Việt Nam News

Vinmec Medical System signed a co-operation agreement with leading Japanese private medical facility Sanno Hospital and the International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), the first university to provide comprehensive medical education in Japan, on January 13.

Toray Industries, Inc, a large Japanese textile and garment group, hopes to invest in a fiber plant in northern Nam Định Province.

More than 20 leading Taiwanese brands are showcasing their advanced products and technologies at the Taiwan Excellence Experiencing Zone which was organised as a part of the HCM City Marathon, Taiwan Excellence last weekend.

Bamboo Airways, Việt Nam’s fifth airline, will operate its first flight on January 16, according to the carrier.

Hong Kong-based healthcare and beauty retailer Watsons will launch its first store in Việt Nam on January 17, according to the news website InsideRetail Asia.

The Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) and Saigon Co.op Investment Development Joint-Stock Company (SCID) on January 12 opened a Sense City department store on Phạm Văn Đồng Street in HCM City’s Thủ Đức District.

Food and typical products from Quảng Ninh Province are on display at the “OCOP Quảng Ninh Fair – Spring 2019” at Big C Thăng Long in Hà Nội. This fair aims to introduce and stimulate consumer interest in products from the province in the framework of the national One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme.

Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Fund Management Company Limited launched its DFVN Capital Appreciation Fund with charter capital of VNĐ75.121 billion (US$3.29 million) on Friday.

A new Vietnamese cosmetics brand has been launched in HCM City offering customers a new choice for high quality products at reasonable prices.

NS BlueScope Lysaght Vietnam will partner with Danish company, SKIOLD, in developing solutions for poultry and livestock farming as part of a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Thursday.

The central city of Đà Nẵng’s VietArt company has debuted the first coffee shop chain in the Đà Nẵng style – The Cups Coffee – to challenge giants Highlands Coffee and The Coffee House, as well as newly introduced Starbucks, in the city’s drink market.

VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) on Saturday held an opening ceremony for its trading house in Bình Dương Province’s Thủ Dầu Một City, two months after it gained a business licence.

VinaCapital Fund Management JSC has signed an MoU with Korea’s Kiwoom Asset Management to offer selected products to Korean investors.

The US’s Small Enterprise Assistance Fund through its subsidiary, the SEAF Women’s Opportunity Fund, has invested in and lent to Organica Investment Joint Stock Company, one of Việt Nam’s leading retailers and distributors of organic and natural foods and beverages.

The Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has set targets of VNĐ612.2 trillion (US$26.3 billion) in total revenue and VNĐ31.3 trillion in after-tax profit for this year, according to the group.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) achieved a record sales volume of nearly 66,000 units, excluding imported Lexus cars, in 2018, marking a year-on-year increase of 11 per cent.

HDBank has awarded scholarships worth a total of VNĐ1 billion (US$43,164) to 1,000 disadvantaged children through the National Fund for Vietnamese Children’s "Spring for children" programme.

VPBank has awarded scholarships totalling VNĐ1 billion (US$43,000) to 39 students under its ‘VPBank Talent’ programme and more than 100 as part of ‘Home of Talent’.