So many industries are listed as ‘leading-edge industries’ that it is unclear which of these should be accorded top priority for development.

Some 50 Vietnamese startups received US$205 million in investment capital last year, a 25% decline compared to 2015, according to the latest report from the Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator program managed by Topica Edtech Group.

Evidence shows that communication and marketing via digital media is becoming a growing tendency in the era of the internet and mobile phone boom. 

The number of officetels has been increasing in Vietnam in the last three years, but the model has not been legally recognized.

Simple toys in thin plastic bags were commonly seen in shops near traditional markets years ago. Today, toys are displayed in modern shopping malls or supermarkets. 

Vietnamese manufacturers are trying to display their products at foreign-invested supermarket chains, which have become familiar shopping destinations for urbanites. But it has not been an easy task. 

Franchising has become popular in many business fields in South East Asian countries, but not in Vietnam.

Vietnam, the second largest rice exporter in the world, is facing big challenges.

Russia's invitation to Vietnam to make investments in its far eastern area has been welcomed by local economists.

Managers of nearly 1,000 plastics packaging companies are now faced with a new import tariff on PP beads, the major input material. It is priced three times higher than the previous rate.