Việt Nam News

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and Industry 4.0 required construction firms to invest in technology to improve efficiency.

A year after acquiring VinCommerce, Masan is restructuring the supermarket chain to realise its vision of becoming a retail-consumer unicorn. During a turbulent 2020, when many businesses were hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, Masan and its affiliates went on to complete major M&A deals, including the acquisitions of VinCommerce, NET Detergent and the tungsten business platform of H.C.Starck, and buying a stake in 3F Viet, a leading Vietnamese poultry player. 

Corporate social responsibility is the decisive factor that could enable Vietnamese firms to survive the pandemic, Berend van Wel, the managing director of FrieslandCampina Vietnam (FCV), has said.

Digital transformation holds the key to businesses keeping up with market trends, overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities amid the current unpredictable situation.

With traditional markets in HCM City struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more of their shop owners are looking to sell their goods on online channels such as delivery apps and social media.

The government has added the supportive industries park in the boundary of the Đà Nẵng Hi-Tech park in the Master Plan of the national industrial park development in 2030-45.

The two words that best summarise Nestlé's 25-year journey in Việt Nam are “sustainable development”, Binu Jacob, CEO of Nestlé Vietnam tells Việt Nam News. 

Chairman of the Việt Nam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), Lê Tiến Trường, tells our special issue about it overcoming unparalleled obstacles in 2020 and what this year may hold.

The Saigon Hi-tech Park will create favourable conditions to attract investment in the tech and supporting industries this year, its head has said.

With Lunar New Year approaching, many car owners in HCM City have lined up at vehicle restoration shops to repair and upgrade their vehicles.

Milk consumption is expected to increase by 7 per cent this year, analysts at SSI Securities Corporation have said.

Việt Nam’s effective control over the COVID-19 pandemic along with it signing a host of new free trade agreements has resulted in many global tech giants shifting their investment to the country.

Almost 47 per cent of Japanese enterprises plan to expand their business in Việt Nam in the next one to two years, a survey by the Japan External Trade Organisation on business conditions of Japanese companies in Asia and Oceania has found.

As trade protectionism is forecast to grow further around the world in 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is set to step up trade defence measures in accordance with international law and commitments.

Central provinces must adjust their socio-economic development goals and strategies to minimise the adverse effects brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters in 2020, officials have said.

Việt Nam imported more than 141,000 tonnes of pork worth US$334.4 million in 2020, representing a rise of 382 per cent and 500 per cent over the previous year, respectively, customs statistics showed.

Bảo Việt Holdings and its affiliates reported positive growth last year with total turnover of VNĐ48.949 trillion (US$2.12 billion), up 9.1 per cent year-on-year and surpassing the annual target by 8.9 per cent.

Nearly 86,270 securities trading accounts were opened by domestic investors in January, an increase of 36.4 per cent from the previous month.