Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, inaugurated the country’s first-ever aseptic carton packaging material factory in Binh Duong on July 3, adding Vietnam to its global supply chain map. As Tetra Pak’s eighth factory in the Asia-Pacific region, the $135.5 million regional manufacturing facility is set to produce aseptic cartons for domestic and export markets…
Brussels, 25 June 2019 The Council of Ministers today approved the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements, paving the way for their signature and conclusion. EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Romanian Minister for Business, Trade and Entrepreneurship Ștefan-Radu Oprea will sign the agreement on the EU’s behalf in Hanoi on Sunday 30 June. The agreements are set to bring unprecedented benefits…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has become the first premier of Vietnam to visit Norway in 20 years as both countries vow to boost ties. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse paid an official visit to Norway from May 24-26 at the invitation of Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The official visit to Norway by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen…
As a world technology giant, Sweden’s Ericsson has been supporting Vietnam’s vision of leveraging science, technology, and innovation to drive the next wave of hi-tech foreign direct investment. With recent new agreements, the group is looking to fuel the Vietnamese government’s aim of growing the digital economy and driving the next wave of socio-economic development in 2020-2030. Bich Thuy reports.…
Since 2010, Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College has been offering a 4-year American Bachelor program through the Foreign Trade University. The degree has been accredited by national U.S. education body ACICS; the teaching language is English and the program is taught by both Vietnamese and Danish professors. Now, on the almost ten year anniversary in Vietnam, Niels Brock are deepening…
Two sign cooperation agreement on Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) on May 28 in Sweden. Ericsson and Vietnam’s leading communications service provider, the VNPT Group, signed a cooperation agreement on Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) on May 28 at the headquarters of the Ericsson Group in Stockholm, Sweden. Visiting Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and…
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second row, second left) and his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven (second row, third left) witnessed the launch of NutiFood Sweden AB milk factory in Stockholm on May 27, 2019. Photo: Da Trang / Tuoi Tre One of Vietnam’s leading dairy producers, together with two Swedish partners, put their joint venture, a milk factory in…
Leading Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca will invest $220 million to expand its presence in the country. The investment was announced in Stockholm Monday during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Sweden. The firm, in Vietnam for 25 years, will invest in expanding and improving its services and products, creating more local jobs, including 500 in biomedical sciences and…
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse, along with a high-ranking delegation of the Government of Vietnam, paid official visits to the Kingdom of Norway from May 24-26, and the Kingdom of Sweden from May 26-28. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg at press conference after talks (Photo: VNA) His visited to…
The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi held a celebration of the Norwegian Constitution Day last Saturday 18 May. The cozy event took place at the National Library of Vietnam and was attended by the Norwegian community in Hanoi, international friends, Embassy’s staff, and their family members including children. Addressing at the event, Ambassador Grete Løchen highlighted the fact that the Norwegian…