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A year of triumph for CapitaLand Vietnam
Although the Singapore-listed developer’s official business results for 2017 are not yet out, last year was a great success for CapitaLand Vietnam.
Go-Jek to set foot in Vietnam?
Motorcycle ride-hailing transportation provider Go-Jek from Indonesia has recruited experts to advise for its expansion in Vietnam to break the dominance of Uber and Grab, according to newswire TheLEADER.
Vietnam takes first steps towards establishing super committee
Though advocating the establishment of a super committee to manage state capital in enterprises, economists remain divided on how exactly it should be done.
Coffee to be restructured for higher quality production
Vietnam will narrow down its coffee plantation areas and focus more on improving coffee product structure in a bid to create high-quality beans with higher productivity.
Vietnam’s foreign retail giants see different tales
While numerous foreign retail giants are planning to increase investment and expand their businesses to exploit the market, Malaysian retail group Parkson has seen dropping sales before finally shutting down.
Revived TPP will benefit its members without US
While rumours circulate of the US potentially re-joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the UK has also recently expressed wishes to have its name added to the pact.
Heated debate over new pharmaceutical FIE regulation
Decree No.54/2017/ND-CP, which was issued in 2017 to guide the implementation of the Law on Pharmaceuticals and took effect on July 2017, has caused great concerns among foreign pharmaceutical companies.
Indonesia craves Vietnamese coffee
In a bid to sate Indonesia’s growing thirst for coffee, the nation’s coffee firms are rushing to Vietnam to seek partners in order to secure a stable input of raw materials.
Gas and oil firms fall on hard times in real estate sector
Irrespective of listed domestic giants like Vingroup and Novaland Group securing substantial sales revenue and profits from the real estate sector in 2017, the 12 medium- and small-scale domestic gas and oil firms which previously poured significant capital into the sector were reported to suffer heavy losses.
Giant solar power plant to start operation this year
Gia Lai Electricity JSC’s Phong Dien solar power plant is expected to start operation in September and generate power for 32,628 households.