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Jamille Tran

Jamille Tran

VIETNAM CORRESPONDENT

Jamille is a correspondent at The Business Times, where she covers Vietnam and broader Asean affairs. She holds a master’s degree in Global Business Journalism from Tsinghua University and previously reported for Bloomberg’s Vietnam bureau.

emailjtran@sph.com.sg
Vietnam's market surveillance units under the trade ministry will intensify checks on counterfeit goods, with a focus on industrial property rights and trademark infringement.

Hanoi orders 20% surge in IP enforcement cases in May after US warning

This is part of a nationwide campaign to combat intellectual property violations

The biggest upside surprise to inflation came from the eating-out component, which rose 8.3% year on year in Vietnam’s April consumer price index.

Vietnam’s growth push squeezed as inflation hits six-year high, trade gap at 30-year peak

The latest data, amid a softening currency, could pile pressure on policymakers, analysts say

As leadership transitions unfold at Vietnam’s family businesses, successors are stepping into management roles. From left: Biti's CEO Vuu Le Quyen, SHB vice-chairman cum deputy CEO Do Quang Vinh, and AgriS chairperson Dang Huynh Uc My.

From post-war hardships to ‘era of national rise’: Vietnam’s family firms face first succession test

The transition is reshaping not just companies, but also the trajectory of the country’s private sector as the primary economic growth engine

Sunway Group's founder and chairman Jeffrey Cheah says international expansion will increasingly be driven by the next generation.
BEHIND THE NAME

Malaysia’s 8th richest man Jeffrey Cheah wants Sunway business to last 10 generations

Having weathered two crises, the founder pairs professional management with slow-burn succession to keep the business and family intact

A section of Vietnam's Nui Phao polymetallic mine, one of the world’s largest tungsten deposits outside China.

Riding AI ‘gold rush’: Vietnam tungsten giant courts foreign investors ahead of planned mainboard listing 

Masan High-Tech Materials plans to ramp up metal output from its Vietnam mine to tap ex-China supply gap for strategic industries

VSIP has now grown to 22 parks spanning nearly 12,000 hectares across 15 provinces and cities, with a plan to raise the total to 30 in 2026.
INSIDE ASEAN

From farmland to factory floor: Vietnam-Singapore industrial parks gear up for next chapter

Facilities under the joint venture are moving from labour-intensive growth to high-tech, green goals

VinFast's production facility in Karawang, Indonesia. The country was one of the overseas markets that the carmaker focused on last year.

VinFast eyes EV sales jump of five times in overseas market; taxi arm seen as key growth lever

Founder says Vietnamese carmaker’s Ebitda will break even by 2027, after cumulative losses of US$14.5 billion as at end-2025

A proposal to cut payments is the clearest sign yet of how Hanoi may resolve a long-running dispute over its feed-in tariff regime.

Vietnam proposes steep cuts to clean-energy payouts in protracted US$13 billion dispute

EVN’s proposal for 173 projects could force some investors to repay past incentives

The fourth Amity Circle retreat was hosted by Temasek Foundation from Apr 8 to 10 in Hanoi.

Middle East-linked energy supply shocks put Asean Power Grid back in focus

Geopolitical tensions, subsea cable networks are reshaping region’s energy security, integration

The upgrade is seen as a structural milestone that could unlock gradual inflows from global passive and active funds into Vietnam's equity market.

Vietnam’s FTSE upgrade locked in for September after market reforms

Global broker access and non-prefunding improvements have aligned the country’s market with global standards

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