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.

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the LNG-fired power plant Nhon Trach 3 and 4 on Dec 14.

Vietnam switches on first LNG-fired power plants, plans 20 more by 2035

Early liquefied natural gas imports have come from Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar and Russia, with growing interest in US supplies

Grab driver-partners in Vietnam will also receive special charging discounts at Charge+ facilities,

Grab, Charge+ to build EV charging network in Vietnam

The attempt is expected to complement the existing dominance of VinFast charging facilities across the country

Masan Consumer’s Chin-su fish sauce “collection” has also been exported to international markets such as the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe, Japan

Vietnam’s condiment king Masan Consumer wants to spice things up in South-east Asia, China

The maker of household brands such as Chinsu, Nam Ngu and Omachi aims to double global revenue share in three years

Residents wade through neck-deep floodwaters in Kuala Simpang village in Aceh Tamiang, North Sumatra on November 30, 2025. Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled December 3 to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit four countries topped 1,300. (Photo by IWAN GUNADI BATUBARA / AFP)

Where the flood line meets the bottom line for storm-hit South-east Asia

With climate volatility escalating, the region’s hard-won economic resilience is now on thin ice

An employee counts Vietnamese 500,000 dong banknotes at a Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) branch in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Vietnam's parliament raised the economic growth target to at least 8% for 2025, setting the stage for Asia's growth star to achieve another stellar year even as the threat of US tariffs looms. Photographer: Maika Elan/Bloomberg

Credit boom, rule shifts fire up Vietnam banks’ capital-raising sprint

High system leverage, however, may leave them vulnerable to economic shocks, say analysts

Together, the Vin trio make up more than a fifth of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange’s total market capitalisation.

Vietnam’s stock-market rally has one name behind it

Vingroup and its two listed offshoots are behind much of the VN-Index’s 36% gain this year

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