea-A Group, is planning to increase investment in its projects in Song Than II Industrial II Park of the southern province of Binh Duong.
29-07-2017 18:20
By teaming up with MP Logistics Corporation (MP Logistics), South Korean enterprise Samsung not only demonstrated its interest in the Vietnamese logistics sector, but its participation also heats up the market.
26-07-2017 11:09
On July 25, Korean Lotte Group and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee signed a contract to build up the VND20.1 trillion ($884 million) Eco-Smart City in Thu Thiem New Urban Area.
26-07-2017 10:29
In addition to the wave of investments in the banking and finance sector from financial institutions in Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the US, there will be a marked presence of South Korean banks in the Vietnamese market in the near future, observers forecast.
25-07-2017 13:01
Some experts have raised concerns over South Korea surpassing China in trade deficit, to become Vietnam’s biggest import market, however, others claimed these worries unfounded and considered it normal as Vietnam is integrating into the world economy.