Fresh players are eagerly stepping into the local peachy fruit juice market. Nafoods Group JSC, one of several major domestic juice companies in Vietnam, is increasing investment capital to expand its market share.

The operators of the Vietnamobile and Gmobile brands are taking steps to change their operational models, a move which is expected to intensify competition in the domestic telecommunications market.

The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam one of its four strategic export markets, along with China, Iran, and Brazil. 

Pressure to remove tariff barriers on agricultural products ahead of the Trans-pacific Partnership has prompted Japanese investors to boost their agricultural investment projects in Vietnam.

Besides its numerous benefits, the Trans-Pacific Partnership will bring a slew of challenges to the Vietnamese textile, apparel and footwear sectors.

Vietnam’s monetary policies resemble China’s in many respects. Two prime examples are the control of capital flows and market interest rates, including the application of ceiling deposit interest rates.

Toyota Motors Vietnam and the Department of Traffic Police under the Ministry of Public Security on March 11 gave the certificate of safe driving to eight core driving instructors from Toyota Motors Vietnam and the department.

Vietnam's second-biggest lender in terms of assets, Vietinbank, signed a US$200 million syndicated loan agreement with 18 foreign banks in Taipei on March 11.

Numerous Italian enterprises have plans to expand their luxury product distribution networks to Vietnam by co-operating with Vietnamese distributors.

Vietnam B.V., a subsidiary of Rosneft Group, has started drilling exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1, located offshore Vietnam.