The Hanoi Landmark Tower will be fitted with high-speed elevators with regenerative drives and an intelligent, user-friendly destination selection control syste.
Japan's Sapporo Holdings said it would enter the Vietnamese market by taking a 65 percent stake in a beer joint venture with Vietnam National Tobacco Corp.
Kubota Corporation, the largest manufacturer of farming and fisheries machinery, generators and related components in Japan, opened a plant in Binh Duong.
After the State Bank of Vietnam increased the basic interest rate to 8 percent, many commercial banks are now offering a new interest rate of 10-10.5 percent/year.