Central Group to Spend USD 30 Million on Vietnam Supermarket Business

Jul 1, 2019

Central Group, the Thai retail giant is directing efforts to expand its supermarket chain Big C in Vietnam. The Central Group has made plans to build new shopping malls and also renovating 13 out of 34 Big C’s supermart stores to larger and/or high-end retail...

Ho Chi Minh City Collaborates with UK for Smart Ticket System

Jul 1, 2019

On July 17, Ian Gibbons, Consul General of the UK in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Le Hoa Binh, director of the municipal Department of Construction for HCMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding for smart city development. As part of this agreement, the UK Consulate...

HPV Vaccination Program to be Rolled Out in Vietnam

Jul 1, 2019

On 24 July in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the US-based pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) signed an agreement for technical collaboration on the roll-out of (human papillomavirus) HPV vaccination...

Japanese Investment in Vietnam’s Infrastructure Surges

Jul 1, 2019

Since the launch of Japanese Partnership for Quality Infrastructure Initiative, total investment from Japan in Vietnam’s Infrastructure including completed and pending projects has reached USD 209 billion. These projects are all national scale Infrastructure projects...

More Electronics Firms Eye Vietnam for New Manufacturing Facilities

Jul 1, 2019

A subsidiary of the Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, is studying the feasibility of building a TV screen assembly plant in the North of Vietnam. The first phase of this project will cost Foxconn USD 40 million, and is...