HCM CITY – Việt Nam will be one of the key markets in 2022 due to its young population and strong demand amid the pandemic, BerenVan Wel, the managing director of FrieslandCampina Vietnam, one of the world’s largest dairy cooperatives, said. “We are honoured to have come to Việt Nam …
Read More »Samsung to build Việt Nam’s first combined cycle power plant
SEOUL – Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, has announced it had obtained a plant deal worth US$510 million from Việt Nam. In a statement on February 2, Samsung C&T said it received the order from PetroVietnam Power Corporation, to build the Southeast Asian country’s first …
Read More »140 tonnes of aquaculture products export to China through Móng Cái
Trucks carrying aquaculture products crossing the Hải Yến Km3+4 temporary pontoon bridge. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Trading activities at the Hải Yến Km3+4 temporary pontoon bridge in Móng Cái City resumed on February 3 as customs staff returned to work after Tết holidays. On Thursday morning, 70 trucks crossed carrying aquaculture products, …
Read More »VN businesses must be more professional to expand in French market
Ambassador Đinh Toàn Thắng introduces a Vietnamese five-fruit tray ((mâm ngũ quả) at Vietnamese Lunar New Year Week in a French Carrefour supermarket. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Trade Office in France has revealed that supermarkets and retail distribution chains in France have plans to increase the percentage …
Read More »VN to speed up science and tech development in 2021-30
Speakers at Techfest Vietnam 2021, the largest annual event for innovative start-ups in Việt Nam which has finished its 7th edition last year. — VNA Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has set a target to speed up the development of science and technology for the 2021-30 …
Read More »Restaurants, cafes open through Tết to make up for time lost during pandemic
A restaurant at AEON Bình Tân in HCM City filled with customers on the second day of the new year. Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — Many food and beverage outlets and supermarkets are open through the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays, hoping to make up somewhat for the long closures …
Read More »Food, beverage businesses remain open through Tet
Food and beverage establishments are working through Tet or abbreviating their holidays to make up for a year of poor business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Crab restaurant chain Vua Cua is delivering through the holidays, and some of its outlets closed for two days out of the nine. “I …
Read More »Trailblazing entrepreneurs born in Tiger Year
The following are not only trailblazing entrepreneurs but were all born in the Year of the Tiger, 1962. Doan Nguyen Duc – Chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Whether Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) was a small carpentry workshop or is the big company with a market capitalization of a …
Read More »Retail investors send stock brokerages’ incomes soaring
The country’s top 10 securities brokerages reported record revenues and profits last year as retail investors flocked to the market in droves. VPS Securities climbed to top place for the first time with revenues of VND9.52 trillion (US$420 million), up 270 percent from 2020. Its pre-tax profits doubled to VND995 …
Read More »Economic transformation needed to reach net-zero emissions
The net-zero transition will amount to a massive economic transformation. — Photo courtesy of the firm HÀ NỘI — As commitments to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 increase across the globe, the question of how these commitments can be met and the corresponding economic transformation managed becomes ever more …
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