Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday called on the UK Government to encourage the country’s enterprises to intensify investment and business activities in Việt Nam. Receiving Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, who is visiting Việt Nam, the Deputy PM said Việt Nam […]
Read MoreVung Ro Petroleum Co., Ltd. (VRP), the operator of Vietnam’s third oil refinery located in the central province of Phu Yen and backed by the UK-based Technostar Management Limited, today signed a cooperative agreement with DenimoTech, a Denmark-headquartered firm, aiming to provide turnkey solutions for the petroleum by-product sector and aid the implementation of VRP’s […]
Read MoreFirst Solar, a global manufacturer of thin-film module technology, is stepping up its recruitment to kick-off its operations in Ho Chi Minh City in the fourth quarter of 2018. First Solar Vietnam has recently held a career day at Binh Duong’s Mira Hotel to support the recruitment of associates across the company’s operations. The company […]
Read MoreMitsubishi Motors will invest $250 million to build its second automobile assembly facility in the country to expand production. The facility is expected to come into operation in 2020. This was announced by Kozo Shiraji, Mitsubishi Motors’ executive vice president, at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on January 15. According to […]
Read MoreMention the word “nanotechnology” and people think of nanorobots. After all, that’s how Hollywood has portrayed it. Microscopic sized robots that crawl around accomplishing whatever nefarious task their creator programmed them to do. Mention nanotechnology in construction and they look at you strange, as if you’re a character from a science fiction movie. Nevertheless, researchers […]
Read MoreThe People’s Committee of Thai Binh Province on January 3 announced the Prime Minister’s decision on the establishment of the Thai Binh Economic Zone. The Thai Binh Economic Zone covers an area of 31,000ha in 30 communes and one town in the districts of Thai Thuy and Tien Hai. It is one of 17 economic […]
Read MoreVietnamese cities and provinces have been rushing to seek licences for large-scale and costly seaports to cash in on growing interest among domestic and international investors and rising trade, triggering concerns over a supply-demand imbalance. After getting a long-awaited green light from the Ministry of Transport in early November 2017 for an adjustment to the […]
Read MoreRussian automobile manufacturers (KAMAZ, GAZ, and UAZ, among others) will collaborate with Vietnamese partners to establish joint ventures to manufacture and assemble automobiles and trucks of 10 seats or more, terrain vehicles, and some specialised vehicles in Vietnam. On December 27, 2017, Tran Tuan Anh, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade, on behalf of the […]
Read MoreThe EPC Contract Electric Arc Furnace Dusts (EAFD) Recycling Plant of Zinc Oxide Corporation Vietnam JSC (ZOCV) was signed on December 28th, 2017, between ZOCV and the main contractor POSCO E&C Co. and POSCO E&C Vietnam Co., Ltd. EAFD Recycling Plant was invested by ZOCV (Korea Zinc Group). The main contractors are POSCO E&C Vietnam […]
Read MoreJapanese oil firm, Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (Idemitsu), plans to build a US$1 million Dinh Vu Port Petrol Station. The petrol station will be located in Dong Hai 2 Ward, Hai An District, in the northern Hai Phong Port City. If approved, this would be Idemitsu’s second station in Viet Nam. Its first station opened […]
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