Organ transplantation is a major medical breakthrough for Vietnam, offering life-saving operations and improving the quality of life for patients with end-stage organ failure.
British energy company EnQuest announced on January 22 its acquisition of Harbour Energy’s operations in Vietnam as part of its strategy to expand internationally.
Nearly 110,800 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly 994.7 trillion VND (40.3 billion USD) were established in the first eight months of 2024, a year-on-year increases of 4.4% in the number of businesses and 0.7% in the capital, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Kasikornbank (KBank), Thailand’s second-largest lender by total assets, is focusing on expanding its international banking business this year in Vietnam and Indonesia, given the two ASEAN economies’ high growth potential.
Vietnam had more than 12,000 newly-established enterprises with a total registered capital of 103.7 trillion VND (4.44 billion USD) in May, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The International Electronic Training Centre (IETC), the first of its kind meeting international standards in Vietnam, was launched by the Saigon Hi-Tech Park Training Centre and Sun Electronics Group JSC in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25.
A national conference kicked off in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 21 to review the operations of People’s Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities in 2022, with the participation of representatives from the provincial/municipal People’s Councils nationwide.
The Huu Nghi (Friendship) international border gate in the northern border province of Lang Son have resumed full import-export and travel activities with China from January 8, after a period of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) announced that the railway service connecting Thailand’s Nong Khai province with Thanaleng station in Laos has resumed operation since September 16, in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided in both countries.
Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) has has opened a branch in Ho Chi Minh City with an aim to linking trade and investment network with the Southeast Asian country.
Around 81 percent of businesses in the southern province of Binh Duong have resumed their operation after the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, with the average number of employees back to work reaching 72 percent.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has decided to stop the operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals No. 3, No. 5, No. 10 and Cu Chi from January 19.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the management boards of industrial and economic zones in provinces and centrally-run cities to submit reports on the construction and development of industrial and coastal economic zones this year to make a comprehensive evaluation on their operations.
Film-makers in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling with their “new-normal” plans though the local authority have allowed several sectors to resume operation.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is looking forward to quickly resume operations of the tourism industry which was battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform held a meeting on September 8 to finalise a draft project entitled “Organisation and operation of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform”.
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out across Southeast Asia has triggered a wave of production cuts at auto parts suppliers, with a spillover effect that forced assembly plants to shut down or reduce production, the Nikkei Asia reported.
The upgrade of runway 1B at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi will be put into operation by 0:00 on December 31 to meet the peak travel demand for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
After a period of a break-off to implement the social distancing regulations, Hanoi buses resumed their operation on April 23 but the number of bus commuters remained low.
