Tropical Storm Nesat, located off the Philippines, is forecast to enter the East Vietnam Sea on Sunday, becoming the sixth storm to hit Vietnam this year. Storm Nesat was situated 90 kilometers north …
Vietnam’s VinFast recalls EVs in domestic market
HANOI: Vietnam’s VinFast said today it would recall 730 of its model VF e34 electric cars (EVs), which are available only on the domestic market, to make checks and replace their side crash sensors.
Addressing future of embedded finance in Vietnam
Non-banking institutions increasingly provide financial services, including payments, loans, insurance, and digital wallets, adopting a so-called embedded finance application.
Vietnam calls for budget guarantee for UN development system
Minister Counsellor Le Thi Minh Thoa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), called for international efforts to ensure financing for the UN development system’s …
Vietnam’s central bank places lender under ‘special scrutiny’
The State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, said it has placed Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) under “special scrutiny” to stabilise its operations after depositors thronged the …
Ukraine Isn’t Munich—or Vietnam or Berlin
We’re fighting a Vietnam redux. It’s 1938 all over again. The Guns of August are around the corner. A new Cold War has begun. A raft of historical analogies has swirled around Ukraine coverage that …
President Halimah Yacob to meet Vietnam leaders during state visit
HANOI – President Halimah Yacob will make a state visit to Vietnam from Sunday at the invitation of her counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Madam Halimah will first visit Hanoi, where she will call on …
Vietnam’s F1 track abandoned as hopes fade for debut grand prix and its big racing dreams
Fenced off to the public and dotted with plastic waste, Hanoi’s motor race circuit lies largely abandoned while hopes fade that Vietnam’s capital will ever host a Formula One grand prix.
VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 15
With the above figures, Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 6 billion USD. Remarkably, Vietnam’s exports to Canada and Mexico grew by 32% and 9.2% to 4.5 billion USD and 3.2 billion USD, respectively.
Asia Coffee – Vietnam braces for heavy rains, supplies dwindle in Indonesia
Vietnam’s Central Highlands is expected to face heavy rains this week that may disrupt coffee harvest in the country’s largest coffee-growing area, while supplies tightened in Indonesia at the end of …