Indonesia recently celebrated the production of its first locally-made organic cheese. This cheese represents the concrete outcome of a collaborative initiative that harnessed Danish agricultural knowledge in partnership with Indonesian counterparts. The primary aim...
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 Thanh Industrial Park, which will cover 293.7 hectares in Can Tho City, will receive USD 153...
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 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab at RMIT’s campus in Hanoi. The joint AI Lab initiative is an...
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), along with other new-generation trade agreements, offers Vietnam significant chances to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) into the pharmaceutical sector, a particularly welcomed development given that Vietnam...
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 plastics in the Southeast Asian country. In 2020, BIWASE partnered with City Oil Field to manage...
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 granted a survey license to execute a project to develop offshore renewable energy 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, according to the report, would be used in Vertex modules to serve the US market. The company’s...
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 Malaysia in 2023. The plan possibly includes the launch of online stores in both...
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 and innovation. Accordingly, Vietnam’s Minister of Planning and Investment had letters...
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 the batch of twelve trainers that OMNIPOL committed to delivering to the Vietnamese Ministry...
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 tech-based innovation in Vietnam’s agriculture sector. The scheme targets to distribute the...
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 mall located in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Mean to be a one-stop shopping destination for...
