Sun Life Financial completes acquisition of remaining 25% in PVI Sun Life
Sun Life Financial completes acquisition of remaining 25% in PVI Sun Life

Sun Life Financial Inc. on November 9 announced the completion of the acquisition of the remaining 25% charter capital of PVI Sun Life Insurance Company Limited from PVI Holdings following receipt of regulatory approval.

Sun Life Financial completes acquisition of remaining 25% in PVI Sun Life
Argentina potential market for Vietnam export products
Argentina potential market for Vietnam export products

VOV.VN - With more than 40 million people, Argentina is a potential market for Vietnam exporters and investors.

Argentina potential market for Vietnam export products
HEINEKEN Vietnam Brewery ranks third in Vietnam’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
HEINEKEN Vietnam Brewery ranks third in Vietnam’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies

HEINEKEN Vietnam Brewery is ranked third in Vietnam’s Corporate Sustainability Index (CSI), announced at the Vietnam Sustainability Forum 2016 organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on November 8.

HEINEKEN Vietnam Brewery ranks third in Vietnam’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
Getting credit still tough for SMEs
Getting credit still tough for SMEs

Lack of capital and access to credit remain the most serious obstacles to the success of Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), a report by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) said. 

Getting credit still tough for SMEs
Local textile, garment businesses face difficulties in 2017
Local textile, garment businesses face difficulties in 2017

The textile and garment sector will continue facing challenges in 2017 due to fierce competition by other major exporters such as China, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan while global demand is forecasted to slow down. 

Local textile, garment businesses face difficulties in 2017
Trade and investment seminar held in Thai Nguyen
Trade and investment seminar held in Thai Nguyen

VOV.VN - A trade and investment seminar was held in the city of Thai Nguyen on November 10 by the Ministry of Science and Technology to inform interested parties about the business climate and opportunities there.

Trade and investment seminar held in Thai Nguyen
Lai Chau hydropower plant’s last turbine becomes operational
Lai Chau hydropower plant’s last turbine becomes operational

The 400 MW capacity turbine No.3 of the Lai Chau hydropower plant in the northern mountainous province of Son La, officially joined the national grid on November 9.

Lai Chau hydropower plant’s last turbine becomes operational
Car sales up in January-October period
Car sales up in January-October period

Automobiles sales in the first ten months of 2016 increased 30 percent to 242,681 units compared to the same period last year, announced the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association on November 9. 

Car sales up in January-October period
Opportunities, challenges to Vietnam in ASEAN Economic Community
Opportunities, challenges to Vietnam in ASEAN Economic Community

 A scientific seminar “Vietnam joins ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): opportunities, challenges and solutions” took place in Hanoi on November 9. 

Opportunities, challenges to Vietnam in ASEAN Economic Community
Safe farm produce supermarkets open in Hanoi
Safe farm produce supermarkets open in Hanoi

The Cooperative Union of Agricultural Consumption (UCA) opened three safe farm produce supermarkets in Hanoi on November 9.

Safe farm produce supermarkets open in Hanoi