The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee is keeping the development plan initially designed for Thu Thiem new urban area and does not expect to approve new projects not under the original plan.

Many investors from Asia have poured capital into the Mekong Delta region, but the investment in agriculture remains modest. 

Many merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the energy sector have been made in recent years, but the number of foreign players in the field remains modest.

The HCM City authorities' plan to put 23 land plots in advantageous positions, called ‘golden land plots’, into auction this year. Only a few Vietnamese enterprises are financially capable of buying the land.

Looking at Da Lat from above and seeing Mt Fansipan, the roof of Indochina, covered by fog are a few of the sights seen from cable cars in Vietnam.

A report from the World Bank shows that Ho Chi Minh City had 8 million people in 2014 and the figure will rise to around 10 million by 2020. The city promises attractive opportunities for service companies, including coffee chains.

On January 6, 2015, Air Mekong officially left the aviation market after two years of halting operation for restructuring the fleet. The failure of the airline was not only bad news for its shareholders, but also for passengers as well. 

Car importers are anxiously awaiting a new rule from the Ministry of Transport.

Many Vietnamese businesses are not registering their trademarks for protection, putting them at high risk of losing markets.

In the context of global oversupply and unstable oil prices, oil and gas exports must not be seen as the lifebuoy for the Vietnamese economy.