Toyota says sales in South Korea have been hit by simmering tensions between Seoul and Tokyo.

If successful, Kakao’s presence in Vietnam would mark its second overseas expansion after it signed a partnership with Japan Taxi last year to enable call taxi services for Korean users.

Trade tensions between the US and China are driving increased real estate investor interest in Southeast Asian countries, with Vietnam’s industrial sector a key focal point, according to JLL Vietnam.

Fading external demand and a weaker global outlook serve as the primary concerns for Vietnam’s export-reliant economy.

Emerging channels contribute two thirds of total incremental spending come from these channels.

Commercial banks are expected to lower lending interest rates after getting more support to cut input costs from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)’s...

Vietnam shipped abroad 586,000 tonnes of rice in September for $251 million, pushing the total rice export volume and value in the first nine months of this year to 5.2 million tonnes and $2.24 billion, respectively.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has completed its appraisal and evaluation of Thien Minh Aviation JSC’s proposal to set up a new airline, called Kite Air.

With a population of nearly 100 million, the country’s final consumption expenditure has been maintaining at a high rate of over 70% annually, indicating huge potential remains for the market.

HSBC Vietnam appoints new CEO

Corona Casino – the first casino in Vietnam where Vietnamese people are permitted to gamble – has reported a gross profit of $13.04 million and pre-tax profit of $4.7 million after six months of operation.

To date, Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp (Sabeco) only has two major shareholders, including Vietnam Beverage with a 53.59% stake and the Ministry of Industry and Trade being state capital representative at the brewer with 36%.

The World Trade Organization has slashed its forecast for trade growth this year by more than half, warning the slowdown could hit living standards and jobs.
 

CBU automobile imports surge in Jan-Aug

Hong Kong (China) topped 109 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year with total capital of $5.89 billion, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Da Mi has $37 million for a floating solar project it wants to build at its hydropower plant in Binh Thuan province.

Despite a looming Brexit, political uncertainty in Italy and a likely German recession, this is the moment to buy European stocks, according to JPMorgan (JPM).

The amount of pork Vietnam imported in the first seven months of the year increased by 3.4 times in quantity, while the value rose by 4.3 times compared with the same period last year.

Ford is beating a partial retreat from India's large but struggling car market.

Total revenue from retail trade and services in the first nine months of this year reached VND3.6 quadrillion (US$156.5 billion), 11.6 per cent over the same period last year.