Rental price competition is expected to rise with the retail market coming under greater pressure due to Vietnam’s upcoming World Trade Organization commitments allowing foreign retailers full access to the market early next year.

The development of large-scale casinos nationwide has raised concerns over the growth of a future Van Don Special Economic Zone.

A brighter economic picture has been painted thanks to a positive index of industrial production (IIP) and improved export turnover in the first two months of this year.

After a few months in Hanoi, Ounkham Pimmata considers the differences between his hometown of Vientiane and Vietnam’s capital city.