VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese street food market, with estimated value of VND47 trillion, is now attracting big food supply chains and retailers.

Vietnamese food enterprises may not be qualified as major suppliers of U.S. multinational retailer Walmart because of their small scale, but they may be its smaller providers, said senior director for Walmart Global Sourcing in Southeast Asia.

Petrolimex has witnessed a sharp drop in share prices after a vast wave of investors started selling its stocks and setting up stock discounts, following the drop in profitability since April 2017.

 Japan-based fashion apparel retailer Stripe International Inc. remains hungry after acquiring NEM Fashion and is now planning to seize other apparel brands in Vietnam to expand faster.

 At Ben Thanh Market, you’ll find a 50-year-old tiny wooden clog shop of Nguyen Thi Lien. At the age of 72, Lien is now the only person selling wooden clogs at one of the oldest and busiest markets in the city.

 Vietnam is expected to start building a law on public-private partnership (PPP) investment in 2018 to pave the way for future foreign investment inflows.

VietNamNet Bridge - Few venture funds have been set up in Vietnam, and few startups have successfully called for capital from the funds.

 Dr Colman Ross from Ireland has positively contributed to the development of Viet Nam for nearly 20 years with a major focus on the marginalised and remote Ethnic Minority communities that are being left behind.

 SEZ model is expected to create a new impetus for economic development and reform, because of its outstanding business environment, transparent institutions, and effective administration.

 The local workforce has annually grown by less than 1% over the past five years due to population aging, according to a report by the Institute of Labor, Science and Social Affairs.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Construction to assess and accelerate a scheme for treating coal ash and other waste from thermal power, chemical and fertilizer plants and turn them into construction materials.

 Over 5,000 toxic videos have been removed from Youtube, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan told legislators on Friday.

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 13th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting (ASEM FMM13) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from November 20-21.

HCMC People’s Committee has required the Department of Planning and Architecture to work with the committee’s Office to publicize a software providing information on city planning in smartphones.

 Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Dien, Vice Rector of the University of Economics and Law under the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, has become an official member of the French Academy of Overseas Sciences.

 Deputies raised a number of questions concerning the measures required to improve the quality of judicial work and the settlement of economic corruption cases, at the Q&A session on November 18.

On the verge of a merger with Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG), Tran Anh Digital revealed a net loss of $519,672, exceeding the net loss stated in its self-reported financial statement by $211,392.

 Vietnam is considered a tremendously potential market by Korean fintech enterprises, setting off an avalanche of deals looking to expand business operations and find investment and co-operation opportunities.

 At present, 65% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still find it difficult to seek potential foreign partners and investors due to the lack of co-ordination and a high-skilled labour force.

 Startups are a “promised land” for new graduates as they will present many employment opportunities in the near future, according to the latest report from the Navigos Group.