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A series of 5-star hotels change hands
Sofitel Plaza Hanoi and Duxton Saigon have been transferred to new owners at a time when many new hotel brands have opened in Hanoi and HCM City.
Multi-billion dollar projects, approved in 'red-carpet' period, lose licenses
After joining WTO, Vietnam laid the red carpet out to welcome foreign investors with huge investment projects worth billions of dollars. But some of these projects never started or have lost licenses.
Vietnamese eight world heritage sites
Trang An, Hue, My Son, Hoi An are among the country's World Heritage sites and top tourist attractions.
Agriculture abandoned by Vietnamese entrepreneurs
Vietnam has great advantages for agricultural production, but in the last 10 years, domestic enterprises have been focusing on the services sector and abandoning the field.
Vietnam risks becoming "pollution haven"
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is expected to continue the shift of investment flows into industries of high pollution risk in Vietnam like textile-dying, paper, iron and steel.
Investment tax incentives available
Vietnam will provide special tax incentives to enterprises in the science and technology and agriculture sectors.
Vietnam warned it may yield to Myanmar in exporting rice
Myanmar has jumped into large markets, getting ready to become the No 1 in the world in rice exports, according to Vo Tong Xuan, the leading rice expert.
Marketing war among breweries breaks out
In Vietnam, South East Asia's largest market, brewers spend hundreds of billions of dong to hire promotion girls to serve marketing campaigns.
Hoi An – one of the best cities in the world
This year Vietnam’s Hoi An ancient town ranks 6th among the ten best cities in Asia, voted by readers of Travel & Leisure.
The shortest beauty queens of Vietnam
The first Miss Vietnam Bui Bich Phuong holds the record as the shortest beauty queen of Vietnam. She was crowned in 1988, at the age of 18, with the height of 1.57 meters.