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, [...]

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM CONSECUTIVE PROFITABLE YEAR REQUIREMENT FOR A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY TO QUALIFY FOR AN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING? The offering of shares for the first time to the public by a joint stock company is regulated in the Securities Law 2019 to ensure transparency and efficiency in the stock market. In order to offer [...]

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 [...]