At 8am on a wintery December 2, music blasted out as a crowd of hundreds queued up outside the first McDonald’s restaurant to open in Hanoi. 

Travelling by train to relax and enjoy the view out the window is a pleasure for many travelers, and two train routes in Vietnam with stunning views were recently selected among the ten best train journeys in Asia by the UK-based newspaper The Telegraph.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will begin a pilot service offering free meals to passengers to mark the addition of six new trains on the North-South line on January 10.

Lazada has become the top choice among online shoppers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam, according to the latest study by the Thailand-based iPrice, an e-commerce company.

An exhibition on the traditional weddings of Hue people in the 1960s and 1970s has opened at the Hue Culture Museum.

The Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance, dipped to 51.4 in November from 51.6 in October. 

As a coal importer, Vietnam will pay substantially more for energy source in coming years, according to recent analysis.

Vietnam could receive a significant boost to its natural gas supplies after signing two agreements during the APEC Summit to buy gas at home and from Indonesia.

Moody’s Investors Service has changed its outlook for Vietnam’s banking system to positive for the next 12-18 months from stable, reflecting the country’s strong economic prospects and the positive outlook for most rated banks.

Vietnam’s retail market saw a lot of changes and activities during the third quarter of this year, according to Navigos Search, with the emergence of international fashion brands opening up more employment opportunities for local candidates at all levels.