SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 27 December 2023 – Elevating the fitness landscape, MuscleBlaze, a trailblazer in nutrition with over 6-million customers in Asia, has launched its BIOZORB Whey Protein series in Singapore since September 2023. This innovative line, boasting a published U.S. Patent for clinically proven 50% boost …
Read More »Việt Nam aims to increase export turnover by 6% by 2024
The fishery industry sets an seafood export target of $9.5 billion despite predicting that this industry will continue to face many difficulties in 2024. —VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) aims to increase total export turnover in 2024 by about 6 …
Read More »Bumpy ride for auto industry in 2023
The year that is ending was a modest one for the automobile industry marked by a plethora of discounts that failed to sustain sales, recalls and entry by Chinese brands. Almost all brands, both popular and high-end, domestic and foreign, offered discounts to spur the weak demand. The discounts were …
Read More »Dollar hits six-week high
The U.S. dollar rose against the Vietnamese dong Wednesday morning to the highest since Nov. 14. Vietcombank sold the dollar at VND24,530, up 0.25% from Tuesday. The State Bank of Vietnam raised its reference rate by 0.06% to VND23,885. The greenback went up 0.08% to VND24,820 on the black market. …
Read More »Gold prices remain upbeat
SJC gold price rose 1.59% to VND79.7 million ($3,269.74) per tael. On Tuesday gold price surged to a new peak of VND80.3 million per tael but plunged quickly and closed the day at VND78.45 million. Gold ring price went up 1.11% to VND63.8 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 …
Read More »Family ties: crispy pancakes from three Saigon little sisters
A popular crispy pancakes spot in HCMC’s District 3 draws diners for its flavors and the appeal of the three little girls who, along with their grandmother, make up the kitchen team. Family ties: crispy pancakes from three Saigon little sisters Family ties: crispy pancakes from three Saigon …
Read More »Vietnamese second largest group in South Korea’s foreign workforce
Vietnamese nationals have become the second-largest group in South Korea’s foreign workforce, outnumbered only by ethnic Koreans holding Chinese nationality. Workers check the examination room list for the Korean Language Proficiency Test in Hanoi in 2016. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy According to The Korea Herald, data compiled by Statistics Korea …
Read More »Mobile World Group restructure sees 150 stores closed
Mobile World Group shut down 150 The Gioi Di Dong, Dien May Xanh and TopZone stores in October and November as part of its comprehensive restructuring. It left the company with 1,100 The Gioi Di Dong and TopZone electronic retail stores and 2,210 Dien May Xanh appliances stores. But in …
Read More »FLC fails to extend repayment of $41M bonds
Embattled property developer FLC offered investors three options for rolling over nearly VND1 trillion ($41 million) worth of bonds, but they rejected all of them. The bonds issued in December 2021 and will mature on Thursday. All three options involved extending redemption by 24 months at a fixed interest rate …
Read More »Installed solar power capacity exceeds plan: government inspectors
The capacity of solar power projects in Vietnam has exceeded a government-approved plan by 10-fold, inspectors have found. The ministry has by itself approved 114 projects and asked the Prime Minister’s Office to greenlight another 54 projects to be added to the Power Development Plan VIII (PDP). But of these …
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