SK Group, South Korea’s the country’s third-largest conglomerate, is investing in the largest retail chain in Vietnam to gain greater access to the fast-growing Southeast Asian market.
Vietnam reports 25 new COVID-19 cases, 2,758 in total
HANOI, April 15 (Xinhua) — Vietnam recorded 25 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Thursday, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 2,758, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Vietnam confirms 21 imported cases, including an Indian expert
VOV.VN – Twenty-one people, including an Indian citizen, have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after entering Vietnam, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced in its 18.00hrs update on April 15.
Child obesity at alarming levels in Vietnam
VOV.VN – The rate of overweight and obese children in the nation has more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to recent nutrition research conducted by the National Institute of Nutrition.
Fresh CEO rush shakes up Vietnam’s banking arena
With competition in the financial landscape mounting in recent years, a wave of new CEOs in some major foreign-invested banks operating in Vietnam is slated to boost corporate innovation and …
Vietnam tests waters for plastic credits to fight marine pollution
It was just a reusable bag, and few people would have been as excited as Barak Ekshtein when he saw it produced at a Vietnam factory for a French grocer. The eco-entrepreneur was drawn by its blue-and …
Vietnam’s Great Debate Over Democracy
Doi Moi, Vietnam’s economic reforms since the late 1980s, created economic opportunity that has lifted millions of people out of poverty. However, fuelled by three decades of economic growth …
Exclusive: Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways plans to raise $200 million in U.S. IPO – chairman
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways plans to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering in the United States, potentially securing a market capitalisation of up to $4 billion, its …
Regime-change through American military action failed in Vietnam — and now it fails in Afghanistan
The corrupt Afghan government that the United States propped up will crumble as our remaining troops leave. It took a long, long time for the United States to accept the fact that we had lost the …
Solo swim: the fighting fish raised alone in Vietnam
Thousands of glass and plastic bottles lie across the floor of Tran Ngoc Thang’s farm in Hanoi, each one home to an aggressive, brightly coloured fish that must be raised alone.