Honeywell announces winners of Asia-Pacific Student Competition

Honeywell announces winners of Asia-Pacific Student Competition

Honeywell (NYSE:HON) yesterday announced that Tuyen Dinh Quang, a chemical engineering student at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, has won the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Challenge.
A hot sector in a cool economy

A hot sector in a cool economy

The road network in Vietnam is currently undergoing rapid reconstruction.
Bank restructuring a work in progress

Bank restructuring a work in progress

Some banks that have huge losses, large bad debts, poor liquidity and cannot meet the State Bank’s restructuring criteria should let go.
Who is the conductor of your strategy?

Who is the conductor of your strategy?

A good orchestra is one with a good strategy, well executed by all its musicians, to achieve their mission of good music enjoyed by the audience.
PM Dung’s New Year message

PM Dung’s New Year message

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasizing the central tasks of 2012, which include economic restructuring, growth model renovation, fast and sustainable development.
Firms need strategic vision to succeed

Firms need strategic vision to succeed

In the first of a series of articles, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vietnam writes how the Enterprise Performance Management mechanism offers insight and agility to keep firms ahead of the curve.
PM raises central tasks for new cabinet

PM raises central tasks for new cabinet

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who has been re-elected for the second term has an article figuring out central tasks for the new term of the Vietnamese government. The following is the full translation of the article.
Code labours to strike right balance

Code labours to strike right balance

Proposed amendments to the Labour Code have been the source of hot debate between firms and state administrators. Co-Chair of the Vietnam Business Forum’s Manufacturing & Distribution Working Group Fred Burke argues it will be one of the most important laws Vietnam adopts this decade and will have a major say on the nation’s future prosperity.
Increasing value from business disposals

Increasing value from business disposals

How sellers can put themselves in the best possible position to extract maximum value from business disposals is outlined by KPMG Vietnam’s advisory services, transaction and restructuring director Carl Gordon.
Oracle announces Oracle BPM Suite 11g

Oracle announces Oracle BPM Suite 11g

Oracle yesterday announced Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g to help customers lower costs, adapt to change and simplify business process management.
PM highlights development strategy for 2011-2020

PM highlights development strategy for 2011-2020

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has written an article about major contents of the draft socio-economic development strategy for 2011-2020 period as well as top priorities for 2011. The following is the full article.
Vietnam is breathtaking, don’t take it away!

Vietnam is breathtaking, don’t take it away!

US-backed Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) has devised to put one of Vietnam’s biggest solid waster treatment projects into operation by early next year.
All aboard for a journey of discovery

All aboard for a journey of discovery

The process of international integration demands Vietnam to accelerate opening markets and eradicate monopolistic controls. Beginning with petroleum, power, and telecommunications, the systematic razing of monopolies is storming the ramparts of transport. As the state lowers the drawbridge on airways and rail, Bich Ngoc examines how the process is impacting on Vietnam Railways Corporation.