Intel backs out of planned Vietnam chip expansion, report claims
According to a Reuters report, the company expressed concerns about the country’s excessive bureaucracy and unstable power supply.
France seeks 10 years jail for 4 accused in Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy
Prosecutors called on Tuesday for jail terms of 10 years for four men accused of manslaughter over the death of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a truck in England in 2019.
Residents of Da Nang’s flood zone forced to evacuate again
Floods triggered by heavy rains caused locals living along Me Suot Street in Da Nang’s Lien Chieu District to evacuate for the third time in two months late Tuesday night.
Vietnam’s richest person bets over $10 billion to break into the global EV market
Vietnam’s richest person, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, didn’t become worth over $4 billion without taking some risks. His current venture is to create Vietnam’s first global automaker, VinFast Auto, and he’s betting over $10 billion to make the company into a…
Work on urban project stopped for encroaching on Ha Long Bay
An urban project in Ha Long Bay that encroaches on a protected area has been put on hold for some environmental issues to be resolved.
Vietnam wants garbage classified next year at latest
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered localities to start enforcing a new three-category trash sorting policy no later than Dec. 31, 2024.
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…