[August 9th] Hanoi Metro triples profit in H1
Hanoi Metro reported post-tax profits of VND10 billion (US$381,400) for the first half of 2025, three times the figure for H1 last year. Its revenues were up 50% to VND393 billion. The company, which is owned by the city, operates the Cat Linh – Ha Dong and Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station lines. The fare …
[August 8th] Vietnam installs first domestically owned international Internet cable
Telecommunications giant VNPT Group has installed VSTN, a land-based international Internet fiber optic cable system, to reduce Vietnam’s reliance on vulnerable undersea connections. The 3,900-kilometer VSTN cable, which became operational on Monday, runs from the central city of Da Nang through Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, to Singapore. It is the first international cable to be fully …
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[August 7th] Thailand, Cambodia welcome reduced tariff rates
Thailand and Cambodia on Friday welcomed a 19% trade tariff announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, avoiding a threatened levy of 36% days after he intervened to help broker a ceasefire in their deadly border conflict. Cambodia said it would drop all tariffs on imports from the United States and order up to 20 Boeing …
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