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Robots are already being used at the 20-hectare Vinamilk actory in Binh Duong province. There are 19 robots and several workers. Everything runs on an automation process. Some robots carry packs to the filling room, while others take finished products to the…
The retail market in Vietnam is quickly shifting away from traditional live markets to more modernized trade, said Nick Miles, head of Asia-Pacific at IGD, with convenience stores showing the strongest growth prospects. There are several factors driving this…
The Qantas unit hopes to break the monopoly currently held by national carrier Vietnam Airlines, which is also a Qantas partner. Australia’s trade and tourism ministry on Wednesday announced two low-cost direct services from Melbourne and Sydney to Ho Chi…
Falling rice exports have prompted the government to rethink its strategy. Renovation at all levels of the government is needed to “create a revolution in quality and a new vision, accompanied by strategic planning in line with globalization, in order for…
HCM City’s technology-based programme to control and trace the origin of pork that began recently is encountering difficulties, according to the Department of Industry and Trade. Speaking at a regular department press briefing, Nguyễn Phương Đông, its deputy…
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Berhad plans to start a low-cost carrier in Vietnam, co-operating with local businesses to enter the country’s booming travel market, company representatives told Retail News. AirAsia signed a shareholders’ agreement with…
E-commerce businesses may have to accept card payments as a way to offering more options of payment when shopping online, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. Võ Văn Quyền, director of the ministry’s Domestic Market Department, was quoted…
Vietnam Television (VTV) and HCM Communist Youth Union on Monday announced a new TV programme titled “Startup Nation,” which is expected to promote startups inVietnam. The announcement was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, Minister of Science…
Over three quarters of the 850kg shipment turned out to be soybeans soaked in chemicals and flavorings. Environment police seized a shipment of fake coffee at a bus station in the central town of Vinh on Tuesday, some 300km (186 miles) south of Hanoi. The…
Made in Vietnam products score low in almost all product attribute categories. Vietnam has been ranked 46th on the Made in Country Index 2017 released by Germany’s Statista Market Research Co, which asked more than 43,000 people in 52 countries and…
Bad debt in Q2 and in the whole of this year would stay unchanged or dip slightly from Q1. About 90 percent of financial institutions operating in Vietnam are expected to reap higher pre-tax profit in 2017, while they could control or reduce bad debts this…
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders on Friday aimed at identifying abuses that are causing massive U.S. trade deficits and clamping down on non-payment of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports, his top trade officials said. The…
AirAsia, the low-cost carrier headed by Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes, plans to start a Vietnamese carrier in a local partnership, as cheap fares and rising incomes fuel a travel surge in the Southeast Asian nation. The region’s largest budget airline will…
The industrial sector and trade deficit have been dragging on the country’s economic momentum. Vietnam’s economic growth slowed to an estimated annual rate of 5.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, the slowest in three years, with the industrial…
Vietnam’s recording industry association told karaoke businesses to take copyright laws seriously. From mid-July this year, royalty fees for more than 10,000 licensed musical works will be collected by the Recording Industry Association of Vietnam (RIAV), the…
It is the carrier’s third international flight route from Da Nang City. Jetstar Pacific has started its Da Nang – Hong Kong service, using Airbus A320 aircraft with 180 seats in economy class, to meet the rising travel demand and promote tourism in Vietnam’s…
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