Archive for August 28th, 2020
Worst-Hit Southeast Asian Nation Risks Losing in Vaccine Race
The Philippines is trying to secure access to a vaccine in development against COVID-19 as it battles the worst outbreak in Southeast Asia. But though other regional [...] » More
Investment funds eye hotels in debt in Vietnam
The ailing hospitality industry triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has plunged a number of hotel owners into hardship but has led to an increasing number of groups and [...] » More
Intel plans to expand operations in HCM City
US-based technology corporation Intel plans to increase investment and expand its operations in HCM City, Intel Products Vietnam (IPV) general director Kim Huat Ooi stated [...] » More
Farmers in An Giang reap bumper rice crop
Though severely affected by climate change, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang nonetheless earned handsome profits from the recent summer-autumn rice crop, with local [...] » More
The Secret Con Dao opens
The Secret Con Dao Hotel has officially opened on Con Dao Island in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria Vung Tau. It is the first hotel owned and managed by AKYN, an [...] » More
Long An strives to have 3,000 ha of dragon fruit farms under VietGAP
The Mekong Delta province of Long An has set a target to have 5,000 ha of dragon fruit farms in its Chau Thanh district applying high technology by 2025, of which 3,000 ha [...] » More
Transport Ministry asked to complete Noi Bai airport expansion plan this year
Deputy prime minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Transport to submit a plan over the expansion of the Noi Bai International Airport to the government this [...] » More
PetroVietnam and Honda missing from list of prestigious exporters for 2019
PetroVietnam and Honda were not mentioned in the list of prestigious exporters for 2019 published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 268 exporters from 25 [...] » More
Jica-supported startup programme helps Vietnam draw more investment
Vietnam’s startup ecosystem is thriving thanks to the market size of its economy. Vietnam is the first beneficiary in Southeast Asia of a startup acceleration programme [...] » More
E-commerce buyers worry about substandard products
A survey conducted by the E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (IDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade showed that 83 percent of e commerce buyers out of respondents [...] » More
Nguyen Kim donates equipment to hospitals in central region, laptops to poor students
Thai-owned electronics retailer Nguyen Kim has donated equipment to hospitals in Da Nang and Quang Nam Province to support their hospital cleansing plan and gifted laptops to [...] » More
Work starts on Ca Na Sea Port Complex
Construction began on the first phase of the Ca Na Sea Port Complex project in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on Tuesday (August 25). The first phase of the [...] » More
Malaysian investor presence intensifies
Buoyed by Vietnam’s huge potential and visible growth, Malaysian investors are keen to beef up investment activities in Vietnam. Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai, executive [...] » More
Hotel sector’s long-term outlook remains positive: CBRE
Though the second wave of COVID-19 dashed hopes for quick tourism recovery in 2020, real estate services firm CBRE Vietnam believed the industry’s long-term outlook [...] » More
German businesses eyeing Vietnam
Authorities in the German city of Hamburg and German businesses in general have expressed their interest in the potential the Vietnamese market holds and their belief that [...] » More
