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As Vietnam becomes a top destination for production shifts and procurement by many corporations, American logistics “unicorn” Flexport has quickly seized the opportunity.“This is the right time to invest in Vietnam, a super important market,” Flexport President Sanne Manders told VnExpress during his visit to Ho Chi Minh City.Late last...

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer law firm offers an update on the merger and acquisition (M&A) business in Vietnam.IPOPrized pearls. At the company’s AGM at the end of April, Vingroup announced plans for IPOs of hospitality arm Vinpearl and electric taxi subsidiary GSM.Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong confirmed that Vingroup was in the...

The Vietnamese foreign ministry is in negotiations with 15 countries to mutually exempt visas for citizens as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to lure more international arrivals amid fierce regional competition.In addition, talks are ongoing with 80 countries on reciprocal visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic and official passports to...

The National Assembly on November 28, 2023 passed the Law on Real Estate Business 2023 (LREB 2023), which will take effect on January 1, 2025. Scope of regulationThe new law narrows the scope of regulation compared to LREB 2014. These changes address overlapping regulations with other important legislation such as the Land Law, Housing...

THE HAGUE, March 6 (Reuters) – Dutch semiconductor sector startups are attracting an increasing amount of funding, the organisation set up by the Economic Affairs Ministry to strengthen tech entrepreneurship in the Netherlands said in its annual review on Wednesday.Venture capital funding for Dutch chip startups grew for the fifth consecutive...

VDL partners with Frasers Property Vietnam to expand manufacturing capacity in Southeast Asia, meeting growing demand.VDL Enabling Technologies Group (VDL ETG), the advanced technology division of VDL Groep, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Frasers Property Vietnam on March 19th.The agreement paves the way for the establishment of...

South Korean venture capital firm Nextrans is gearing up to launch a $50-million fund for Vietnamese tech startups in November.Nextrans has been very active in supporting early-stage startups in Vietnam since its entry in 2015. Nextrans has supported more than 100 startups in South Korea, Vietnam, and the US since 2004. It started investing in...

The Labor market is undergoing a strong shift with the emergence of “New Collar Workers” – a new generation of workforce possessing specialised skills trained through structured, flexible short-term programs. This wave is gradually altering the structure and shaping the future of the labor market, bringing about numerous opportunities and...

Here is a list of product inspection companies operating in Vietnam. Please note that this list is not in any particular order.01 // V-TrustV-Trust is a leading quality control company in Vietnam, specializing in various export industries such as footwear, furniture, garments, electronics, and home appliances. They conduct approximately 6,000...

Vietnam boasts three seaports listed among the Top 50 largest container ports globally, namely Ho Chi Minh City Port, Hai Phong Port and Cai Mep-Thi Vai Port.In the Lloyd’s 2023 list, which ranked ports by the volume of container traffic represented in million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), the port of HCMC secured the 23rd position,...