Among the top 10 most successful e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia in 2018, five operate in Vietnam - Lazada, Shopee, Tiki, Thegioididong and Sendo, according to new findings from iPrice research.

Forestry product exports pick up 18 percent in Q1, Exports help push up trade surplus in first quarter, Exports help push up trade surplus in first quarter, Q1 retail revenue reaches US$50 billion

An increasing number of Vietnamese YouTubers, such as the short-lived ‘idol’ Ngo Ba Kha alias Kha Banh, earn large amounts of money from the social network but some YouTubers might be trying to evade their personal income tax.

Vietnam’s GDP of the second quarter will likely grow at the same pace as the first quarter at 6.79% year-on-year, according to Viet Dragon Securities Company (VDSC). 

VietNamNet Bridge - The real estate prices in Van Don in Quang Ninh province began escalating after Tet in February, when transactions resumed. 

Vietnam’s Strategy for Renewable Energy Development hopes to triple the output of electricity produced from renewable sources from 58 billion kilowatts per hour (kWh) in 2015 to 186 billion kWh by 2030.

Japanese corporations’ rising interest in Vietnam’s banking sector is a natural process, which stretched back for the last ten years, experts told Hanoitimes. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Viet Thang, director general of the ACV, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the need to expand airport services.

Despite a remarkable decrease of new supply in the rest of 2019, the east of Ho Chi Minh City remains one of the most popular areas among buyers, according to experts.

There have been 120 trade remedy cases which are mainly antidumping and anti-subsidy against Vietnamese exports by the US, the EU, India, Turkey and Canada by March this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Car dealers say they are preparing to distribute amphibious vehicles made in Japan, though they are unsure about domestic demand.

Although Vietnam’s wood and wooden product exports to the US in Q1 increased by over 34% year-on-year, insiders have expressed concern over tighter control measures potentially being applied to Vietnamese imports.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) Circular No.02/2019/TT-BCT, which took effect in late February 2019, provides a revised model power purchase agreement applicable to grid-connected wind power projects in Vietnam. 

Despite ­facing challenges, the real estate ­market in 2019 is expected to continue on an upward trend, say both experts and ­investors.

The Mekong Delta and the south-eastern region plan to grow other crops on more than 126,300ha of low-yield rice fields this year as a means of adapting to climate change and improving farmers’ incomes.

In 2019, the HoSE will work on a special mechanism that allows foreign investors to trade shares of companies that have run out of room for foreign ownership, especially investors from Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.

The State Bank of Vietnam has resumed open market operations for the first time since Tet (Lunar New Year) to improve liquidity in the banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is economically lagging behind other countries in the region and in the world. There is a big gap in GDP per capita between Vietnam and other countries, which makes it difficult for Vietnam to catch up with them.

VietNamNet Bridge - One of the topics discussed at the first Vietnam Reform and Development Forum (VRDF), a meeting between the government and donors held recently, was the lag of Vietnam’s economy behind other countries.

 Vietnam’s first shrimp online transaction floor made its first public appearance in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 5, helping farmers get the highest possible prices for their product and updates on the cultivation and trade.

 Foreign financial institutions were eyeing up poorly-performing Vietnamese banks after being given the green light to acquire stakes in local institutions in a move to speed up the restructuring of the country’s banking industry.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan concluded her working visit to the European Parliament and left Brussels, Belgium, for Doha, Qatar, on April 6 morning to attend the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU -140) and related meetings.

HCMC authorities and the committee for overseas Vietnamese today held a meeting in the city to discuss how to build the country’s southern hub into a regional innovative urban and financial centre.

 The development of the tourism sector has helped attracting investment in tourism real estate, while encouraging investors to diversify their projects, products and services, held experts at the Tourism Property Forum 2019 on April 6.

 Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City has become the only Vietnamese educational institution named in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2019.