A recent salary survey by Talentnet shows that the retail, banking, and insurance sectors are the most likely to increase their headcount to support business expansions in 2019.

 Applying the highest tax rate on advertisers of Facebook and Google seems to be the Vietnamese government’s latest solution to collect taxes from the technology giant.

 In a move to help articulate the perceived impacts of Industry 4.0 as well as highlight the challenges faced by Vietnam, PwC has just released the key findings of its Industry 4.0 Vietnam Survey 2018.

 Vietnam Railways’ plans to surrender its long-established monopoly on the country’s lucrative cargo transport sector are being derailed, leaving foreign investors such as Lotte Group in the lurch until at least 2020.

 As Vietnamese smartphone producers are launching new products and Chinese giants are stepping up their game, Samsung and Apple’s hold on the market seems more fragile than ever before.

 South Korean investors continue to show their enthusiasm for Vietnam through recent major deals with businesses in the country.

 In the chart of the Map of E-commerce in Vietnam, Lazada has fallen from the first to the third position.

 FPT Capital brings HAGL to court either over its losses from the company's stocks or the chairman reneging on its promise to buy out its holding in HAGL.

 With efforts to boost economic reforms and grab opportunities afforded by Industry 4.0 ­continuing apace, Vietnam ­is rising ever higher in the World Economic Forum’s rankings.

 High water levels during the flood season have divided many areas of the Mekong delta province of Long An. Many routes have been submerged, making it hard for children to get to school. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Coffee exporters have been told to exploit the home market as the export price is on the decrease. 

 Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, has valued Vietnam’s national brand at 235 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.

 Tam Thanh pagoda is a must-see destination for tourists visiting the northeastern mountainous province of Lang Son. 

Challenge calls for solutions improving skills, training for youth, Four bridges along National Highway 1 to be expanded, Consular Club of HCMC to host 25th International Charity Bazaar

 Heritage Space in Hanoi will screen the 1926 Japanese silent film “Kurutta Ippêji” (A Page of Madness) by Teinosuke Kinugasa on October 25.

 Some enterprises and transport cooperatives in HCMC have decided to discontinue several ineffective bus routes due to heavy losses. 

 National highways across the country will need an estimated VND300 trillion (US$12.8 billion) in funding for renovation works over the next 10 years, stated Nguyen Van Huyen, head of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.

 A reduction in the number of business conditions and inspection procedures has yet to match expectations, while enterprises in the country continue to voice concern that these conditions and procedures are hindering their businesses.

 Vietnam’s logistics costs currently account for nearly 20.9% of gross domestic product, double that of developed economies and higher than the global average of 14%.

 Honda Vietnam on October 18 publicized its business performance over the past six months, showing its automobile sales surged 102% year-on-year and it held a motorcycle market share of 76.6%.