SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SKC Co., a South Korean materials maker, said Monday it plans to build a manufacturing plant in Vietnam to produce materials for biodegradable plastics, as it pushes to expand the eco-friendly materials business. The factory will be established in Vietnam’s northeastern city of Hai Phong to manufacture polybutylene adipate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO International Corp., the trading arm of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Co., said Thursday it exported a swine pneumonia vaccine to National Veterinary Joint Stock Co. (NAVETCO), Vietnam’s premier animal vaccine enterprise, marking its maiden venture into the realm of animal vaccine exportation. This achievement is the [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group has extended a gift of new faces and smiles to Vietnamese children with facial deformities. The South Korean conglomerate said Monday it had conducted free surgical procedures for children with facial deformities in the Quang Ngai province of Vietnam. The surgeries were performed in collaboration with Seoul [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate, Kia Corp., are taking steps to solidify their top positions in Vietnam, which is emerging as a major automobile market in Southeast Asia. In the Vietnamese car market, Hyundai maintained its No. 1 position in terms of sales for the third consecutive year, [...]
HOI AN, Vietnam, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hoiana Resort & Golf, Vietnam’s premier beachfront integrated resort, is thrilled to announce its remarkable achievement of securing the third place in the Integrated Resorts category at the esteemed T+L Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2023, presented by Travel + Leisure. This accolade recognizes Hoiana Resort & Golf [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding Co., a unit of South Korean shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai, said Wednesday it has recently clinched an order to build two oil and chemical tankers for an African shipping company. The latest order raises its cumulative orders to 199 vessels, a feat [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SKC Co., a South Korean manufacturer of advanced materials, signed Monday a preliminary agreement with the government of Vietnam’s Hai Phong city to explore potential investment in advanced materials for secondary batteries, semiconductors and other green sectors. Under the memorandum of understanding, SKC will consider ways to invest in [...]
HANOI, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies’ investment in Vietnam plunged more than 70 percent in the first quarter of this year amid tougher local regulations and a global economic slump, data showed Monday. South Korean firms’ investments in the Southeast Asian country totaled US$474 million in the January-March period, down 70.4 percent from [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — KG Mobility, formerly known as SsangYong Motor Co., said Friday it has signed a knockdown (KD) unit vehicle export deal with a Vietnamese company. In the deal, KG Mobility will ship the KDs of the Tivoli, Korando and Torres SUVs in 2024 and those of the new Rexton, new [...]
HONG KONG SAR, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Media OutReach Newswire, Asia’s first global newswire, has strengthened its distribution network in Vietnam, adding five additional media partners as guarantee online news posting for its press release distribution service. The five new sites bring the total number of partners in Vietnam to 20 media outlets, including [...]