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Korea Ginseng Corp. Expands into Malaysia’s Functional Food Market

Korea Ginseng Corp. Expands into Malaysia’s Functional Food Market

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), a subsidiary of South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., focusing on health functional food products, has announced the launch of its red ginseng ...
Swiss Luxury Watch Brand Franck Muller Opens Its First Boutique in Vietnam

Swiss Luxury Watch Brand Franck Muller Opens Its First Boutique in Vietnam

Franck Muller, the Swiss luxury watch brand, just launched its first standalone store in Vietnam. Situated on Le Loi Street near the iconic Saigon Opera House, the boutique ...
Nokia and Foxconn Collaborate to Produce 5G AirScale Equipment in Vietnam

Nokia and Foxconn Collaborate to Produce 5G AirScale Equipment in Vietnam

Nokia is partnering with Foxconn to manufacture its 5G AirScale equipment at Foxconn's factory in Bac Giang province. Under this collaboration, Foxconn will produce Nokia's ...
Vietnam Partners with Foreign Investors to Develop Industrial Parks

Vietnam Partners with Foreign Investors to Develop Industrial Parks

In June 2024, the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Co. (VSIP) commenced construction on a new facility in Ha Tinh province. The VSIP Ha Tinh industrial park ...
Motorola Solutions Inaugurates Software and Analytics R&D Center in Vietnam

Motorola Solutions Inaugurates Software and Analytics R&D Center in Vietnam

US tech giant Motorola Solutions has recently opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, to advance data analytics and ...
Japan’s Watakyu Seimoa Corporation Opens New Medical Textile Plant in Vietnam

Japan’s Watakyu Seimoa Corporation Opens New Medical Textile Plant in Vietnam

Japan's Watakyu Vietnam, a textile product supplier for the healthcare industry, inaugurated a USD 33 million factory in Dong Nai province in June 2024. The opening ...
BCG Energy and South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Tie Up for Waste-to-Energy Development in Vietnam

BCG Energy and South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Tie Up for Waste-to-Energy Development in Vietnam

BCG Energy has partnered with South Korea's SK Ecoplant and Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) to collaborate on waste-to-energy solutions in Vietnam's Long An and ...
Vietnam’s Gas-to-Power Initiatives Secure USD 12 Billion Investment

Vietnam’s Gas-to-Power Initiatives Secure USD 12 Billion Investment

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam or PVN) has entered into multiple agreements with its partners to advance an integrated development project, which includes a gas ...
Vietnam and Switzerland Advance Economic and Trade Cooperation

Vietnam and Switzerland Advance Economic and Trade Cooperation

In June 2024, the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland and the Swiss-Viet Economic Forum (SVEF) hosted the Vietnam-Switzerland Economic Forum themed "Strengthening Ties, ...
US Transport Giant FedEx Ready to Expand Presence in Vietnam

US Transport Giant FedEx Ready to Expand Presence in Vietnam

According to FedEx Express’ president and CEO Richard Smith, the US transport giant FedEx is planning to enhance its logistics operations at Tan Son Nhat International ...
Vietnam and Ireland to Cooperate on Agri-food Initiatives

Vietnam and Ireland to Cooperate on Agri-food Initiatives

In June 2024, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung and Ireland's Minister of State Martin Heydon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ...
South Korea Pharma Specialist to Establish Advanced Primate Research Institute in Indonesia

South Korea Pharma Specialist to Establish Advanced Primate Research Institute in Indonesia

In June 2024, Daewoong Pharmaceutical revealed its plans to collaborate with Indonesia's Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), highly regarded for its veterinary research ...

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