22-05-2024 17:14
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are extremely important to German companies, both from commercial and compliance perspectives.
17-11-2023 15:00
With more consumers expecting businesses to do the right thing for people, communities, and the planet, as well as increasing regulations and laws to advance sustainability, companies need to do the same. Being a top pick for companies looking to relocate or set up their production centres, Vietnam can expect demand for green talent in the manufacturing sector to grow rapidly as companies increasingly include sustainability goals in their business strategy.
02-03-2020 14:52
As COVID-19 presents wide-ranging issues from health to the economy, public policy needs to alleviate growing public panic to minimise damage – which requires cultivating unshakeable public trust in the authorities.
26-02-2019 17:45
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) have appointed Saigontourist and Hanoitourist travel companies to operate free tours for international journalists and reporters covering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea-US Hanoi Summit.
29-11-2017 15:36
Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling affirmed that the ride-hailing firm would continue to invest in Vietnam and contribute to the country’s innovation process.
05-09-2016 15:51
Chubb Life Insurance Vietnam Company Limited (Chubb Life Vietnam) today announced the company’s continued support of four primary schools in Central Vietnam, which were sponsored and built with funds donated by the company from 2011 to 2014.
21-04-2016 09:51
Manulife Vietnam, one of the Vietnam’s Top 3 insurers, reported annualised premium equivalent (APE) insurance sales of VND1.68 trillion ($75.3 million) in 2015, up 69 per cent from the year before.
31-03-2016 10:29
On March 30, the Hanoi People’s Committee granted the investment certificate for Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV)’s $300 million research and development (R&D) centre to be built in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district.
17-09-2015 15:56
Hanoi’s plan to attract $200 million in the total investment capital this year to the city’s industrial zones has proved quite challenging as only 30 per cent of the target has been reached as of now.
09-12-2014 11:55
Fujisawa SST’s inauguration has proven smart and sustainable living is not a pipe dream.
04-02-2013 16:29
South Korean giant LG Electronics has stirred up the Asian home appliance market with its latest smart products.
04-10-2012 16:39
The fate of some Vietnamese mobile phone brands is in the stars.
13-02-2012 08:31
A strong hand is getting to grips with the banking system’s liquidity problems.
03-10-2011 08:00
New commercial bank short-term deposit rate limitations will force banks to roll with the punches.
Recently, with the 14 per cent interest rate cap for deposits, commercial banks are finding ways to avoid cash withdrawal and attract deposits by straightening the mobilisation rate curve to 14 per cent for all maturities.
14-06-2010 17:37
International donors are offering words of wisdom to Vietnam’s authorities to ensure the country’s further economic growth and address post-global financial crisis challenges.