As many as 277 businesses were involved in bond issuances in 2020, mobilising VND403.5 trillion (US$17.4 billion), via some 2,200 issuance tranches, the Hanoi Stock Exchange has announced.

The cost to hire shipping containers has skyrocketed to nearly ten times its pre-pandemic level, according to export businesses and trade agencies.

Experts are again issuing a warning to local enterprises to pay attention to intellectual property (IP) rights when doing business overseas.

The Vietnam’s first vacation exchange platform, VPASS, has been officially launched after a signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between VPASS and partner resorts nationwide.

MoMo, Vietnam’s biggest e-wallet firm, has finished its Series D financing round from leading global investors, announced the firm in Hanoi on January 13.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the municipal People's Committee to approve five new subsidized electric-bus routes that will be operated by Vingroup and run on a pilot basis for 24 months.

Vietnam’s credit registry coverage increased to 59.6% in 2020 from 41.8% in 2015, said Do Hoang Phong, director of the Vietnam Credit Information Centre (CIC).

Fertiliser businesses have been predicted to flourish this year thanks to many positive supporting factors.

Anheuser-Busch InBev and SAB Beer announced their merger in Vietnam on January 12 following the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The building materials market is forecast to be robust this year, with the demand fuelled by the increase in infrastructure development investment and the recovery of the property market, according to the Ministry of Construction.