Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon has met with Dutch lawmakers in Seoul to discuss ways to expand cooperation on economic security and supply chains between South Korea and the Netherlands, the foreign ministry said Sunday.Lee met with seven mem…
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Hyundai Motor chief to join Korean version of Buffett lunch project
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung will hold a lunch meeting with young applicants in a project modeled after “Warren Buffett lunch” to connect better with younger generations, a South Korean business lobby said Sunday.The Federation of K…
Yoon-Biden summit paves way for bilateral semiconductor partnership
The summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden has paved the way for the “world’s best” bilateral semiconductor partnership, the finance ministry said Sunday.President Yoon returned home Sunday from a six-day state…
Agricultural, other specialty products expo opens in HCM City
More than 1,000 agricultural and specialty products from over 20 provinces and cities across the country are being exhibited at Gigamall in HCM City’s Thu Duc city as part of the Regional Agricultural and Specialty Product Festival.The products meet q…
Newly registered businesses peak in April
The number of new businesses set a record high in April at 15,967, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.The figure increased by 6.4% over the same period in 2022. However, the registered capital decreased by 5.7% to more than 154.6 tr…
HCM City’s CPI down 0.11% in April
Ho Chi Minh City recorded a month-on-month decline of 0.11% in its April consumer price index (CPI), the municipal Statistics Office has reported.Five of the 11 groups of main consumer goods and services witnessed price decreases, five others saw pric…
Thai stocks closed down 2.11 points.
Bangkok, April 28-SET closed today at 1,529.12 points, down 2.11 points (-0.14%), trading value 45,043.38 million baht.stock trading today index dropped By making a lowest point at 1,524.30 points and making a highest point at 1,542.41 points. Securit…
Hyosung turns to loss in Q1
Hyosung Corp. on Friday reported its first-quarter net loss of 10.4 billion won (US$7.8 million), shifting from a profit of 46.2 billion won a year earlier.Operating profit for the January-March period was 11.9 billion won, down 87.4 percent from a ye…
(LEAD) S-Oil Q1 net tumbles nearly 70 pct on weak oil demand
S-Oil Corp. said Thursday its net profit slumped nearly 70 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, as sluggish oil demand weighed on profitability.Net profit reached 265.3 billion won (US$198.5 million) in the January-March period, down 69.5…
Businesses in Vietnam invest 9 billion USD in green growth, development: workshop
The corporate sector, including both FDI and domestic enterprises, has invested about 9 billion USD in fields related to green growth and green development, an official said at a workshop named “FDI Enterprises in Vietnam’s Green Growth” held on April…