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Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam’s fourth tallest building, will once again host “HCMC Skyrun” on October 30. Runners will start on the tower’s ground floor and ascend 49 floors to the observation deck, facing the challenge of running up a total 1,002 steps to a height of 178 meters. At the …

Japan’s largest power company JERA is set to buy a 35.1% stake in Gia Lai Electricity as it eyes Vietnam’s great renewable energy potential and growing electricity demand. It has struck a deal with the International Finance Corporation and Armstrong S.E. Asia Clean Energy Fund to acquire all their shares …

Textile and electronics companies are cutting overtime and working hours to their workers’ dismay as global consumer demand fall. Tran Thu Huong and her husband were working at a garment factory in HCMC’s Go Vap District when last month, their income fell by 20% to VND15 million ($640.75) as new …