Việt Nam News

Domestic carriers made efforts in July to improve their on-time performance rate despite an increase in the number of flights, the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam (CAAV) said.

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company (HEC) has won a US$320 million contract to build facilities at the Long Sơn Petrochemical Complex.

The State Bank of Việt Nam issued bills worth VNĐ29 trillion (US$1.27 billion) last week, according to a report from the Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI)’s retail research division.

Military-run telecom group Viettel on Tuesday announced that it was increasing its broadband speed for free for all its subscribers nationwide.

In a lucky draw four Michelin customers won free trips together worth VNĐ320 million (U$$14,200) to the Japanese Formula One in September at the Twin Ring Motegi course.

To mark summer 2017, Vinpearl Land Nha Trang has introduced many new games and expand its entertainment area from 50ha to 70ha.

Foreign investment is needed to address the capital shortage in the production of textile and garment materials in Việt Nam. In fact, to meet the demand for clothes and ancillary materials for outsourcing enterprises by 2025, Việt Nam needs some US$22 billion invested in textile and dyeing, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

“This transitioning weather is always favoured by tourists for travel. This is also the best time for everyone to show their beloved ones they care by traveling to international destinations thanks to the cool weather,” Vietjet said in its statement.

FLC Group has won the auction organised by Number 5 Auction JSC for the purchase of a 64,077sq.m. land lot in Đại Mỗ Ward, Hà Nội’s Nam Từ Liêm District.

The National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development (NATEC) announced the fourth Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme yesterday.

After the opening of Japan's first 7-Eleven store in Việt Nam in June, South Korea’s GS25 convenience store chain has official announced its intention to enter the market, reported online news website ndh.vn.

E-commerce platform Sendo.vn recently announced it is collaborating with Google to digitise and offer automatic online advertising service Shop Ads to 120,000 merchants on its marketplace.

Global supplier of industrial barcode readers and machine vision systems Cognex Corporation has announced the opening of its first office in Việt Nam.

Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank has signed a 15-year bancassurance partnership with FWD Vietnam Life Insurance Company Ltd. to provide comprehensive and diverse life insurance products for the bank’s customers. 

Audi Việt Nam is recalling 33 Audi Q3 units produced from June 2016 to November 2016 to check and update the information control system software.

Shopee Vietnam, an e-commerce platform that provides a wide range of products, has garnered over four million listings and five million downloads since launching in Việt Nam a year a go.

In the first six months of 2017, the company’s growth in passengers on international routes rose by 130 per cent, making it the main momentum for last quarter’s growth, Vietjet said in its statement.

SWIFT has announced that Vietcombank is the first bank in Việt Nam to sign up for SWIFT GPI -- its global payments innovation initiative.