Vietnam’s Fintech startup ecosystem has grown significantly between 2017 and 2020, according to a new report. There were 44 Fintech-related startups in the country in 2017 and now there are at least …
Transforming Vietnam into a smart tech hub
Digital transformation is expected to give a push to Vietnam’s economic development and foreign investment attraction, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the months to come on the back of …
Vietnam Nov trade surplus plunges to $600 mln, industrial output rises 9.2%
Laborers work at TAL garment factory in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam May 23, 2017. Picture taken May 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters HANOI — Vietnam’s trade surplus in November likely plunged to $600 million …
Coherence towards a faster recovery and convergent growth: Vietnam as template
Incoherence, thy footprint is everywhere! Vietnam by contrast is a template for coherence: not just in its anti-COVID-19 program but more especially in its chosen pathway for long-term post-COVID-19 …
Fifty Years Later, Agent Orange Still Kills in Vietnam
Agent Orange has become a contentious legal and political issue, both within Vietnam and internationally. Here’s What You Need To Remember: The consequences of the defoliant have been toxic for …
Ditch Vietnam coal-fired plant, investors tell Mitsubishi and banks
A group of mostly European asset managers have urged trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and seven other Japanese companies to withdraw from a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, which they say is …
Vietnam seizes 30kg of drugs transported from Cambodia; confirms 8 imported Covid-19 cases
Police of southern Vietnam’s An Giang province have confiscated over 30 kg of ketamine transported from Cambodia to the country, Vietnam News Agency has reported.
China’s Modern Military Grew Out of its 1979 War with Vietnam
Both China and Vietnam will never forget it. Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the Sino-Vietnamese border wars might have seemed insignificant, they proved to be an effective testing ground for …
Close to 180 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Brunei
Nearly 180 Vietnamese citizens in Brunei were flown home safely aboard a VietJet Air flight on The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy organised an online forum on Vietnam-Italy economic cooperation to beef …
UOB and Vietnam government agency secure more than $3 billion foreign direct investment
UOB has secured more than S$3 billion of foreign direct investment into Vietnam in alliance with Vietnam’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) and is facilitating an additional pipeline of more than S$1.5 …