Apr 23, 2015

Make for Vietnam: How US cafe and fast-food chains adapt to local tastes

 Customers at a Starbucks cafe in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on April 21, 2015. Photo: Thao Vi When Starbucks…
Apr 20, 2015

VivoCity Saigon opens doors

VivoCity Saigon opened its door Sunday (April 19) making it the second international shopping mall brand to enter Vietnam, behind…
Apr 17, 2015

Foreign retail giants compete for big projects in Vietnam

Major foreign retail groups are competing for a slice of the commercial retail pie in Vietnam, despite the closure of…
Apr 16, 2015

Yum! China opens luxury restaurant

US fast food giant Yum! Brands has opened a luxury restaurant overlooking Shanghai’s Bund to test menu concepts on locals.…
Apr 16, 2015

Huy Vietnam secures offshore funding

Private equity firms in Singapore and Hong Kong have invested US$15 million into Huy Vietnam Group, Vietnam’s largest operator of…
Apr 13, 2015

Alibaba Bank to debut in June

Alibaba’s finance subsidiary Ant Financial will launch the new ‘Alibaba bank’ online in two months. Reuters reports the bank, to…