For most Vietnamese consumers, a house and car are two of the most valuable assets.

Household-use and cosmetics stores like Miniso and Ilahui earn hundreds of millions of dong a day from selling products to office workers and university students.

Some travel firms have expressed disappointment about the latest draft version of the amended Tourism Law, which removes the regulation on allowing foreign-invested enterprises to organize outbound tours.

Injecting money into agricultural production has become popular among large conglomerates with powerful financial capability. Most of them are targeting organic agriculture projects.

Uber and Grab have begun providing taxi services at airports, the market that traditional taxi firms typically have dominated.

Many young people can earn thousands of dollars a month just by uploading video clips on Youtube.

The owner of a bamboo forest near Da Nang, Monk Thich The Tuong, 51, began cherishing a special passion for the plant in his childhood.

The value of Vietnam’s exports to the US increased from US$1 billion in 2001 to US$38.46 billion in 2016, and it may reach US$40 billion in 2017. 

While Vietnamese banks pay VND20 million (US$900) or so to every worker, foreign banks pay three times higher.

Vietnamese goods have to go through many intermediaries to enter foreign supermarket chains. As a result, enterprises have to pay high costs to sell their goods, and cannot develop their brands.