Category: Vietnam
H&M fighting to save fanbase after social media backlash
The future performance of Swedish-backed H&M Vietnam has been on edge in the wake of a recent “nine-dash line” incident. As a consequence of integrating the [...] » More
Battery technology will determine race for electric cars
Only when fast-charging batteries along with a nationwide system of charging stations will electric cars become popular in Vietnam. In early 2018, a company in Hanoi went to [...] » More
VN Index slips as trading volume scores new record
Vietnam’s benchmark VN Index fell 0.33 percent to 1,248.33 points Tuesday with nearly 1.03 billion shares traded on the main bourse for the first time. The index [...] » More
Enterprises need to accelarate restructuring and increase resilience
Tran Thanh Hai, deputy director of the Import and Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), talks to the People’s Army newspaper about how businesses should [...] » More
Vietnam’s richest man could become a top 50 billionaire
The upcoming IPO of automaker VinFast could catapult Pham Nhat Vuong as the first Vietnamese to enter the rarefied bracket of the world’s top 50 richest people. The [...] » More
Exports, imports via Lao Cai international border gate soar 75pct
The export and import of goods and services via the Lao Cai international border gate stood at nearly 950 million USD in the first quarter of this year, up 75 percent [...] » More
HoSE de-lists ATG shares
The Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HoSE) has released an announcement cancelling the listing of An Truong An JSC’s (ATG) shares on the bourse as the firm has reported losses [...] » More
Cross-border railway hopes remain stuck on the tracks
The dream of state-owned railway giant Vietnam Railways to develop an Asia-Europe railway link could go nowhere unless a breakthrough change in state policy emerges to open [...] » More
FNF Lighthouse project connects four Vietnamese exporters with Europe.
Four organic agricultural producers in the EVFTA Lighthouse project conducted by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom have been introduced to foreign trade promotion [...] » More
Suez Canal incident keeps Vietnamese exporters busy
Local exporters continue to deal with the aftermath of the Suez Canal blockade that occurred last month, causing ripple effects throughout the globe’s trade system. [...] » More
Optimistic Motivation for Stock Market
Macro-economic stability, over 80 percent of listed companies in 2020 being profitable, good containment of Covid-19 pandemic and the introduction of many new policies will [...] » More
An Giang looks to attract five FDI projects in 2021
The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has set a goal of attracting at least five foreign-invested projects and over 60 domestic projects this year with total investment of [...] » More
Untreated wastewater causes mass fish deaths in Ma River
Untreated wastewater has been identified as the cause for the recent mass fish deaths in the Ma River in Ba Thuoc District, Thanh Hoa Province. Chair of Ba Thuoc District [...] » More
Switzerland helps Vietnam with institutional strengthening for sustainable urban development
The Swiss government, through the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), will provide 4.25 million CHF (4.59 million USD) in non-refundable aid to the [...] » More
Vingroup eyes $60 billion valuation for car unit in potential US IPO: sources
Vingroup JSC, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, is considering an US initial public offering (IPO) of its car unit that could value VinFast at about $60 billion, two [...] » More
