After shutting down four industrial parks in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, authorities are scrambling to smother outbreaks of COVID-19 at other parks to protect the country’s position as a regional …
Vietnam’s new Covid wave tally crosses 1,500
A HCMC man is among 30 new Covid-19 patients recorded in Vietnam Wednesday morning, raising the nation’s infection tally in the new coronavirus wave to 1,503.
Poor Vietnamese in Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia receive relief aids
Vietnam Consulate General coordinated with Khmer-Vietnam Association’s Executive Committee held a ceremony to give 434 gift packs to families in difficult circumstances in Preah Sihanouk on the …
South Korean retailer E-mart to sell retail business in Vietnam: Korea Times
E-mart, South Korea’s largest retailer, has said it will sell its retail store business in Vietnam to local firm Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) Group after facing a slew of obstacles to expand …
We must not repeat the Vietnam refugee tragedy in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan must not end with a betrayal of our Afghan allies, says the author of this commentary.
Passport pain spreads, hordes of Nigerians in Vietnam abandoned, risk mass deportation
Solomon Odeniyi Published 19 May 2021Nigerians with expired passports in Vietnam have been undergoing rough deals and facing the possibility of being forecefully sent back home soon. Some of them …
‘Just like Vietnam’: Worries mount over U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The U.S. military exit from Afghanistan is beginning to look “just like Vietnam,” a key lawmaker warned Tuesday as questions grow about the Biden administration’s short-term strategy to ensure U.S.
Alibaba, partners invest $400m in Vietnam’s Masan Group to expand online groceries business
The move is akin to Lazada’s acquisition of online grocery shopping platform RedMart in Singapore in 2016, which widened Lazada’s local offerings.
Great opportunity for Vietnam’s semiconductor industry
In 1970-1980, late professor Tran Dai Nghia cherished a plan to build a semiconductor industry in Vietnam. He ordered a production line of Thomson-CFS (the predecessor of Thales Group, France), but …
Alibaba, investors inject US$400 million into Vietnam retailer
A consortium led by China’s Alibaba Group and Baring Private Equity Asia is investing US$400 million into the retail arm of Vietnam’s Masan Group. The consortium will take a 5.5% stake in The CrownX, …