Ho Chi Minh City
What Covid? Vietnam to open 123 new hotels in the coming years
The spectacular Empire City Hotel in Ho Chi Minh CIty will be a new landmark
The Covid-19...
Vietnam to build 4,000 kilometers of expressways for $36 billion
The new Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway
The government of Vietnam will build 4,000 kilometers of expressways as part of...
Vietnam one of co-working giant WeWork’s best Southeast Asian markets
WeWork's E. Town Center in Ho Chi Minh City's district four © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam is among the...
Foreign investment flocks to Ho Chi Minh City despite pandemic
Night view of the Ho Chi Minh City skyline
Vietnam’s southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City...
Vietnam starts building new mega-airport
Notwithstanding a collapse in the tourism and aviation industry as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Vietnam...
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...
Vietnam new hotspot for luxury property
Vietnam has become a new preferred location for luxury property buyers, whether domestic or foreign, due to the country’s impressive economic growth and easier...
HCMC, Hanoi, Manila, Bangkok among world’s most dynamic cities
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi appear prominently among the global Top 10 most dynamically growing cities in the new City Momentum Index...
Ride-hailing service Go-Jek launched in Thailand under ‘Get’
Indonesia's ride-hailing provider launched its service under the name of Get on December 14 for the Thai market – at first with a beta...
Three Southeast Asian cities among most visited in 2018
Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur made it once again into the top-ten list of most visited cities 2018 issued by business intelligence firm Euromonitor...
AirAsia to finally set up airline in Vietnam
AirAsia Group, the largest low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, said December 6 that it has agreed with a partner in Vietnam to launch a...
Indonesia’s Go-Jek launches first service abroad in Vietnam
Indonesia's fast-growing ride-hailing service Go-Jek launched its first International operations in Vietnam, with the brand Go-Viet now available on Google Play Store and Apple...
Bamboo Air set to disrupt Vietnam’s busy airspace
Bamboo Airways, a new airline in Vietnam launched by property developer FLC Group, is set to compete in one of Southeast Asia’s busiest aviation...
Three Vietnamese cities added to proposed ASEAN smart cities network
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang in Vietnam will be part of the network of smart cities in the Association of Southeast...
Foreign startup founders flock to Vietnam
Vietnam’s vibrant startup scene is not only fostering a new class of domestic entrepreneurs, it is also attracting a growing number of foreigners who...
Finally, McDonald’s ventures into Communist heartland Hanoi
US fast food chain McDonald’s, the epitome of Capitalism, on December 2 finally opened its first store in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, one of the...
Vietnam’s biggest-ever IPO rocks stock market
The Communist nation of Vietnam saw its biggest-ever initial public offering at the stock market on October 26, with the retail unit of the...
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Covid-19 fallout will cost the Philippines some $800 billion in coming decades
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India’s car sharing platform Zoomcar expands to Indonesia, Vietnam
Zoomcar, an India-founded car sharing marketplace covering emerging markets, announced on September 21 that it is expanding further in Southeast Asia by starting operations...