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.

Under Vinhome's scheme, the value of gold converted into cash must cover at least 80% of a property’s purchase price.

Vinhomes lets homebuyers pay with gold, tapping Vietnam’s vast private hoards

The country’s largest residential developer also offers 110% buyback options after five years

Pham Nhat Quan Anh, 33, is also vice-chairman and standing deputy general director at VinFast Trading and Production.

Eldest son of Vietnam’s richest man steps up as VinFast chair

Pham Nhat Quan Anh’s elevation signals a leadership transition in the country’s most powerful business empire

Vietnam is set to be upgraded to secondary emerging market status later this year, which could pull billions of dollars into its stock market.

Who would buy Vietnam’s state-owned stakes – when Hanoi is ready to sell?

Takers could include patient investors seeking exposure to the country’s economic rise

Santhosh Mahendiran believes that Techcombank's ability to hyper-personalise its offerings using data drawn from its ecosystem is a key competitive advantage.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

The Singaporean turning Vietnam's Techcombank into an AI-first lender

The private bank’s first-ever chief data officer bets on cross-ecosystem data sets, proprietary AI models

Artist's impression of the US$28 billion Red River Scenic Boulevard mega project.

Chasing Seoul’s ‘Han River miracle’: Inside Hanoi’s 736.9 trillion dong Red River bet

The project serves as the centrepiece of a 100-year master plan to redesign the entire capital city of Vietnam

The pair of towers first broke ground in 2012 and remained partially completed until construction activity resumed last year.

Masterise revives decade-long half-finished towers in downtown Ho Chi Minh City

It has launched One Central Saigon, a project once linked to imprisoned property tycoon Truong My Lan

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