The joining of the globally leading specialist retailer of products for mothers-to-be, babies, and children, Mothercare Plc., may be the starting pistol in the race with Bibo Mart JSC.

While financial resources are constrained from the state side, channelling investment into green projects through the issuance of green bonds may be what it takes for the economic development of the ASEAN bloc in general and Vietnam in particular to be greener and more socially and environmentally sustainable.

The increasingly improved and synchronised transport infrastructure, tourism potential, and abundant natural resources are all favourable conditions luring in big investors, especially in real estate, to Quang Ninh.

Vietnam Listed Company Awards announced its 2018 season on April 10, with greater emphasis on corporate governance and a new classification system for the winners.

New-generation FDI attraction for 2018-2030 will focus on education and healthcare, the sectors making the most added value, in addition to financial services, metal forging & chemistry, hi-tech equipment, logistics, and pharmaceutical.

After setting foot in the automobile manufacturing industry, Vingroup, the leading real estate group in the country, shows ambitions to jump into the US$5.3 billion pharmaceutical sector.

Numerous investors, including foreign investors, intend to invest in the suspended Chu Lai Soda processing plant invested by Chu Lai Soda Processing JSC, despite its debts exceeding VND3 trillion (US$131.58 million).

While in many other countries generation Y (born from 1981 to 1991) is struggling to get a foot on the property ladder without help from parents or grandparents, youth in Vietnam has been inheriting or receiving significant financial support from the older generation, according to experts from Savills.

In the first quarter of the year, real estate developers launched massive new condo projects with tempting promotions. But will the market be in a position to absorb such an enormous supply?

Vietnam imports 523 cars from Thailand in a week, while the price of imported Honda cars is also increasing.