Vietnam has outpaced Thailand to become the world’s biggest rice exporter in terms of volume with nearly 6.5 million tons having been shipped abroad, but the rice export value still trails Thailand’s due to the lower price. As of end-October, Vietnam earned US$2.9 billion from exports of close to 6.5 million tons of rice compared to Thailand’s earnings of US$3.5 billion worth of 5.3 million... 

Passengers traveling between Vietnam and the US now have more flight options to select as United Continental Holdings and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have started expansion of its trans-Pacific joint venture. The expansion allows United Airlines and ANA to coordinate fares and schedules between the two countries, effective on April 1. This means passengers in Vietnam have more choices on flights to... 

In principle, Vietnamese farmers will get benefits from the new Thai policy under which the government will buy rice at 15,000 baht (500 dollars) per ton from farmers. However, the benefits remain unclear, though the domestic price has increased slightly. How will the rice price be like? While some experts believe that the rice price will be increasing in the last months of the year, the Vietnam Food... 

HCMC – Thien Minh Travel Joint Stock Company (Thien Minh Group), which has just acquired five hotels and resorts in Vietnam under the Victoria brand, has established a joint venture with Wotif Group to boost online bookings for its tourism properties. The two companies have established a 50:50 joint venture in the country under the name of ViVu LLC, said Robbie Cooke, CEO cum managing director... 

HCMC – More Thai companies are turning their attention to Vietnam in the quest for investment opportunities, according to Tharabodee Serng-Adichaiwit, general manager of Bangkok Bank in Vietnam. Tharabodee said, at a gathering of Thai firms in the southern province of Binh Duong on Thursday with Becamex IDC Corp., that due to higher production costs in Thailand, Thai businesses think more aggressively... 

HCMC – Asia America Gateway was completely repaired on Monday after a problematic month that hampered some of the nation’s international internet services for 20 days. FPT Telecom confirmed its international internet is running normally and that its clients can access any web, email and other internet services which have Internet Protocol addresses in foreign countries. According to the company,... 

Vietnam is acknowledged as having abundant sources of renewable energy but neglects this potential in its electricity development plan Germany is neitherthe windiest norsunniest country in the world. Located in the center of Europe it is also not the most ideal place for geothermal power. Yet against these less than stellar natural conditions, Germany turns out to be one of  the countries leading... 

Representatives from 30 Vietnamese and Thai businesses operating in the information and communications technology (ICT) explored cooperation opportunities at a recent meeting at Thailand Software Park in the Thai capital city of Bangkok . During the meeting, themed “Business networking and matching session: Potentials and Cooperation Opportunities”, businesses exchanged information and experiences... 

HCMC – The Asia-America Gateway has broken down since 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, seriously hampering Vietnam’s internet connection with the world. According to an initial assessment, a section of the AAG cable located in the coastal city of Vung Tau was disconnected. FPT Telecom said in a statement on Wednesday that the problem left serious impacts on its clients. The international internet service... 

HCMC – Toyota Motor Vietnam Co. Ltd (TMV) on Tuesday launched the five-seat hatchback Yaris car imported from neighboring Thailand. Yaris is distributed as a completely built-up vehicle imported from Thailand in TMV’s dealer network nationwide at a price of VND658 million per unit, including VAT. Toyota Yaris’ Inline-4 is equipped with a 1.5 liter engine, which consumes 4.3 liters per 100 km...