The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) plans to begin a survey for the pre-feasibility report of the Lien Chieu port construction project later this year. The survey project will use JPY 50 million (USD 468,000), from the non-refundable Official...
Beowulf Blockchain (“Beowulf”), a US-based B2B platform providing communication services via a decentralized cloud network of computing resources worldwide, has partnered with Vietnamese pharmaceutical distributor, CHAN TAN Pharma, to record drug data...
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Vietnamese Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority are working together to prepare an Input to Roadmap report for offshore wind development in Vietnam. In May 2020, the Danish Energy Agency and Vietnamese authorities organized...
A Japanese company will use novel technology to build a sewer system under the To Lich river in Vietnam’s capital city, Hanoi. The sewer will be 21 km long, including a 11.4 km section running through the river from Hoang Quoc Viet Street in Cau Giay District to...
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has received approval for a USD 472 million project for building a new Passenger Terminal 3 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The terminal which is expected to help ease the overload at domestic...
Vietnamese conglomerate, Vingroup, announced it has designed two invasive ventilator models, which are compliant with international standards, while maintaining high localization rate in design and manufacture. To address the challenge of the global scarcity of...
The State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, announced that a mobile money pilot project has been submitted to the Prime Minister (PM) for approval. It involves mobile subscribers using their mobile accounts to make payments, up to a limited value. In...
The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) administration has asked the Department of Planning and Investment to evaluate the pre-feasibility study of metro line no.5, whose total capital investment is estimated to be around USD 1.66 billion. The study was conducted by IDOM...
According to media reports, between three to four million units of Apple’s AirPods or 30% of the total output, will be made in Vietnam. Mass production for the AirPods started in Vietnam in early March 2020. Government officials granted special permits for a key...
A new law in Vietnam on investments through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model is expected to come up for final approval soon. The draft law was published by the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam in May 2019 and it has been going through the...
The Vietnam Industry Research and Consultancy (VIRAC) forecasts that the dairy industry will continue to grow in 2020, with increasing investment in dairy farms to reduce dependence on imported milk and to meet domestic consumption needs. The goal for 2020 is to...
Lack of rainfall and flooding this year has caused one of the worst drought and water scarcity conditions in Vietnam in 30 years. The government has urged southern provinces in Mekong Delta to be on the watch for developments of drought and salt intrusion and put in...
