Vietnamese citizens may be allowed to enter a new casino at the Van Don Special Administrative-Economic Zone in northern Quang Ninh province on a trial basis.

Vietnam’s real estate market will continue to see stable development in the apartment segment with abundant supply in 2017, a recent conference in Hanoi heard.

Google search trends for 2016 in Vietnam reveal that games, sports, entertainment, and lottery results were the most searched topics among Vietnamese internet users, and national university exams and global issues such as the US election, events in Syria, Zika virus, and Black Friday shopping.

The overall growth of Vietnam’s telecom market will start to decline following a period of rapid development, according to “The Emerging Asia-Pacific telecoms market: trends and forecasts 2016-2021” released by The Report Linker.

It is too soon to evaluate the impact on Vietnam if the TPP is not ratified but the country has other valuable options available, a recent conference in Hanoi heard.

Fees to visit Huong (Perfume) Pagoda, will increase 50% from VND49,000 (US$2.2) to VND78,000 (US$3.4) from the beginning of 2017, according to latest announcement from the Management Board of Huong Pagoda.

The Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to report on the business operations of Vietnam Lottery Company (Vietlott) which is facing complaints from localities.

Authorities will likely change the current equitization method toward more transparency and clearer information for foreign investors, a move that has long been waited for.

Ho Chi Minh City is planning to withdraw the land of 880 projects in 2017.

Vietnam Airlines plans to issue 191.1 million shares to shareholders at a price of VND10,000 (US$0.45) in the first quarter of 2017.