Japanese retailers have continued to flock to Vietnam's retail market given it's expected to undergo a major period of transformation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is expected to receive more foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan in the coming years as part of its strategy to shift investment attraction towards high-quality capital.

More than 3.4 million motorbikes of different kinds were sold in 2018. However, while the demand for scooters and high-cylinder capacity sports motorcycles has increased rapidly, the sales of gear motorbikes have fallen sharply. 

 A serious collision between a passenger coach and a container truck this afternoon on a route leading to Hai Van Pass Tunnel, which links Danang with Thua Thien-Hue, injured 11 people, mostly South Korean tourists.

The HCM City Department of Transport’s Management Centre of Public Transport will organise an auction for 11 bus advertising packages for the fourth time on March 8 at Tan Binh District’s Auction Centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises have started moving into the chilled meat sector, as it is expected to become a new consumer trend in the future domestically, according to experts.

 The Ministry of Public Security has started an investigation into an acid attack on an overseas Vietnamese from Canada in the central province of Quảng Ngãi during the Lunar New Year holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host the Carom Billiard 3-Cushion World Cup on May 16-28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of writers and poetry lovers flocked to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi yesterday to join the 17th Vietnamese Poetry Day.

 Brands need to identify how to specifically target Millennial customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport aims to have 75 per cent of the new buses running on clean fuel by the end of 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After performing quite well in the first trading week after returning from a week-long Tet holiday, market volatility is in focus this week with strong profit-taking possible following the rallies of local stocks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Now the week-long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has ended and schools have resumed, many classrooms in mountainous localities still feel strangely empty as local students have not returned.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most big real estate developers are heading for Phu Quoc Island, where the first casino open to Vietnamese has begun operating. 

Provisions in some laws should be unified to remove barriers for cities and provinces in luring investment as the overlaps and contradictions of the laws have hindered the activity, officials said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said that the presence of Amazon in Vietnam will give opportunities to Vietnam’s businesses to reach the world market, but businesspeople are not so optimistic. 

Will Nguyen, KPMG partner and head of IT Advisory, digs into the multiple benefits technology disruption could bring to business development.

With Vietnam’s energy demand projected to increase by more than 10 percent annually in the next five years and required power capacity to double, the country is moving to diversify its energy mix.

 Applications for 90-day Schengen visa through Germany can now be submitted through Visa Application Center in Hanoi and HCMC and soon in Da Nang.

 MWG makes highest revenue contribution in online retail sales nationwide last year.