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Sixty Lotte scholarship recipients and school officials from the universities in Ho Chi Minh City, attended the ceremony to celebrate the occasion. The selected Lotte scholarship recipients received $800 per year in funds. Talented students are given a helping hand to the next level through Lotte Scholarship Foundation’s initiative The Lotte Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to supporting students who do not lose their passion despite difficult circumstances and promoting global talent development, not only in South Korea but also around the world. To achieve this, the foundation has continuously provided scholarships in four countries since 2008, starting with Vietnam. At the ceremony, deputy consul general of South Korea in Ho Chi Minh City, Kwon Sun Chil, appreciated the foundation for its contribution to strengthening the friendship between Vietnam and South Korea, as well as the efforts to create an ideal education environment from Lotte Group. “Over the past … [Read more...] about Lotte Scholarship Foundation builds support for talent

A shopper at the Hanoi Sales Promotion event. (Photo:VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi ’s Department of Industry and Trade on May 18 kicked off “Hanoi Sales Promotion 2023” at Thong Nhat Park and introduced activities within the programme from May to November. Speaking at the event, Acting Director of the department Tran Thi Phuong Lan said that the city’s promotion programme, mostly taking place in May, July and November, will offer discounts of up to 100%, attracting 1,000-2,000 enterprises. The programme aims to create favourable conditions for businesses to organise activities to stimulate demand, sell products, reduce inventories, and serve the shopping needs of the people of the capital, thus overcoming difficulties, promoting production, and boosting the city’s economic growth , especially in trade and services. This month will see two major events – “Consumer Goods and Agricultural Products Promotion Day" from May 19-21 at Thong Nhat Park and “Fashion and Beauty … [Read more...] about Hanoi Sales Promotion 2023 kicks off

Five months after being piloted in Hanoi's Ha Dong District, the electric bike rental service has seen only a few riders. Hanoi electric bike rental fails to find riders. Photo by Baogiaothong The six-month pilot project was launched last November on the route from the AEON Mall Ha Dong to the Van Khe BRT Station as approved by the Hanoi Department of Transport in an attempt to make it easier for passengers to access bus routes and the bus rapid transit (BRT) system. With funding from the European Commission and relevant agencies, passengers have used the service free of charge in the pilot period. The vehicles help passengers of the Kim Ma-Yen Nghia BRT route to travel between the Van Khe bus stop and Aeon Mall Ha Dong. However, the service has failed to attract customers who say that it takes too long to register to use the vehicle. "I've used the service one time after it was launched late last year," a local woman named Thuy Quynh said. "It took me five … [Read more...] about Hanoi electric bike rental fails to find riders

The fitness giant, established in 2007, is set to expand its operations, upgrade its facilities, revamp its appearance, and enhance its services across selected clubs. Moreover, it intends to secure extended lease agreements for four premium fitness centres strategically located in highly sought-after areas over the next 15 years. Of particular significance is California Fitness's imminent presence at Hung Vuong Plaza, a prominent commercial complex recently reclaimed by KIDO from Parkson that is scheduled to unveil a new shopping mall concept, Van Hanh Mall, in August. In addition, the lease contracts for Pico Plaza in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as Hanoi Capital Building and Hanoi Sky City Tower, have been successfully renewed by California Fitness, consolidating the brand's foothold in these key cities. With a distinguished legacy spanning 16 years, California Fitness & Yoga stands as a trailblazer in the fitness industry and was the first chain of its kind in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about California Fitness injects $25 million to expand presence in Vietnam

Why did AEON decide to invest in Vietnam over a decade ago instead of a more dynamic or developed destination in the region at the time? Furusawa Yasuyuki, executive officer board member of AEON Co., Ltd. in charge of Vietnam Business, as well as general director of AEON Vietnam We started to research the Vietnamese market in 2009 before opening our first shopping mall in 2014. Now, we have eight companies in Vietnam covering shopping malls, retail, finance, services, and exports. We realise that Vietnam is in a period of rapid and outstanding growth, which is similar to the previous development stage of Japan. Therefore, we believe with AEON’s experiences and know-how accumulated in Japan, we can apply and contribute to the development of Vietnam’s market. How does AEON evaluate the investment environment in Vietnam? Japanese businesses want to invest in Vietnam because of various attractive factors. Firstly, with fast population growth, especially in the … [Read more...] about Robust decision-making for rapid retail development

Nestlé Vietnam owns four factories and two distribution centres with a total investment of more than $730 million. The company has 2,200 full-time employees and creates 10,000 more informal jobs for locals from its supply chain. Household names play their part for creation of jobs, illustration photo Khuat Quang Hung, its head of Corporate Affairs, said that leaders are concerned about long-term commitments to promote sustainable development of the local market, including the sustainability of human resources. “I always wonder after foreign businesses investing in Vietnam leave, what will be left? Besides technology transfer, we also need a highly qualified workforce with management capacity,” Hung said. Human resource training has been one of the top priorities for Nestlé Vietnam for many years. The company regularly organises talent training programmes, creating opportunities for final year students of universities to enter Nestlé Vietnam for internships. In … [Read more...] about Household names play their part for creation of jobs

At a reception for Yoshida Akio, Representative Executive Director of AEON Co., Ltd., Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly valued the positive and effective contributions of AEON to the development of retail and export sectors in Vietnam. He suggested that AEON select Vietnam as its global business hub and continue investing in more shopping centers and outlet malls in suburban areas. Furthermore, he encouraged AEON to invest in the construction of shopping centers in more cities and provinces with high average per capita income, dense population and tourism potential like Quang Ninh, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Thai Nguyen, Nghe An, the Central Highlands, Khanh Hoa, and An Giang. The Prime Minister also proposed AEON bring more Vietnamese goods to the global supply chain, especially goods of Vietnam’s strength such as apparel, footwear, aquatic and agricultural products. Yoshida, for his part, said Vietnam is the biggest investment destination for AEON globally, with over USD 1.18 … [Read more...] about Prime Minister receives Japanese corporate executives

Last week, UNIQLO Vietnam announced the opening of a new store in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district. The new store will cover more than 1,000 square metres with world-class services, expected to create a comfortable shopping experience. Retail action hots up with store openings, Source: cafebiz.vn It brings the number of UNIQLO stores in Vietnam to 19. In just over six months, the Japanese fashion brand has launched six new stores, and another new store in Binh Duong province is also to open imminently. Osamu Ikezoe, general director of UNIQLO Vietnam said, “Our three years of development, in terms of physical stores and an online store, has been a memorable journey. We have achieved our targets in opening retail stores in Vietnam so far. This inspires us to continuously open and even increase the speed of opening new stores to meet such strong demand.” As of last week, another major name to now boast an online store in Vietnam is Apple. The tech giant announced the … [Read more...] about Retail action hots up with store openings