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LG Electronics Inc. said on March 9 that it is scaling up its research and development operations in Vietnam to respond to a rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) parts business.

Chinese display maker BOE Technology Group Co Ltd, a supplier of both Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, has a plan to invest a substantial sum to build two factories in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Nguyen Thanh Hai has recently paid a courtesy visit to President of Indian National Congress (INC) Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi.

FPT has announced an investment in the Japanese business consulting services provider LTS Inc, becoming a strategic shareholder.

The capital scale of securities companies has grown robustly in the past two years. In the context of the current sharp decline in market liquidity, this resource is somewhat redundant, and the race to attract customers is heating up.

JERA Inc., a power generation company of Japan, has signed a deal to buy a 35.1% stake at Vietnam’s Gia Lai Electricity Joint Stock Company (GEC) to tap the Southeast Asian nation's growing demand for electricity and further its own decarbonisation efforts, Nikkei Asia reported.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has suggested Nasdaq Inc of the US introduce reputable and experienced US investors to invest in Vietnam in IT, renewable energy, agriculture, health care, education, finance, and real estate in the coming time.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai met with several enterprises of the US on July 18 - 19 as part of their ongoing working trip to the US.

A one-and-a-half-year-old Corgi named 'Cat' beat 70 other canines to win the championship at the inaugural Corgi Marathon Vietnam 2022.

An investment licence has been granted to the US company Vector Fabrication Inc. for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and printed circuit board (PCB) factory with an investment of 60 million USD in the central city’s high-tech park after a one-year survey of locations in central Vietnam.

Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) has announced plans to launch a new AWS Local Zone in Hanoi.

The industrial real estate sector is considered a bright spot this year, and property businesses with industrial parks are expected to benefit from increased demand and rental prices.

Visa Inc., one of the largest electronic payment technology company, has cooperated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) to speed up digital transformation in agribusinesses, cooperatives and farmer households in Vietnam.

The Republic of Korea’s Amkor Technology, Inc. will embark on the first-stage construction of its plant at Yen Phong II-C Industrial Park (IP) in the northern province of Bac Ninh in the first quarter of next year, said provincial authorities announced on November 5. ​

Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of the US multinational corporation Qualcomm, on September 29 announced three winners at the final round of the Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2021.

Indonesia and the Philippines have received more COVID-19 vaccine aid via the COVAX Facility, while Thailand is confident in realising its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population.

Japan’s chemical giant Toray Industries Inc. announced on August 18 that it has improved its manufacturing capacity for a material known as ABS resin as a new plant of its Malaysian unit begins full production.

The US’s Vector Fabrication Inc has been scouting locations in central Vietnam for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) factory with an estimated investment of 60 million USD, according to the Head of the Da Nang Hi-tech Park and Industrial Zones Authority (Da Nang HPIZA), Pham Truong Son.

Vietnam was the only country that was chosen by Japanese female tourists for its good food, according to a Cambodia/Laos/Myanmar/Vietnam travel sentiment survey.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia to be organized in the form of video conference by Japanese media firm Nikkei Inc on May 20-21.