Vietnam

Vietnam is taking a page from California and the EU to craft a landmark cap-and-trade program that will cover major emitters from Panasonic to Nestlé in a country that has become one of the world’s most important manufacturing hubs. The government is now deciding on the size of the caps…

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The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is back with another event! By bringing together technologists, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs in Asia, this program identifies startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. Over the past few months, this series of Demo Days has attracted more than 800 applications. The…

Korea's lucrative duty-free industry is sniffing a fresher wind as travel restrictions are being dropped around the world. Lotte Duty Free resumed operations at Hanoi Airport on March 31 in hopes that Vietnam's vaunted reopening to tourism will eventually crystallize into actual arrival of travelers. The coronavirus pandemic closed the…

(RNS) — “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” Those are the words of Dr. King in 1967, in his historic speech “Beyond…

‘In way too deep’: Accused cannabis sextet face courtSix Vietnamese men accused of an “elaborate” drug syndicate were busted when police raided three homes including one furnished with nothing but cannabis and a couch. There is more to this story But it’s a member-only story. Subscribe today to unlock it…

Israel was ranked the 10th-largest international weapons exporter in the past five years by an independent global security think tank. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s latest report, measuring weapons trade from 2017 to 2021, said arms trade to Europe surged, the Gulf states were leading importers and Israel remains…

PH receives Vietnam's rice donation for 'Odette'-hit communities The Philippines has received 200 tons of rice from the Vietnamese government for the communities hard-hit by Typhoon Odette late last year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Meynardo LB. Montealegre with H.E. Nguyen Ming Hang, Assistant…

Apr 2nd 2022  (Updated Apr 6th 2022) | Singapore IN THE HEYDAY of Vietnam’s communist economy, comrades could expect their health care, education, housing and entertainment to be provided by the government. In the freeish-market Vietnam of today, those necessities are still purveyed by one dominant entity, albeit a capitalist…

Alvin Koh owned a cafe in Hanoi between 2013 and 2015. He had a regular cash register to tally customers’ bills and handle transactions, but found it difficult to track and manage his cash flow when his business grew. This inspired Koh to create a solution that would streamline the…