HCMC has approved construction of a road linking with the third terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport costing over VND4.848 billion ($210.7 million). Stretching over four kilometers from Tran Quoc Hoan Road to Cong Hoa Road in Tan Binh District and connecting to T3 terminal, the new four-lane road …
Read More »VinaCapital, Novaland cooperate on renewable energy
VinaCapital and Novaland signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Dec. 7 to develop and deploy renewable energy across NovaWorld projects. The two parties will coordinate to research and facilitate green electricity for residents in Novaland’s urban areas on a stable and long-term basis. In recent years, clean energy has been …
Read More »$479 mln industrial hub planned for Hai Phong
Construction of a VND11 trillion ($479.2 million) non-tariff logistics and industrial hub in the northern city of Hai Phong is set to begin early next year. The city has greenlighted Xuan Cau – Lach Huyen Investment JSC to construct the Lach Huyen hub, approved by the government in April. The …
Read More »Lego to build $1-bln toy plant in Vietnam
Danish toy company Lego Group will build a $1-billion plant in the southern province of Binh Duong in the second half of next year. It signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Company to build the plant, its sixth globally and first carbon-neutral one. …
Read More »Southern province seeks to build $4-billion railroad routes
The southern province of Dong Nai has sought approval from the government to build two rail routes at a cost of VND91.39 trillion ($3.96 billion). They include a 37.5-km light rail between Thu Duc City in HCMC and Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai at a cost of VND40.57 …
Read More »Government mulls private sector role in electricity transmission
The government has proposed that the private sector is allowed to invest in power transmission projects. One of the amendments to the Electricity Law proposed by the government is allowing all economic sectors, including the private one, to build power transmission networks, excluding grid projects implemented by the state according …
Read More »HCMC growth worst in 35 years
HCMC recorded a year-on-year GRDP contraction of 24 percent in the third quarter, dragging estimated growth for the year to negative 6.7 percent, the lowest in 35 years. The biggest city in Vietnam has faced many Covid-19 challenges and failed to meet several growth targets, HCMC Chairman Phan Van Mai …
Read More »VN-Index posts marginal recovery
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index continued its recovery with a 0.42 percent gain Wednesday as most blue chips closed in the green. The index fluctuated in the 1,450 range throughout the day and closed six points higher after shooting up 33 points Tuesday, driven by a record-high number of new retail investors …
Read More »US-Vietnam investment robust despite pandemic
American and Vietnamese investments in each other have remained strong despite the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Marie Damour, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. embassy in Hanoi, said at a Vietnam-U.S. trade forum on Tuesday that the two countries have cooperated in various areas like healthcare, education, energy, and …
Read More »New stock trading accounts hit record 220,000 in November
More than 220,600 new stock trading accounts were opened in November, a record number and up 70 percent from October. It took the total number of retail stock accounts to 4.03 million, or 4.09 percent of Vietnam’s population. November was the ninth month in a row in which the number …
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