Posts Tagged ‘ electronics ’

TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]

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LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

January 14, 2012
LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

   People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]

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S.Korea's smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors 

May 27, 2011
S.Korea's smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors 

Models pose with Samsung Electronics' new smartphone Galaxy S II at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 28, 2011. The proliferation of smartphones in South Korea is transforming this former "walled garden" ruled by local players into one of Asia’s most promising destinations for global Internet and social networking firms. A solid, wireless broadband infrastructure, [...]

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Inflation puts the squeeze on electronics firms 

March 28, 2011
Inflation puts the squeeze on electronics firms 

A customer looks at LCD TVs at an electronics store in Ho Chi Minh City. Electronics retailers in Vietnam are facing difficulties due to falling sales. Several electronics stores could be forced to shut down in the near future as inflation forces consumers to tighten their belts, industry insiders say. Vo Thi Hoang Quan, general [...]

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Largest IT exhibition opens in Hanoi

November 20, 2009
Largest IT exhibition opens in Hanoi

One of the largest events in the year in the field of information technology, telecommunications and communications, was opened in Hanoi on November 19. 3G logos are hung everywhere at the exhibition. The Vietnam International Communications Expo 2009 / International Exhibition on Electronics Products (Vietnam Comm & Vietnam Electronics 2009) will celebrate the sector and exhibit up [...]

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Major IT fair in Hanoi features 3G technology

November 20, 2009
Major IT fair in Hanoi features 3G technology

Vietnam’s biggest information technology and telecommunications exhibition of the year opened in Hanoi Wednesday, offering fresh 3G (third generation) insights. Visitors to the Vietnam Comm & Vietnam Electronics 2009 will be introduced to different models of 3G cell phones, as well as 3G infrastructure solutions, local newswire Vietnamnet reported.MobiFone and VinaPhone, two mobile network providers [...]

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For retailers, tax evasion is business as usual

November 14, 2009
For retailers, tax evasion is business as usual

Many retailers in Ho Chi Minh City have been breaking the law for a long time by not writing invoices and evading value added tax. Laptops are displayed at an electronics retail outlet in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.Nguyen Kim Shopping Center, an electronics chain appearing in the top ten list of biggest retailers [...]

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For retailers, tax evasion is business as usual

November 14, 2009
For retailers, tax evasion is business as usual

Laptops are displayed at an electronics retail outlet in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Many retailers in Ho Chi Minh City have been breaking the law for a long time by not writing invoices and evading value added tax, a local newspaper has reported after an in-depth investigation. Nguyen Kim Shopping Center, an electronics [...]

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Supporting industries’ time has come in Vietnam

November 10, 2009
Supporting industries’ time has come in Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – The fact that big groups chose Vietnam as their production base is viewed as an opportunity for Vietnam to develop supporting industries. At the inauguration ceremony for the $670 million mobile phone production factory of Samsung Electronics Vietnam in late October 2009, Chairman Choi Gee Sung expressed thanks to representatives of the South [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/10

October 30, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/10

Samsung opens $700 mln cellphone plant in Bac Ninh; Vietnam fourth most confident country; WB helps develop agriculture in Central Highlands     South Korea’s Samsung Electronics opened a US$700-million plant in Vietnam on Wednesday to make mobile handsets for both the local market and for export. The plant, located at Yen Phong Industrial Park in the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...