HANOI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Vingroup VIC.HM, Vietnam’s biggest listed company, is seeking to raise 7 trillion dong ($303.6 million) through issue of domestic bonds this year to fuel its automobile and …
Vietnam makes proposal on building 2021-2022 CLMV Action Plan
Vietnam Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (CLMV SEOM) was held on January 25 via video conference, during which Vietnam suggested countries study and select the form of implementing projects suitable …
Standard Chartered forecasts Vietnam’s 2021 GDP growth at 7.8%
Standard Chartered has forecast that Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth would rebound to 7.8% in 2021 from 2.9% in 2020, with manufacturing likely to continue driving the economy, helping …
Remittances to Vietnam in 2020 fell 5% over 2019
Vietnam received $15.7 billion in 2020 remittances in 2020, placing it among the world’s top 10 recipient countries.Even with the pandemic forcing many businesses in foreign countries to halt …
Ruling Communist Party to set Vietnam’s course this week
Almost 1,600 leading members of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party meet this week to approve future policy and help select the nation’s top leaders amid talk whether …
Things every foreigner working in Vietnam need to know about new Labor Code
Foreigners working in Vietnam are to benefit from positive points of the new Labor Code which has been effective since January 1, 2021. However, some changes expected of by enterprises and their …
Vietnam congress, Fed meeting, tech reports, Davos goes online
This week brings two big gatherings with the Davos World Economic Forum going online all week, while Hanoi hosts the Vietnamese Communist party. The Federal …
Intensive Care: Vietnam veteran Ralph Bye’s battle with COVID-19 shows isolation, rapid spread of illness
Ralph Bye and his wife, Debra, took all precautions they could in their Post Falls home after the pandemic started, despite their initial skepticism about its severity. In December, 73-year-old …
Sister of Marine killed in Vietnam upset over city’s delay in repairing memorial
On Jan. 11, Dianne Protano watched in horror as the monument her brother Guy, who died in Vietnam, was knocked over by a large truck in Worcester.
How this Fall River business owner went from Vietnamese refugee to successful entrepreneur
The sight of his cancer-stricken mother-in-law sleeping on a floor in Vietnam motivated David Nguyen to go into the bedding business. That was three decades ago, and since then the owner of US Bedding …