Twenty areas in HCM City have seen rapid subsidence, while the other 40 sites are subsiding at a slower rate, according to the HCM City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.

There is no debt trading market in Vietnam which is professional and large enough for businesses to trade debts. Debts have been either lying still, thus causing big losses to involved parties, or have been transferred around.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more listed companies have asked for permission to give larger room to foreign investors in their businesses, a move which is expected to lead to a new price increase wave.

VietNamNet Bridge - The continued sharp fall in the oil price has caused investors to hesitate starting the oil refinery projects they promised. Sources said some investors may give up the projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pham Chi Lan, a renowned economist, talked before the business community on February 24 about how the Vietnam 2035 report was prepared.

VietNamNet Bridge - Non-state universities are concerned that they will not find students once the new enrollment policy is applied. It allows schools to apply many different methods to enroll students, and has no floor mark for junior colleges.

VietNamNet Bridge - The machine uses acetylene and plasma to cut metals via computer numerical control (CNC). This is a product created by a creative business owner in Tien Giang Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The market share of Vietnamese sweets manufacturers is getting smaller.

VietNamNet Bridge - As Kinh Do has sold its sweets manufacturing division to the US firm Mondelez, Vietnam has no company that can compete with foreign manufacturers in the sweets market.