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MTE Hanoi 2025: Unlocking Opportunities in Vietnam's Hospitality & Real Estate
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
October 1, 2025 | Ascott Tay Ho Hanoi HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam's hospitality and real estate sectors continue to advance, showing clear signs of strong recovery, with extensive pipelines ready for launch....
Business News | Industry Leaders Call for More FTAs, Sustainability Push to Make India a Global Manufacturing Hub
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Industry leaders on Wednesday called for expanding India's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to secure preferential treatment in international markets, while stressing that sustainability and policy support will be...
Vietnam, Bhutan seek measures to promote cooperative ties
VietnamPlus
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August 19, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Hanoi on August 19, during which the two leaders agreed on a number of solutions to promote Vietnam - Bhutan cooperation in the years...
Vietnam targets 1 billion USD in golf tourism revenue
VietnamPlus
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August 19, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - With over 80 international-standard courses, golf tourism has been identified as a strategic product to attract high-end travellers and elevate Vietnam’s global profile. Golf tourism is emerging as a bright spot in Vietnam’s tourism...
With Asia’s population getting older, the insurance industry has a chance to step up
Insurance Asia
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August 20, 2025
Insurers need to shift to recognise ageing as opportunity rather than challenge. Some events that affect the insurance industry, such as floods or fires, happen all of a sudden. Others are more like tectonic plates—immensely powerful, but...
Hanoi craft village product competition to honour local cultural value
VietnamPlus
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August 19, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment launched the 2025 craft village product contest on August 19, seeking to honour and encourage traditional craft villages to study and create products that embody cultural and...
Business News | TotalEnergies Solarizes Its Lubricants Plant in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
PRNewswire Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], August 20: TotalEnergies announces the solarization of its lubricants plant at Go Dau, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. A first for TotalEnergies ENEOS in Vietnam, the milestone project combines a 310kWp solar PV...
Vietnam remains prime destination for industrial investors thanks to ESG commitments
VietnamPlus
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August 19, 2025
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam is solidifying its position as a prime destination for global industrial investment, thanks in part to a strong commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) demonstrated by developers with the support of...
‘Strong and growing’ interest among American firms in Pakistan’s energy sector, says US diplomat
Business Recorder
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August 20, 2025
US Charge d’Affaires to Pakistan, Natalie A. Baker, highlighted strong American interest in Pakistan’s energy sector. The US official gave her remarks during a high-level meeting with Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik on Wednesday....
Sri Lanka’s energy crossroads: From crisis to clean powerhouse
Daily FT
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Sri Lanka’s energy transition is more than infrastructure—it is a matter of economic sovereignty, climate resilience, and social stability A nation running on borrowed power At 7:15 p.m. on a humid April evening in Colombo, the lights flickered...
Tourism set to drive HCM City’s economy in new development phase
VietnamPlus
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August 20, 2025
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating the rollout of strategies, master plans, and policies through 2030 to reinforce tourism’s position as a core economic pillar in the city’s new development phase following recent administrative...
Fixing B2B Sourcing in Vietnam: An Interview with Mikhail Prokudin, Co-Founder of Vietnamia
Textile Value Chain
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August 20, 2025
In 1999, Mikhail Prokudin landed in Vietnam not as a founder — but as a teenager, following his family’s move to Vietnam, where they worked in the oil and gas industry. He didn’t arrive chasing factories or business ideas. He arrived with...
TotalEnergies Solarizes its Lubricants Plant in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalEnergies announces the solarization of its lubricants plant at Go Dau, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. A first for TotalEnergies ENEOS in Vietnam, the milestone project combines a 310kWp...
Mechanical engineering sector seeks skilled workforce to stay competitive
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI — Despite employing hundreds of thousands of workers, Việt Nam's mechanical engineering industry is grappling with a severe shortage of high-quality human resources, according to industry insiders. While the industry boasts a large number...
Government’s 80th founding anniversary celebrated in Hanoi
Vietnam News Agency
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Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and Party General Secretaries, the Government has remained united and unanimous, exerting relentless efforts in pursuit of “national...
How will Trump’s semiconductor tariffs affect the global chip industry?
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 300 percent on semiconductor imports, with exemptions for foreign companies that commit to manufacturing in the US. Trump has cast the proposed tariff as a way to drive...
Localities under pressure to accelerate as Vietnam sets growth quotas
VietnamPlus
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August 20, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – The Government has finalised growth quotas for provinces and cities in the second half of 2025 to lift the country's GDP expansion to 8.3–8.5% for the whole year, requiring localities to take drastic actions to complete the set...
Thailand’s Industrial Estates to Get a Major Makeover
The Nation Thailand
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August 20, 2025
Thailand is facing a long-term problem with low foreign direct investment (FDI), and the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is taking a bold step to fix it. The IEAT has unveiled a new vision to transform the country's industrial...
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman meets with King of Bhutan
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI — National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn met with King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Hà Nội on Tuesday afternoon as the former is leading a high-ranking Bhutanese delegation on a state visit to Việt Nam. The visit, the...
Business News | VVDN Expands Manufacturing Footprint into the UAE to Meet Global Demand
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
PRNewswire Gurugram (Haryana) [India], August 20: VVDN Technologies, a global provider of software, product engineering and electronics manufacturing services & solutions, today announced it is setting up a new manufacturing facility in the UAE as...