Amanda Blanc has embarked on a slimming-down of the company’s global assets to focus on the UK, Ireland and Canada.
ManuLife to buy Aviva’s Vietnam unit; enters into bank distribution pact
British insurer Aviva PLC is selling its Vietnamese business to Canadian insurer ManuLife Financial Corp, it said on Monday, as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out from its non-core markets.
Factbox: Potential Candidates for Vietnam’s Leadership Transition
Discussion is heating up over the future leadership of Vietnam’s Communist Party, which meets this week ahead of a massive congress in January. Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by …
Why is hashtag ‘Ancient Pakistan’ trending?
Acting Ambassador of Pakistan to Vietnam Qamar Abbas Khokhar shared a reimagined photo of Taxila University and said that it existed in ‘ancient Pakistan’ 2,700 years ago …
Vietnam leadership wrangling heats up as Communist Party meets
As Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party started a week-long meeting on Monday, discussion has intensified over the top leadership that will emerge and set the tone for the next five years in the …
A German-Vietnamese social media star dies at 29, and other news from around the world.
Brittanya Karma posted her bucket list on Instagram last year. Featured in a magazine? Check. Appear on German TV? Check. Appear on Vietnamese TV? Check. Acquire one million views on Facebook? Check.
The Hacker News – Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Vietnamese Hackers
Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into …
U.K., Vietnam Reach Free-Trade Deal as Brexit Deadline Looms
Vietnam and the U.K. concluded a free-trade agreement that will eliminate virtually all tariffs between the two countries by the time it’s fully implemented.
Facebook Sniffs Out Groups of Hackers Based in Bangladesh, Vietnam
Facebook took action against two separate groups of hackers, in Bangladesh and Vietnam, removing their accounts and pages from its platform and sharing information that it uncovered with its industry …
Asia Today: Vietnam reports 1st local infection in 89 days | Raleigh News & Observer
Vietnamese authorities are conducting intensive contact tracing after discovering the country’s first confirmed local transmission of the coronavirus in 89 days.