The Business Times
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
Ho Chi Minh is lited among 15 financial centres likely to become more significant over the next two to three years, according Global Financial Centres Index.

Crypto players find safe haven in Vietnam’s dual-city IFC

Global giants such as Binance, Bybit and Tether are converging on Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, where fintech sandboxes are...

The contenders for developing the critical infrastructure, which will run the length of Vienam to connect its largest cities and metropolises, Hanoi (above) and Ho Chi Minh City, include VinSpeed and Truong Hai Group.

Vietnam’s most ambitious US$67 billion North-South high-speed railway faces funding conundrum

Whether private firms can play a role in easing the state’s financial burden for this large-scale project remains uncertain

Ho Chi Minh City's first metro line began commercial operation on December, 2024

Vietnam’s US$40 billion metro boom in Ho Chi Minh City

The race is on to build HCMC’s metro network, which is set to reshape the country’s largest city

The Net Zero Challenge 2025 awarded 20 billion dong (S$991,730) in catalytic grants and investment prizes to three projects focused on renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy solutions.

Touchstone Partners launches US$10 million green fund, tapping Net Zero Challenge to attract global startups to Vietnam

Annual startup competition, co-organised with Temasek Foundation, has attracted more than 1,600 applications over the past three years

The top three best-selling cars in Vietnam so far this year were all VinFast models; and the EV maker also held roughly 50 per cent market share in the electric motorbike segment. 

Vietnam’s EV boom: VinFast buys first, mass adoption follows

Domestic brands lead Vietnam’s EV market despite intense competition and limited government incentives

Grab chief operating officer Alex Hungate says: "In our business, the margins are very small, and therefore to make money, you’ve got to be very big."

M&A always on the radar as bigger players ‘tend to win’: Grab COO Alex Hungate

He stresses that greater scale is crucial to making money in the competitive, low-margin ride-hailing market

Vietnam’s pop boom draws homegrown stars, massive crowds

Singing all the way to the bank: Vietnam’s pop culture is big business

The country’s entertainment giants YeaH1 and DatVietVAC are cashing in as pop culture explodes

Malaysian property giants, such as Gamuda Land, SP Setia and UOA, are planning integrated developments in Vietnam, capitalising on rapid growth and rising middle class.

Vietnam beckons Malaysia’s property bigwigs with urban boom, reforms and rapid growth

Developers known for large townships and high-rises have ramped up their presence in the fast-growing market since the pandemic

On a year-on-year basis, Vietnam’s total exports and imports for the first 10 months of 2025 are up 16.2% and 18.6%, respectively.

Vietnam emerges as Asean’s top next-gen trade hub on resilient manufacturing, export growth

The government is boosting investment, given ambitious reforms and growth targets for 2026

The Europlast Phu Yen Solar, acquired by SP Group in March 2023, are among SP's four plants impacted by the ongoing tariff and compliance dispute.

Over 20 power giants including SP Group, Mitsubishi press Vietnam over US$13 billion clean energy row

Singapore’s other major energy player, Sembcorp, also has solar assets caught in the dispute

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