Amid a growing interest in Vietnam from global garment and technology companies, foreign logistics firms are expanding cross-border transport services between Vietnam, China, and other countries in the region to meet the growing demand.

Norwegian telecom provider Telenor ASA has entered into an agreement to take over the online marketplaces Chotot and Imsold in Vietnam, as well as other online classifieds websites in Malaysia and Myanmar.

On May 15 and 16, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) awarded the first international financial reporting standards (IFRS) certificates in Vietnam to nearly 80 financial experts and university lecturers in the country.

As learned from the examples of successful industrial economies, large corporations in the Vietnamese private sector will play a strategic role in economic growth. To boost the private sector’s global competitiveness, Vietnam needs to reform its business environment.

With growing innovation in the sector, experts and investors note that wind power projects in Vietnam will be feasible with an 8-9 US cent per kWh feed-in-tariff.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) usually start with friendly handshakes, but underneath the friendly facade there are several intense battles to manipulate enterprises. These different shades of the game make up a diverse M&A spectrum.

Practical Money Skills, a financial literacy programme for students, is back for its sixth instalment, and is this year asking students to submit photographs that depict their daily struggles in managing their money.

As Vietnam plans for its power development over the next decade, coal is set to play an important part in ensuring the country’s energy security.

After leaving its project in South Cam Ranh Industrial Zone in the central province of Khanh Hoa abandoned for eight years, Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) may soon lose its licence to develop the project.

Vietnam is attracting a large amount of FDI, but the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) called attention to the quality of the capital and the speed at which it is disbursed, instead of the registered amount.