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Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to Draw Industrial Investment with Critical Infrastructure Projects

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to Draw Industrial Investment with Critical Infrastructure Projects

The Mekong Delta is set to attract impressive industrial investments to the region through a series of large-scale infrastructure projects. Among these projects, the Vinh ...
Ericsson to Launch Artificial Intelligence Lab in Vietnam

Ericsson to Launch Artificial Intelligence Lab in Vietnam

In August 2023, Ericsson and RMIT University signed in the presence of the Swedish and Australian Ambassadors to Vietnam an agreement to launch the RMIT & Ericsson ...
Investors Target Vietnam’s Pharmaceutical Sector Following Free Trade Agreement with the UK

Investors Target Vietnam’s Pharmaceutical Sector Following Free Trade Agreement with the UK

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), along with other new-generation trade agreements, offers Vietnam significant chances to attract more foreign direct investment ...
South Korea Company to Assist Vietnam Tackling Plastic Waste

South Korea Company to Assist Vietnam Tackling Plastic Waste

City Oil Field, a waste recycling firm from South Korea, has recently struck a commercial deal with Vietnam’s largest environmental company BIWASE for recycling waste ...
Vietnam and Singapore to Collaborate on Joint Offshore Renewable Energy Project

Vietnam and Singapore to Collaborate on Joint Offshore Renewable Energy Project

During an official state visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister to Vietnam, Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) and Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd were ...
Monocrystalline Wafer Production from Leading Photovoltaics Company Commences in Vietnam

Monocrystalline Wafer Production from Leading Photovoltaics Company Commences in Vietnam

Leading photovoltaics company Trina Solar has started producing 210 mm monocrystalline wafers at its factory in the Vietnamese northern city of Thai Nguyen. The wafers, ...
Finland’s Marimekko Expands to Southeast Asia, Starting with Vietnam and Malaysia

Finland’s Marimekko Expands to Southeast Asia, Starting with Vietnam and Malaysia

As part of a franchise agreement with the Jaspal Group, the Finnish lifestyle company Marimekko is speeding up its Southeast Asian growth strategy, with the aim of entering ...
Vietnam and Singapore Bolster Framework for Economic Collaboration

Vietnam and Singapore Bolster Framework for Economic Collaboration

In August 2023, Vietnam and Singapore agreed to broaden the scope of their bilateral economic cooperation and inked agreements in several sectors, including the green economy ...
Czech’s AERO Vodochody Ready to Deliver Vietnam’s First L-39NG Trainers

Czech’s AERO Vodochody Ready to Deliver Vietnam’s First L-39NG Trainers

Czech Republic’s AERO Vodochody has finalized the construction of the first serial production L-39NG advanced trainer for the Vietnam Air Force. This aircraft is included in ...
Australia’s Funding Scheme to Facilitate Agritech Innovation in Vietnam

Australia’s Funding Scheme to Facilitate Agritech Innovation in Vietnam

The Innovation Partnership Grants, a funding scheme backed by the Australian government, has recently announced to provide AUD 2 million (USD 1.3 million) to capitalize on ...
Levi Opens Its Largest Store in the Philippines

Levi Opens Its Largest Store in the Philippines

The American brand Levi is expanding its footprint in Southeast Asian with the opening of its one largest store in the Philippines, located in SM North EDSA, a large shopping ...
US Company to Build the Philippines’ First E-bike Plant

US Company to Build the Philippines’ First E-bike Plant

The American Zero Motorcycles has partnered with the manufacturing arm of Filipino conglomerate Ayala Corporation to build the Southeast Asian country’s first high-powered ...

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