Microsoft helps start-up community in HCM City
Microsoft helps start-up community in HCM City

 Saigon Innovation Hub (SiHub) under the HCM City Energy Conservation Centre and Microsoft Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on January 17 on supporting start-ups in the southern region.

Microsoft helps start-up community in HCM City
Japanese firms eye HCM City’s market
Japanese firms eye HCM City’s market

A Japanese firm delegation led by Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Tatsuhiro Shindo is paying a visit to Ho Chi Minh City to look for investment opportunities. 

Japanese firms eye HCM City’s market
Davos Forum 2017: “The New Plastics Economy Initiative”
Davos Forum 2017: “The New Plastics Economy Initiative”

VOV.VN - The annual World Economic Forum, or Davos Forum, being held in Switzerland from January 17th to January 20th is a major international discussion of sustainable solutions to global problems.

Davos Forum 2017: “The New Plastics Economy Initiative”
Suspicions abound Alma Resort
Suspicions abound Alma Resort

Paradise Bay Resort Co., Ltd., the developer of Alma Resort in the central province of Khanh Hoa and also the first to introduce the “vacation ownership” format in Vietnam, may be cheating customers by incorporating unclear information into contracts.

Suspicions abound Alma Resort
​Be a digital business to succeed: Microsoft Study
​Be a digital business to succeed: Microsoft Study

Microsoft Asia Digital Transformation Study recently shows that business leaders are just starting to embrace disruptions as region ushers in the fourth Industrial Revolution.

​Be a digital business to succeed: Microsoft Study
HCM City to launch vegetable origin QR scan
HCM City to launch vegetable origin QR scan

After pork, vegetables have become the second food in Ho Chi Minh City to have their origin made traceable via a simple QR scan.

HCM City to launch vegetable origin QR scan
Aeroports de Paris to hold 20% of Vietnam’s sole airport company
Aeroports de Paris to hold 20% of Vietnam’s sole airport company

Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), which manages the 22 airports across the country is basically done negotiating the sale of a 20% stake to Aeroports de Paris (ADP).

Aeroports de Paris to hold 20% of Vietnam’s sole airport company
France’s Alstom wins first metro system contract in Vietnam
France’s Alstom wins first metro system contract in Vietnam

A consortium led by French rail transport equipment provider Alstom signed on January 17 a contract with a Hanoi transport agency to supply technology and equipment for a metro line in the Vietnamese capital.

France’s Alstom wins first metro system contract in Vietnam
Six-star Four Seasons Hotel breaks ground in Hanoi
Six-star Four Seasons Hotel breaks ground in Hanoi

VOV.VN - Intimex Vietnam, a member of BRG group, unveiled on January 17 that it has broken ground on a six-star Four Seasons Hotel near Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi. 

Six-star Four Seasons Hotel breaks ground in Hanoi
Cashew sector predicted to keep stable growth
Cashew sector predicted to keep stable growth

Vietnam’s cashew nuts exports in 2016 posted rapid growth, reaching 348,000 tonnes, generating a year-on-year increase of 19.1% in export turnover, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16. 

Cashew sector predicted to keep stable growth