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.
HCMC’s ‘sleep boxes’ are uncharted territory for Vietnam
« Sleep boxes » measuring two square meters are a trending housing option in HCMC for people with low incomes, but they lack safety from fire and other hazards.
Vietnam to have 17 days of holidays in 2024
There will be 17 public holidays next year, including weekends and those that fall on weekends for which there are compensatory days off.
FLC leader faces ‘manipulation’ and ‘fraud’ charges
Police have recommended « stock market manipulation » and « obtaining property by fraud » charges against former FLC chairman Trinh Van Quyet for stock market moves that won him VND4.332 trillion ($176.2 million).
Court orders Chinese, Korean contractors to compensate for poor-quality Vietnam expressway
Five contractors from China, South Korea and Vietnam were ordered by court on Friday to pay VND460 billion (US$18.7 million) in compensation for delivering an expressway that did not meet quality standards.
Saigon residents lose homes after buying cheap land via hand-written papers
Many families in HCMC’s Binh Tan District had to hand over their homes after authorities followed up on warnings made years ago that the land they bought was encroaching public land.
Thai Airways to resume flights to Vietnam from Oct. 29
Thai Airways will resume its services in Vietnam from Oct. 29 following an inauguration ceremony held by the carrier and the Huong Giang Air Service Co., Ltd. (HG Aviation) in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Vietnam : Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in prison
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Vietnam eyes China model to seek index upgrade, boost investment
Vietnam is planning to relax its stock market settlement procedures for foreign investors, a critical measure to convince equity index managers to uprade the country to emerging market status and attract hundreds of millions of dollars of new investment, sources…
Police launch investigation into protests against new port
Police have launched a criminal investigation into a protest by 300 people against the construction of a container port in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa.
NA gives Vietnam’s defense minister highest confidence vote, education minister lowest
Results of votes of confidence for 44 officials, cast by the National Assembly in Hanoi on Wednesday morning, were announced in the afternoon.
‘Severely punished’: Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam’s crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.