Việt Nam News

United Overseas Bank Vietnam Ltd yesterday (Thursday) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Việt Nam – Singapore Industrial Park to encourage and facilitate foreign direct investment in Việt Nam.

Asanzo Việt Nam JSC signed a co-operation agreement with the Việt Nam Cable Television Corporation (VTVcab) and NextMedia on the application of VTVcab ON on Asanzo’s smart devices.

ManpowerGroup, one of the leading international workforce solution companies, launched yesterday (August 9) in HCM City its Experis service which helps employers fill vacancies for highly skilled IT, finance and engineering positions.

The US-owned Universal Robot (UR), the pioneer of collaborative robots (cobots), is optimistic about expanding its presence in Việt Nam in line with the Government’s increasing focus on Industry 4.0.

Bảo Việt Securities Joint Stock Company (BVSC) has been named Best Securities Advisory Firm – Vietnam by the UK’s International Finance Magazine.

AirAsia has unveiled its fifth route into Việt Nam, as the low-cost carrier launched its direct flight from Kuala Lumpur to Phú Quốc Island in the southern province of Kiên Giang.

Credit Suisse has been named Việt Nam’s best investment bank in the Euromoney 2018 awards for excellence and best international investment bank in the Finance Asia 2018 Country Awards for Achievement, winning each award for the ninth time.

HDBank, one of Việt Nam’s largest joint stock banks, opened a branch each in Bình Thuận and Bắc Ninh provinces on August 3, taking its total number of branches to 267.

Singapore’s Ascott Limited has officially launched Việt Nam’s largest serviced residence, Citadines Blue Cove Đà Nẵng by the Hàn River on the Sơn Trà peninsula.

The new Vietnam Australia International School (VAS) - Sala Mega Campus in District 2 and Riverside Mega Campus in District 7 began recruiting students this month for classes from the kindergarten to secondary school level.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) have announced a strategic co-operation programme on providing international standard milk products for global customers.

Vietjet has been recognised as one of the 1,000 biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2017, following a list announced by the Ministry of Finance’s General Department of Taxation last week in the capital.

Air New Zealand is offering discounts on several routes from Việt Nam to Auckland from now until August 22.

CMC Telecom on Sunday announced it has become the first service provider in the world to achieve Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) 3.0 certification.

Vietnam International Bank (VIB) announced last week that it has repurchased more than VNĐ1.46 trillion (US$64.2 million) worth of debt from the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC).

The BKAV SmartHome company has launched security equipment integrating artificial intelligence for the first time in the country at a price of VNĐ50 million (US$2,200).

Lê Thị Bích Hồng, 33, has been promoted to become the first woman captain at budget airline Jetstar Pacific, after she notched 4,000 hours of flying aircraft Airbus A320, the company said in a statement on August 2.

Kaspersky Lab has launched Kaspersky Security Cloud, an adaptive protection service that goes even further than conventional antivirus to protect users from problems they may encounter in the digital world.