04-07-2024 15:57
Companies in Vietnam must begin to report their carbon inventory and participate in carbon credit exchanges. Lam Nguyen Hoang Thao, senior associate at Russin & Vecchi, provides deep analysis of the issue.
10-05-2024 07:36
The new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aims to reshape environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards for businesses both within and linked to the EU. Nguyen Hoang Nam, ESG leader and partner, along with Luong The Cuong, ESG manager in Assurance Services at PwC Vietnam, explore the implications of the CSRD for Vietnam and outline the necessary strategic actions for compliance with these new standards.
21-02-2023 18:00
Some experts continue to be sceptical about the possibility of the real estate market entering a calm period and freezing liquidity at this moment.
15-02-2023 11:21
As Vietnam will shortly unify, regulate, and implement a variety of new systems governing power pricing and electricity transmission, losses at state-run Electricity of Vietnam should be reduced while simultaneously ensuring a dependable energy supply for growth.
15-02-2023 08:00
Vietnam’s trade, particularly in agricultural goods, is being bolstered by China’s reopening of the border,. although it remains onerous for enterprises.
26-05-2022 16:10
Vietnam’s efforts to rein in inflation at about 4 per cent this year are set to hit a snag due to China’s anti-pandemic policy affecting the Southeast Asian nation’s trade.
25-05-2022 09:00
Disbursement of public investment and official development assistance remains slow compared to the plan assigned by the government while the speed of economic recovery greatly depends on public investment, with its efficiency expected to contribute to Vietnam’s rapid and sustainable growth.
19-05-2022 20:00
Structural changes to remove the bottlenecks for power generation and create competition in the energy sector are necessary, according to local experts, for example by allowing private investments in the transmission system.
06-05-2022 15:00
With the importance attached to Vietnam’s many industrial zones, attractive incentives towards green growth are necessary to move investors in the right direction.
22-08-2020 13:00
COVID-19 is making a comeback in an increasing number of Vietnamese localities. Senior lecturers from RMIT’s School of Business and Management Dr. Pham Cong Hiep and Dr. Nguyen Hoang Thuan discuss the need for upholding the development of a “low-touch economy” in Vietnam as a strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
19-06-2020 15:00
Humankind has observed three industrial revolutions in the past 260 years. The first recognised James Watt as the typical pioneer, inventing the steam engine in 1760 which helped with performing tasks previously carried out by hand. The second revolution, between 1870 and the first World War, was inspired by the prolific inventor Thomas Edison with electric light, the telephone, and many machine advances which paved the way for mass production. The next era placed focus on digital changes resulting in computers and the birth of the internet in the second half of the 20th century.
11-08-2017 10:06
As technology is becoming an integral part of life, financial technology (fintech) is becoming ever more enticing to foreign investment in Vietnamese startups.
20-03-2014 16:22
Many state groups are recently showing ambition in pursuing their government set equitisation targets, but are finding it difficult to sign strategic partners.
24-04-2012 17:00
Foreign pharmaceutical firms are finding Vietnam just the medicine.
26-07-2022 09:52
Dai Lanh lighthouse, Xuan Dai bay and Diep Son island in Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen provinces emerge majestically under the lens of Vietnamese travel blogger Ngo Tran Hai Anh. Most of the photos were taken by a drone to get wide-angle shots from a bird-eye view.