Banking and telecom are considered the two most profitable economic sectors. The businesses in the business fields can pay VND18 million ($900) a month on average to their workers.

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The precocious summer this year with the sun turning up right in early March has led to the higher than expected electricity consumption.

Travel firms complain that their business have never been so bad. Not only facing the sharp fall in the number of travelers, they have also struggle to escape the tricks played by rivals.

VietNamNet Bridge – The price increases scheduled for public services and essential goods are believed to trigger new price increase waves.

While foreign retailers have been unceasingly expanding their business by setting up more retail stores, domestic have to scale down their business because of the big losses

VietNamNet Bridge – The consumer price index (CPI) in February rose by only 1.32 per cent against the previous month, lower than expected thanks to abundant supplies of essential commodities,

Taking care of women who have just had childbirth, taking care of patients, repairing shoes and keeping cars and motorbikes have been listed as the “hottest jobs”.

Binh Dinh looks to make fisheries key growth sector; City sets target of achieving high export turnover, PM okays restructuring plan for Vinatex, Vinacomin

Building material industry needs support to overcome economic difficulties; Free chat software market heats up with competition; Viet Nam becomes largest investor in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – The government plans to pump huge amounts of capital into circulation to rescue the real estate market and settle bad debts. Will this make the high inflation return?

The majority of Vietnamese people spend less money on the Tet of Snake than the previous years.

Analysts all keep optimistic when giving predictions about the stock market performance in 2013 after several years of staying gloomy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses, both state owned and non-state owned, suffered big difficulties in 2012.

Vietnam feels joyful about its success in fighting against inflation, but deflation should be seen as a more serious problem, economists say.

VietNamNet Bridge – The luxurious food and drink market has become boisterous. In fact, it has never been hurt by the economic crisis.

Commercial banks have warned that the credit flow may get stuck when the new regulation on debt classification takes effects on June 1, 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has underlined the need to implement solutions agreed upon this year in an appropriate and effective manner.

A lot of businesses have decided that their staff would start the Lunar New Year holiday two weeks before Tet, because they don’t think that the operation on the last days of the Year of Dragon would help bring more revenue.

The owners of Trung Nguyen coffee, Vinaxuki automobile, My Hao cosmetics and Bibica sweets brands have been going to retail markets to survey the purchasing power, assembling cars and selling products themselves.