Vietnam
Hanoi launches global designer competition to rejuvenate old buildings and public spaces
Typical Hanoi neighbourhood around Huu Tiep Lake in central Ba Dinh district - the city has a lot of potential for...
Vietnam Airlines secures license for direct US flights
Vietnam Airlines has been allowed by the US Federal Aviation
Administration to operate direct flights from Hanoi and...
Vietnam expects $800 million in startup investments this year
Vietnam's startup sector is growing at a rapid pace despite the global economic slump, closing up to...
Grab eyes substantial investment in Vietnam
Singapore-based ride-hailing service provider Grab is set to invest “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam, where the...
Vietnam among top ten fastest-growing tourism destinations worldwide
Nha Trang beach, one of Vietnam's tourism highlights © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam has been ranked as one of...
Vietnam launched Facebook-like platform called Gapo
Vietnam's Internet users on July 23 swamped a new, homegrown social media platform called Gapo, a mobile...
Vietnam to sell stake in state-owned military bank
The Vietnamese government is planning to divest 7.5 per cent stake in Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank...
Vietnam aims to become ASEAN’s leading digital economy
Vietnam aims to become the leading digital economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by...
Vietnam’s new high-speed Reunification Express proposed for $26 billion
Vietnam’s ministry of planning and investment has presented a new concept for the country’s planned north-south high-speed...
Vietnam to hike minimum wages by 5.5%
Vietnam will next year lift regional minimum salaries in the
private sector by 5.5 per cent after labour...
Vietnam, EU sign landmark free trade deal
The European Union signed an “ambitious” free trade deal with Vietnam on June 30, the first of...
Vietnam gets 3,000 electric buses to reduce traffic emissions and noise
A new non-profit bus service will bring at least 3,000 new electric buses to Vietnamese roads next...
Thailand tourism arrivals, spending drop for the first time in years
Thailand for the first time since 2014 – the year of the latest
military coup – is faced...
LG moves phone production to Vietnam, shuts down South Korea factory
South Korean electronics maker LG Electronics said on April
25 it would move its smartphone production from South...
AirAsia drops plan for joint-venture in Vietnam
AirAsia’s meanwhile third attempt to set up a low-cost carrier in Vietnam has fallen through as the...
Tourism arrivals in Vietnam on steady growth trajectory
Unspoiled beach in the coastal city of Da Nang in central Vietnam © Arno Maierbrugger
International visitor...
Vietnam wants 5% of population to own stocks
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange © Arno Maierbrugger
The Vietnam government is encouraging its people to have...
Laos launches e-visa this June
In a bid to attract more tourists and reduce waiting times at border checkpoints, Laos’ ministry of...
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Hanoi launches global designer competition to rejuvenate old buildings and public spaces
Typical Hanoi neighbourhood around Huu Tiep Lake in central Ba Dinh district - the city has a lot of potential for...