Footwear is a big industry of Vietnam, considered a ‘foreign currency earner’ thanks to high exports every year.  

With only his motorcycle, a 25 year old German is carrying all necessary belongings for his trip through Southeast Asia. He is now in Vietnam after touring Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Scholars and experts have met at an online roundtable at VietNamNet recently to discuss the thorny issue of attracting Vietnamese overseas talent.

he departure of the former owners of Big C and Metro Cash & Carry supermarkets is expected to intensify competition in the retail field.

Real estate firms’ shares have become more attractive to investors as the property market recovery is expected to reap big profits.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) says that Formosa is about to begin operating six out of 23 chimneys on a trial basis.

Many industrial zones (IZs) have been built in the Mekong Delta and more will be built in accordance with approved plans, but some IZs have been left idle. 

Seven months after the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was officially established, the Vietnamese market is flooded with Thai and Malaysian goods. But Vietnamese goods are still largely absent from the ASEAN market.

The fact that Chinese businesses play tricks to obtain land in ‘sensitive areas’ in Vietnam has raised concerns about security and national defence.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam's (ACV) transition to a joint stock company may affect aviation security, some experts believe.