SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The rising popularity of the Korean Wave in Vietnam is helping local consumers fall in love with Korean spicy food. A local restaurant franchise Sasin was the first to introduce Vietnamese to Korean spicy food when it was established in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016. Sasin, a franchise [...]
HANOI, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean coach Park Hang-seo has signed a lucrative extension with the Vietnamese men’s national football team. Park signed his new contract at a press conference with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) here on Thursday. He’ll continue to coach both the men’s senior and under-23 national teams. The new [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Card, a leading credit card issuer in South Korea, has agreed to launch a joint venture in Vietnam in its first direct overseas investment, the company said Tuesday. The company has signed an agreement to purchase a 50 percent stake in Vietnam’s Finance Company Limited for Community (FCCOM) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail companies are engaged in a fierce battle with Japanese companies in the Vietnamese market, which has emerged as a “post-China.” According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, Vietnam’s retail industry has been growing rapidly, with an annual average growth rate of 10.9 percent between 2013 and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The cumulative number of audience members at CJ CGV’s theaters in Vietnam this year has already topped 20 million, the company said Monday. CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, a CJ Group affiliate, recorded a total audience of 4.4 million in Vietnam in 2011, the first year [...]
CHEONAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Special school bus cushions developed in South Korea that send the status of children entering and leaving school vehicles to smartphones in real time and sound a warning if children are left behind will be exported to Vietnam. According to the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Tuesday, Vietnam’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam, with the Korean Wave sweeping a population of 100 million, will also be able to read Korea’s March 1 Declaration of Independence. Cyber diplomacy organization Voluntary Agency Network Korea (VANK) said Sunday it had recently translated the “March 1 Declaration of Independence” into Vietnamese. “Vietnam also has a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of tourist exchanges between South Korea and Vietnam are leading airlines to create new routes between the two countries. The Korea Tourism Organization and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism reported that 2,078,000 South Koreans visited Vietnam over the first half of this year, which was [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Union Corporate Committee (UCC), a volunteer organization with over eight years of volunteering experience overseas since 2012, held a special event for female immigrants in South Korea to meet with their family members online. The UCC is comprised of both management and labor unions of the telecommunications giant [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced “Galaxy S10 Plus Park Hang-seo Edition” smartphone on Saturday at the Samsung Showcase located in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, and held a special fan meeting with the head coach of Vietnam’s national football team. Some 100 guests including coach Park, local football fans, and [...]