Intel reportedly shelves planned chip operation expansion in Vietnam
Intel’s about-turn would be a blow to Vietnam’s growing ambitions to play a larger role in the global semiconductor industry. It has been holding talks with chipmakers, hoping to lure firms seeking to diversify their supply chain.
Vietnam aims high on semiconductors
The launch of the Vietnam Semiconductor Innovation Network was big, but just the starting point of the country’s ambition to stay at the forefront of the global chip supply chain.
Vietnam calls for political will, international action to respond to sea-level rise
The ambassador also emphasised the need to consider the issue of sea level rise and all efforts and measures to address the impact of this phenomenon based on international law.
Vietnamese ethnic minority women communicate in English fluently
Ly Thi Co and Thao Thi Tra, members of the ethnic minority community in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam, have amazed many visitors with their fluency in English though they are almost illiterate in Vietnamese.
Dutch semiconductor chip firm Besi to invest in Ho Chi Minh City
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi), a Dutch maker of chip equipment, will develop a factory project for semiconductor equipment components with a first-phase cost of US$4.7 million in the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City, an economic…
Hanoi pho story transcends poverty and gourmet
Hanoi’s centuries-old hometown specialty noodle soup, pho, is not only delicious, but a vehicle by which class lines can fade, according to a history of the dish published last year.
Vietnam turns to rooftop solar as blackouts hit country
Government aims for 50% of houses and offices to have PV panels by 2030
Foreign tourists to HCMC reaches 82% of year’s target
Foreign arrivals to Ho Chi Minh City reached 4.12 million during January – October period, or 82% of the set target of five million.
Vietnam uncovers oldest human remains
Skeletal remains dating back 10,000 years have been found in the northern province of Ha Nam, marking the oldest human fossil ever unearthed in Vietnam.
Vietnam : Internet freedom critical for the right to development
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Mr. Surya Deva’s, upcoming official country visit to Vietnam from 6 to 15 November 2023 is a welcome opportunity to press the Vietnamese authorities on the relationship between internet freedom…
Au Vietnam, le gouvernement renforce la répression contre les militants écologistes
Au Vietnam, la célèbre militante écologiste Hoang Thi Minh Hong a été condamnée à une peine de trois ans de prison. Le motif invoqué par le gouvernement : l’évasion fiscale… Difficile à croire : depuis 2021, les arrestations des défenseurs de l’environnement…
Property developer jailed for life after selling non-existent projects
Members of a company in the southern Binh Duong Province have received jail terms for selling non-existent projects to 384 people for VND162 billion (US$6.6 million).
Dutch firms eye chips making in Vietnam amid China tensions
Dutch semiconductor companies and suppliers are planning manufacturing investments in Vietnam, top officials told Reuters on Thursday during a business mission to Hanoi led by outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
An-My Lê left Vietnam as a child. she returned as a photographer.
At MoMA, her images of Vietnam, the American South and the California desert show the vanishing line between boot camp and theater, fiction and truth. They are tour-de-force beautiful.
U.S. ambassador tours Orange County Vietnamese communities
The United States ambassador to Vietnam and local elected leaders on Monday stressed the importance of building economic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam as they toured Little Saigon and met with residents.
Vietnam eyes $200B bilateral trade with US
Vietnamese and U.S. businesses should increase partnership to bring the two countries’ trade value to a new record of $200 billion, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said Tuesday.
PM set for official Vietnam trip
Prime Minister Hun Manet is slated to pay his first official visit to Vietnam this December, as the neighbouring countries beef up bilateral cooperation across various sectors.
G7 offers costly loans, few grants to help Vietnam cut coal
Group of Seven (G7) members offered Vietnam more than $300 million in grants to support plans to reduce coal use, documents seen by Reuters show, accounting for 2% of a financial package made up mostly of costly loans that Hanoi…
Vietnam eyes first semiconductor plant, US officials warn of high costs
Vietnam is holding talks with chips companies with the aim of boosting investment in the country and possibly building its first chipmaking plant, or fab, two business executives said, despite warnings from U.S. industry officials about high costs.
Can Vietnam become the next Asian tiger ?
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising US–China trade tensions, Vietnam leapfrogged South Korea to become the United States’ sixth largest trade partner by import value in 2022. This jump represents an important pivot in Vietnam’s economy — Vietnam’s biggest export to the…
Foreign investment surges in Vietnam as companies plan new factories
Foreign investment in Vietnam surged in October as the manufacturing hub attracted more than double the financial pledges it has received monthly this year, amid a big boost in spending for new plants, official data showed on Friday.
A first look at Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service in Vietnam
Satellite internet service Starlink by SpaceX provides a download speed at 200 Mbps, but has not been available for official use in Vietnam yet.
Vietnam’s tourism branding is poor
Some Vietnamese resorts cost millions of dollars, but they advertise themselves using bad-quality photos.
Lack of water a devastating problem for Hanoians
Nguyen Thi Phuong drives 70 km daily, from Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District to her hometown in Phuc Tho District and back, to bring 100 liters of water to her family.
61 Vietnamese identified among those rescued from scam casinos in Myanmar
Sixty-one Vietnamese citizens were among nearly 200 foreigners who were recently rescued by Myanmar authorities from fraudulent gambling establishments in the country’s northern areas, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to visit Vietnam next week
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and his entourage including hi-tech entrepreneurs will visit Vietnam from November 1 to 2 to further promote comprehensive cooperation, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday.