Ride-hailing apps have been expanding their market share, attracting more customers and becoming more ambitious in the e-payment field.

Not much work has been done to prepare for the opening of the competitive retail market, slated for 2021. Under the PM Decision released in October 2013, the competitive electricity market will take shape in a 3-stage roadmap.

Home markets are the biggest markets for Chinese, South Korea, Japanese and Amercian mobile phone manufacturers, but this has not occurred in Vietnam.

Though air pollution has worsened in Hanoi and HCM City, air quality forecasts are insufficient because of a lack of monitoring stations.

Vietnam’s businesses now have great opportunities to boost exports through official channels to China as the Chinese government is encouraging official imports, and the shipping fee is decreasing.

The Mekong Delta loses 300 hectares of land each year because of river and coastline erosion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Commercial banks now are pouring money into digitalization in order to satisfy clients’ requirements amid financial technology breakthroughs.

Da Lat is entering the high tourism season when travelers, Vietnamese and foreign, flock there to avoid the summer heat.

According to experts on geology and minerals, Vietnam's rare earth reserves are large, but have not been exploited effectively or exported.

SEA and Grab from Singapore, Woowa Brothers from the Republic of Korea and Go-Jek from Indonesia are fighting for market share.