Ground staff check a Vietjet airplane before departure at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. Photo by Reuters/Kham.Budget airline Vietjet has ordered 20 Airbus long-range A321XLR aircraft to expand its international reach as Vietnam’s aviation market keeps growing.With a...
An artist's impression of a smart city to be located in Dong Anh District, Hanoi. Photo courtesy of Dong Anh District authorities.Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp and Vietnamese real estate developer BRG Group will jointly build a $4.2 billion...
A PVN worker points to the Long Phu 1 thermal power plant still under construction. Photo by VnExpress/Hoai Thu.U.S. sanctions have prevented the Russian contractor of a billion-dollar power plant in southern Vietnam from importing materials to complete construction.Around...
Thang Long Industrial Park II in the northern Hung Yen Province. Photo courtesy of Sumitomo.Japanese group Sumitomo plans to spend over JPY19 billion ($176 million) expanding two industrial parks in northern Vietnam.The company will invest over JPY14 billion ($130...
A Vertu New Signature Touch - The Floating Seahorse model being held up. Photo acquired by VnExpress.After a two-year hiatus, British luxury phone maker Vertu has announced resumption of sales at its Ho Chi Minh City store next month.Vertu...
A worker at Vingroup's automobile manufacturing factory in Hai Phong. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.Vingroup and Vietjet Air are among seven Vietnamese companies named in Forbes Asia’s "Best Over A Billion" list.Five other Vietnamese firms in Forbes Asia’s latest listing...
Three wind towers generating electricity among rice fields in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. Photo by Shutterstock/Nguyen Quang Ngoc Tonkin.Through a subsidiary, Filipino energy giant AboitizPower signed an agreement Friday to acquire Mekong Wind Pte. Ltd. in Vietnam...
Vietnam cityscape view from airplane window. Photo by Shutterstock/Natnan Srisuwan.Tour operator Vietravel’s proposed airline meets conditions to apply for the PM’s investment approval, Vietnam’s aviation authority says.The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has submitted this conclusion to the...
Thien Minh Group also owns Hai Au Aviation JSC, a seaplane airline. Photo courtesy of TMG.Hospitality group Thien Minh is looking to establish an airline that can begin operations next year.The airline, called KiteAir, would be based in the...
A customer selects numbers on their lottery ticket at a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Phuong Dong.Private lottery firm Vietlott saw its net profits plunge 70 percent to VND64 billion ($2.8 million) in the first half...
