Vietnam was mobilizing to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Using mass texts, TV ads, billboards, posters and loudspeakers, the government exhorted the nation’s 100 million citizens to identify …
Tips for Vietnamese startups to build a business model from scratch
The Grab online food delivery and cloud kitchen platforms have proven a saving grace for many food and beverage startups hit hardest by the crisis.
Death toll rises in Vietnam as parade of tropical systems continues in the South China Sea
The death toll is rising across central Vietnam after multiple tropical systems brought flooding downpours to the country last week. As recovery efforts persist, the region isn’t out of the woods just …
18 dead, 14 missing as multiple storms batter central Vietnam, Hanoi
“As of Sunday evening, a total of 15 deaths and 10 missing people were reported in provinces stretching along the central Vietnamese coastline and up into the central highlands,” Vietnam’s Central …
Flooding in central Vietnam kills 17 since last week
Torrential rains have flooded central Vietnam and killed at least 17 people since last week, as the region braces for more heavy rainfall, state media reported Monday. According to weather forecasters …
Floods, rough seas kill 18 in Vietnam as fresh storm on the way
At least 18 people died and more than a dozen are missing after floods submerged homes in central Vietnam and rough seas capsized fishing boats, authorities said Monday, as another storm threatened …
‘I Don’t Blame Anyone’: Vietnam Truck Tragedy Families Speak Out One Year On
Le Minh Tuan has curled up in the bed of his deceased son every night since the young man suffocated in a truck in Britain alongside dozens of other Vietnamese migrants one year ago. Four men are on …
Vietnam’s newest unicorn has been hiding in plain sight
Its subsidiary VNPay, however, is recognized by locals in Vietnam’s key cities of Saigon and Hanoi for its sprawling QR code payment network. What many of them don’t realize is that VNPay is also …
Tropical Storm Nangka approaches Vietnam
After days of torrential rain and life-threatening flooding, another Tropical Storm looks set to hit Vietnam. Chris Fawkes has details. Copernicus, the EU’s climate change service, have said global …
Vietnam, Japan to allow resumption of short-term business trips
The Governments of Vietnam and Japan are set to come to an agreement to allow businesspeople to resume travelling between the two countries for short work-related trips as early as this month, …