Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s ABC International Corporation and Singapore based Gia Phú International Pte. Ltd. have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on boosting business development and implementing projects across Southeast Asia. 

The La Residence Hotel & Spa in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế has a new brand name after a confidential acquisition by the Azerai Group owned by veteran Indonesian hotelier Adrian Zecha.

FLC Group on Saturday inaugurated its FLC Hạ Long project in the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh.

BIM Land Joint Stock Company, a member of diversified conglomerate BIM Group, was named Best Resort Developer Southeast Asia at the Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards 2018 held late last week in HCM City.

Sun Group inaugurated the first five-star international boutique hotel in Sa Pa, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, on Saturday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) would increase supports to help local businesses improve their productivity thank to the training programme collaborated with Samsung Việt Nam, said Trương Thanh Hoài, the ministry’s head of the Industrial Department.

Dubai companies expressed interest in investing in many sectors in Việt Nam at a meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Fujimart Vietnam Retail, a joint venture between Japanese trading house Sumitomo and local retail and real estate conglomerate BRG Group, will open its first Vietnamese supermarket in Hà Nội this month. 

Twelve Vietnamese property developers, projects and real-estate companies on Thursday received the third annual Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards at a function in HCM City.

Vsmart on Friday officially launched four new smartphones. Vsmart products use a VOS operating system developed on the Android platform, with prices ranging from VNĐ2.5 million (US$106) to VNĐ6.3 million ($269).

The dividends will be paid in cash at a ratio of eight per cent, (VNĐ800 per share), valuing the deal at nearly VNĐ134 billion (US$5.7 million).

Australia’s SEEK Group and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneur Fund have invested in GetLinks, the platform and ecosystem that connects tech talents with opportunities across Asia.

State-owned telecommunications corporation MobiFone has announced a plan to sell its entire share of Tiên Phong Joint Stock Commercial Bank (TPBank).

Kê Gà offshore wind power project in the south central province of Bình Thuận will have a capacity of 3,400 MW and require total investment of nearly US$12 billion, UK developer Enterprize Energy said.

Mobile operator Vietnamobile and e-commerce platform Shopee have introduced the Vietnamobile 4G Shopee simcard with up to 10GB of free data per day.

Urban development and business space solutions provider Ascendas-Singbridge Group and its joint venture partner Saigon Bund Capital Partners have started working on office tower 2 in their OneHub Saigon at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park.

Orient Commercial Bank signed a deal with Trend Micro on Thursday for security solutions to protect its online banking customers from cyberthreats.

High demand for tech talent and experienced senior professionals were recognised for Vietnamese market labour in 2018, according to the 2019 Salary Survey released recently by the UK-based Robert Walters.