Việt Nam News

Confectionery maker Mondelez Kinh Đô has announced plans to launch more than 40 new products for the Lunar New Year next month.

Construction of the first office tower began at the OneHub Sài Gòn - HCM City’s business park in the Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park on Tuesday by Singapore-based Ascendas-Singbridge and its partner, Sài Gòn Bund Capital Partners.

Tiên Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) in Hà Nội received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification on Tuesday.

Việt Nam is one of the countries that has effectively used the official development assistance (ODA) provided by South Korea over the past few years.

“We are making greater efforts in ensuring the bank’s operation with the best and most transparent standards," VIB general director Hàn Ngọc Vũ said.

China-based Chongqing Airlines launched a direct service on Tuesday connecting Chongqing, a major city in southwest China, and Hà Nội.

The total seafood output is expected to reach 7-7.5 million tonnes, up 3.8 per cent year-on-year.

Big C supermarket chain has promised to keep prices of 11,300 fast moving consumer goods steady from now until Tết (the Lunar New Year).

JD.com China’s largest retailer, has gained another foothold in Southeast Asia with its strategic investment in Tiki, Việt Nam’s leading B2C e-commerce platform.

Princess Cruises, a five-star premium cruise line, on January 16 announced that it would bring 80,000 international tourists to Việt Nam this year, 40 per cent more than last year.

First Solar, a global manufacturer of thin-film modules, has said it will increase the total number of employees in Vietnam to over 950 after recently announcing plans to open its second factory in the country in the Đông Nam Industrial Park in HCM City.

Agriculture Hub Vietnam, the country’s largest exhibition in the agricultural sector and comprising three separate international exhibitions on livestock breeding, cultivation, and agricultural machinery and equipment, will be held in HCM City in  March.

 The Việt Nam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera) recorded a pre-tax profit of nearly VNĐ1.02 trillion (US$44.83 million) in 2017.

HI-TEK Inc officially launched its one-stop-shopping tourism website system worldwide on Saturday in Hà Nội through travel.vn, hotel.vn, vietnamesevisa.com and prebook.com.

Vingroup and Tân Hoàng Minh were leading in sales volume and revenue of apartments in the local property market in the fourth quarter of 2017 (Q4/2017), according to the Savills Việt Nam, a foreign property service provider in the country.

Trường Hải Auto Corporation (THACO) plans to put into operation 15 large-scale BMW-brand showrooms in HCM City, Hà Nội and other major provinces and cities this year to provide the best care and best after-sales services to customers across the country.

By the end of 2017, Viettel Post has reached a total turnover of VNĐ5.1 trillion (US$226 million) or 112.3 per cent of yearly target.

The first plant producing smart fertiliser products opened in the southern province of Trà Vinh’s Long Đức Industrial Zone last Saturday.