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, …
Vietnam allocates nearly US$130 million for Covid-19 fight
Nearly VN$3 trillion (US$130.16 million) sourced from Vietnam’s state budget has been disbursed for COVID-19 control and prevention since the start of the year, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
The race is on for Vietnam’s key fintech players
Risk-taking has its rewards and shortfalls, but in Vietnam, that’s what local fintech players are prepared to do. The battleground is primed as more fintech players rise up in hopes of becoming the …
E-mart to sell retail business in Vietnam
By Kim Jae-heun E-mart said it will sell its retail store business in Vietnam to a local firm there after facing repeated obstacles to expanding its operations in the Southeast As …
E-mart to sell retail business in Vietnam
By Kim Jae-heun E-mart said it will sell its retail store business in Vietnam to a local firm there after facing repeated obstacles to expanding its operations in the Southeast As …
Vietnam shuts industrial parks housing Foxconn plants after COVID-19 outbreak
HANOI: Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang ordered on Tuesday four industrial parks, including three that house production facilities of …