Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has requested network operators to withdraw and deactivate nearly 20 million pre-activated SIM cards and banned the sales of these SIM cards, however, many stores continued selling them online.

The Topica Founder Institute (TFI) held its fifth anniversary ceremony this week, reviewing its contribution for the start-up community in the past years.

FPT Information Systems (FPT IS) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on application performance monitoring and security with Dynatrace LLC and ECQ Global on Thursday.

Nguyễn Anh Đức, General Director of the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) and Santiago Quesada Garmendia, Director of exploration and production and gas technology of Spain based Repsol S.A. energy company had signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of their respective company.

FLC Group has nominated Vũ Đặng Hải Yến as its deputy general director and head of its Legal Department.

Bảo Việt Insurance Corporation (Bảo Việt) and the Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) signed a comprehensive co-operation agreement in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) reached a framework agreement with a joint venture of insurance companies to insure its off-shore fishing vessel hulls this year in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

The Đà Nẵng-based beverage can manufacturer, Crown company, plans to expand its capacity to 1.6 billion cans in the fourth quarter of 2017.

More and more Canadian beef exporters are seeking a bigger share of the market in Việt Nam, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay told attendants of an event held in Hà Nội on Monday to introduce his country’s beef products.

All boutique hotels of Phú Quốc Waterfront that opened for sale late last week were sold out, making the beach-front hotel project a “phenomenon” in Phú Quốc Island’s resort and hospitality property market.

Iflix, a TV show and movie online service, was officially rolled out in the Vietnamese market on Tuesday.

Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2017 will take place in Ha Noi from April 26 – 28.

Real estate investor A&B Group has appointed Unicons, a member of Cotectcon Group, general contractor for its hotel and trade centre complex project in the central city of Nha Trang.

Hòa Bình Construction & Real Estate Corporation has won a contract worth VNĐ2.066 trillion (US$91.8 million) to design and build a golf and garden villa complex in Vĩnh Phúc Province.

This year’s Top 100 Business Style Awards were given away in HCM City yesterday to local businesses for their international achievements and contributions to the community and society.

Lotte Mart yesterday launched Beauty Expo featuring promotions, art performances, joyful activities and other events at all its stores around the country.

US healthcare company Abbott was named among the 10 most innovative bio-tech businesses in 2017 by Fast Company, an American business magazine.

Innovatube, a pre-seed venture firm, launched a US$5 million pre-seed fund for Southeast Asian startups.