In 2016, the livestock industry produced 54.5 million pigs, but domestic consumption was 35.8 million.

Around one out of every two Vietnamese borrows money on credit, according to StoxPlus.

The well-known Opera “Carmen” will come to Hanoi on November 23-24, at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

Many overseas Vietnamese, or Viet Kieu, have given up the plan to buy houses and settle down here because they cannot meet required procedures.

A draft law on cyber security requires foreign companies providing internet and telecommunication services in Vietnam to have operation licenses, a representative agency and an open data center in the country.

Many Vietnamese companies have launched products and services specifically designed to target Generation Z, or customers born after 1995.

Drug distributors have been expanding their networks by opening new drugstores and taking over other chains. 

More than 3 million tons of meat were consumed in Vietnam in 2016, according to Euromonitor. With a value of US$18 billion, Vietnam is the third largest market for meat in Asia, behind China and India.

Kien Giang provincial authorities’ proposal to allow the dollar to be used in Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has stirred controversy.

Vietnam needs a gradual sustainable increase in forex reserves, rather than a shocking increase as seen in the last two years, according to analysts.