Hanoi, Vietnam – In a landmark event, Song Da 11 Joint Stock Company, Hyundai Electric & Machinery Company, and DP Energy Company officially signed a strategic partnership agreement, signaling a new era of collaboration in renewable energy and infrastructure development. The event, held at Lotte Center, was a testament to the growing importance of international […]
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Why does Elon Musk want to move SpaceX component production to Vietnam? Which provinces could benefit?
A province about 60 km from Hanoi will become the new production hub for components for SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk, currently the world’s richest man. SpaceX’s partners in Taiwan (China) are expanding production in Vietnam, primarily due to direct requests from Musk’s company. According to Reuters, Elon Musk recently asked Starlink’s satellite […]
Tomorrow (September 15), during the Conference on the Announcement of Planning and Investment Promotion for Bắc Ninh Province, the province will unveil three projects with a total investment of over $3 billion. In an interview with Tiền Phong newspaper, Bắc Ninh province authorities stated that during the conference announcing the Bắc Ninh Provincial Planning for […]
On September 15, during the 2024 Provincial Planning and Investment Promotion Conference, Bắc Ninh is set to officially sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Display Vietnam for the development of a project focusing on the production of displays and electronic components at the Yên Phong Industrial Park. Key Details: According to Bắc Ninh’s […]
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Foreign capital is withdrawing at an unprecedented rate, is Asia’s number one superpower faltering?
Foreign investment capital continued to leave China in Q3 2024, despite Beijing’s economic stimulus measures. According to China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange, in the third quarter, direct investment liabilities on China’s balance of payments decreased by $8.1 billion, totaling a near $13 billion drop in the first nine months of the year. “Direct investment […]
Hanoi attracts $1.54 bln of FDI in 9M Phạm Long – The city licensed 197 new FDI projects. A view of Hanoi. Hanoi attracted $1.54 billion of FDI in the first nine months of the year, including 197 new projects totaling over $1.1 billion, figures from the city’s Statistics Office show. In September alone, the […]
The Culture Push Government officials are discussing the proposed US$10.3 billion National Target Programme for Cultural Development. According to Việt Nam News, the program “will be implemented both at home and abroad, focusing on countries with long-standing cultural ties with Việt Nam and large Vietnamese communities.” It has two phases with detailed outputs: If approved, […]
A flawed start, but still a start Good morning! Welcome to the latest edition of the Vietnam Weekly exclusively for paying subscribers, written by Ho Chi Minh City-based reporter Mike Tatarski. On to the news. Long-time Vietnam Weekly readers are aware of the infrastructure-heavy tilt the newsletter sometimes takes, though this particular edition wasn’t planned […]
With Kelly Vo Michael Tatarski Sep 15, 2024 Today’s guest is Kelly Vo, Founder & CEO of Dear Our Community and co-founder of Map Me – both of which you’ll hear about in this episode. I’ve known Kelly for a while and she’s a vital part of the sustainability community here in Vietnam – it […]
Special Episode: Responding to Typhoon Yagi by Michael Tatarski With Skye Maconachie With Skye Maconachie Sep 14, 2024 Today’s guest is Skye Maconachie, co-CEO of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. I sat down with Skye at Blue Dragon’s busy office in Hanoi to discuss the organization’s ongoing response to Typhoon Yagi, which killed at least 262 […]