The recent heavy flood overrunning Ho Chi Minh City had a powerful impact on homebuyers’ demand, putting flood risks on top of their considerations and heavily altering the real estate market.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An talked about ideas to contribute to enhancing the renewable energy segment in Vietnam and challenges in the forthcoming years.

 In order to boost sustainable economic growth, create new jobs, and attract more high-quality investment, Vietnam is mulling over the creation of a hallmark strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution with specific targets and action plans.

 Vietnam has seen a new trend in foreign capital inflows focusing on new economic models in anticipation of the country’s innovation policy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign meat exporters want to compete in Vietnam’s market with products made from  ‘animals that are treated well’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Earlier this year, Forbes added two more Vietnamese billionaires to the list of the richest persons on the planet. 

Vietnam will do its utmost to preserve, protect and nurture the solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong has said.

 Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Vietnam’s Thien Minh Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new low-cost airline in Vietnam.

Removing the quarantine regulation will help simplify administrative procedures for enterprises, but will pave the way for unsafe food to flood the Vietnamese market, some experts say.

 A casino in the southern island of Phu Quoc is set to be the first location in Vietnam to permit local people to gamble on its premises.

 Many power firms have reported rosy business performance amid the power sector’s growing liberalisation which has fuelled market competition and bolstered the efficiency of production and business.

 Despite numerous difficulties, businesses in the agro-forestry-fishery ­sector have become a highlight in the economic ­picture of 2018.

 Social media giants and major tech enterprises are coming under fire from multiple sides as governments are managing to collect their dues, and business partners and users are decrying the unregulated and oftentimes harmful content. 

 Stores at Internet Day showed a solid foundation in infrastructure, connectivity, cloud computing eco-system, and advanced technology solutions, which provide the key tailwind for Vietnam to enter the 4.0 era.

 Khoi Le, head of Facebook Client Solutions, will replace Le Diep Kieu Trang (Christy Le) as CEO of Facebook Vietnam after her resignation from early 2019.

 Vietnam is home to 22 world heritage items recognized by UNESCO, including two natural heritage sites, five cultural heritages, and one mixed heritage.

 The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Hanoi stood at 20,666 as of October 31, ranking second nationwide and making up 10% of the country’s total cases.

 The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has been trying to commercialise research outcomes by linking demand and supply, investing to bring technologies to the market and helping register intellectual property rights.

 Hanoi's Soc Son District authorities have planned to turn a 100-hectare site which mostly consists of agricultural land into a USD500m horse race course to boost the local economy.

 The Asian Youth Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championship Việt Nam Open will take place in Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh Province from December 15-20.