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The leader urged the company to continue its social welfare programmes in Laos, respecting laws in the host country, and pursuing healthy competition, saying he hopes that the joint venture will continue to be a symbol and a model of economic cooperation between the two countries. President Tô Lâm greets …

Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry said 14 Vietnamese companies have committed to sourcing Malaysian products, including electrical and electronics, palm oil, chemicals and petrochemicals. Palm oil is one of the Malaysian products exported to Vietnam. — Photo NST KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and …

More than 200 companies including start-ups from the Republic of Korea  will showcase premium products and services at the 2024 Mega Us Expo to be held in HCM City from August 22 to 24. The organisers of Mega Us Expo 2024 introduce the fair at an event held on July …

While Chinese-produced durians have been available on the domestic market since last year, they are not as accessible as Southeast Asian imports due to their high prices and low output. Commercial durian farming in China started gaining traction in 2018 and the country had its first major durian harvest just …

Vietnamese exporter Tan Long Group has refuted an allegation by an Indonesian civil society organization that it sold rice to that country at much higher than market prices. The People’s Democracy Study (SDR) recently complained to an Indonesian corruption watchdog that the government bought Vietnamese rice at “inflated prices,” indicating …

Saigon Jewelry Company gold ring price surged by 0.65% to VND76.7 million (US$3,014.1) per tael Friday morning. It is now 0.37% away from gold bar price, which has been stable at VND79.68 million per tael since June 6. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces. Globally, gold and silver …

This lender had US$560.1 billion in total assets as of the end of 2023, making it the largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets, according to S&P Global.

Guo Zhi Feng, Chairman of Chicilon Media, has contributed VND3 billion (US$118,000) of his own personal income each year to the Chicilon Scholarship Fund for Vietnamese students nationwide. The fund sponsors scholarships for excellent students from the top 10 universities in Vietnam, so that the scholarships can support the students …

Stir and Drinking & Healing in HCMC, and The Hudson Room in Hanoi have appeared in this year’s 51-100 extended list as part of the annual Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards. Stir, on the first floor of an apartment building on Le Thanh Ton Street opposite to Ben Thanh Market …

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced strategies to attract 40 million foreign tourists and generate 3.4 trillion baht (US$113.3 billion) in tourism revenue in 2025. According to TAT board chairwoman Natthriya Thaweevong, the move is in line with the Thai government’s ambitious announcement to promote Thailand as a …