Begging on the rise in Vietnam’s Hoi An amid administrative transition
Vietnam News 14:20 15/05/2025Once known for its tranquil charm and lantern-lit alleys, the ancient city of Hoi An is facing an uptick in disorderly street scenes, with a growing number of beggars and street vendors raising concerns among tourists and residents alike.
Merging, renaming wards a chance to refresh tourism in Ho Chi Minh City
In-Depth 12:24 22/04/2025The merging and renaming of wards in Ho Chi Minh City present an opportunity to restructure and innovate the city's tourism offerings as cultural stories tied to the newly named wards, such as Saigon, Gia Dinh, and Cho Lon, are expected to attract visitors, a local official said at a program on Monday.
Vietnam reveals planned names for provincial-level units after mergers
Vietnam News 15:54 14/04/2025Vietnam's 13th Party Central Committee has approved a plan to rearrange provincial-level administrative units, retaining 11 cities and provinces and merging 52 others to form 23 new provincial-level units.
Vietnam to have 34 provincial-level units after merger: Party General Secretary To Lam
Vietnam News 20:05 13/04/2025The 11th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, chaired by Party General Secretary To Lam, wrapped up on Saturday, with its members agreeing that the number of provincial-level administrative units after the ongoing merger will be 34, including 28 provinces and six centrally-governed cities.
Why did Vietnam’s largest conglomerate sell off retail arm?
Economy 10:52 06/12/2019Vingroup’s sale of VinCommerce to Massan Group appears to be a win-win deal
Masan absorbs Vingroup’s retail, agriculture arms
Economy 11:54 03/12/2019Vingroup will swap its shares in VinCommerce for stakes in the new company and become a stakeholder
Vietnamese ministry considers merging thousands of districts, communes
Vietnam News 16:14 17/07/2018The main objective of the plan is to boost the quality of public personnel and services
Vietnam's HDBank to absorb PGBank in merger
Economy 08:32 22/04/2018The tie-up will help broaden HDBank’s customer base and ramp up its operations
Merging PG Bank with VietinBank will create Vietnam’s 2nd largest lender by assets
Economy 16:10 15/04/2015The merger between the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade and Petrolimex Group Bank will create a new join stock commercial bank, which is the largest and 2nd largest bank by registered capital and assets in Vietnam
HCMC newspaper changes owner, releases final edition
Vietnam News 12:44 01/03/2014Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper, one of HCMC's popular magazines, released their final edition yesterday before ceasing operations and merging with the Saigon Times Group starting today, March 1.
HCMC newspaper to change owner, layoff expected
Vietnam News 14:11 06/01/2014On Jan 2, HCMC’s People’s Committee instructed the Trade and Investment Promotion Center to encourage the editors’ board and staff of Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper to comply with the committee’s decision to merge the paper with the Saigon Times Group.
Fourth bank merger in Vietnam in the making
Economy 10:00 02/09/2013Dai A Bank has announced an extraordinary general meeting to be held on September 25th in Dong Nai province to get approval for its merger with HD Bank.
