Contemporary Life

On July 13th, 2020, the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Group held a roundtable talk on “State Ownership: Post COVID-19 Action and Responsibilities”. The roundtable gathered representatives from government agencies, policy makers, and leading economic experts. The roundtable used the case study of Vietnam Airlines (VNA) to demonstrate the State’s role in providing solutions to similar struggling state-owned enterprises. Heritage highlights […]

03/08/2020 - Business

Old and New

Gia Ji Blending painstaking traditional techniques with contemporary designs, Thao Vu’s Kilomet109 is bringing new ideas to the world of fashion. I met Thao Vu for the first time at Kilomet109 boutique on Xuan Dieu Street in Hanoi. Located in Tay Ho, an area with a large Western population, Kilomet109 struck me immediately with its purely Vietnamese designs that integrate […]

31/07/2020 - Brand

Old roots, new fruit

Thai A Vietnam’s Ministry of Health reported that the pharmaceutical sector’s average growth from 2009 – 2013 was 18.8%/year. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s classification and ranking of pharmaceuticals, Vietnam is ranked 3 out of 4, signifying that the country has a domestic pharmaceutical industry; is able to produce some generic drugs whose copyright protection has expired; and […]

30/07/2020 - Business