Electronics importers mull price hikes
Electronics importers mull price hikes

Importers of electronics products are weighing spiking prices weeks after the devaluation of the Vietnam dong against the US dollar, which is claimed to have pushed up the prices of imports denominated in the dollar.

Electronics importers mull price hikes
Housing market takes off with foreign buyers
Housing market takes off with foreign buyers

Vietnam’s real estate market has been heating up with a rapidly increasing number of purchases made not only by locals, but also foreigners and overseas Vietnamese who are keen to get on the property ladder.

Housing market takes off with foreign buyers
SBV gives nod to Southern Bank, Sacombank merger
SBV gives nod to Southern Bank, Sacombank merger

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued Decision No. 1844/QD-NHNN on September 14 to officially approve the merger between the Southern Bank and Sacombank.

SBV gives nod to Southern Bank, Sacombank merger
Survey: consumers gaining power
Survey: consumers gaining power

Vietnam is considered a land of opportunities where consumers now have more power and willingness to spend, according to a recent report released by the global performance measurement company Nielsen.

Survey: consumers gaining power
Ministry discusses customs, taxes with RoK firms
Ministry discusses customs, taxes with RoK firms

The Ministry of Finance spoke with Korean firms late last week to provide latest updates in tax and customs policies and heard complaints faced by businesses during the implementation.

Ministry discusses customs, taxes with RoK firms
Chain stores to answer consumer needs
Chain stores to answer consumer needs

Domestic and foreign retailers are mulling over plans to develop a range of convenience store chains across Vietnam, in hopes of meeting rising consumer demand with this high-potential business model.

Chain stores to answer consumer needs
Foreigners can't buy, sell houses with cash
Foreigners can't buy, sell houses with cash

Foreigners buying or selling houses in Vietnam are required to carry out transactions through banks in the country and not in cash, the central bank has decreed.

Foreigners can't buy, sell houses with cash
Mango gets access to Japanese market
Mango gets access to Japanese market

(VOV) - The Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced that it officially opens door to Vietnamese mango enter to the market as of September 17.

Mango gets access to Japanese market
Shrimp exports sink in volume, value
Shrimp exports sink in volume, value

(VOV) - The latest statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) show that in the eight months leading up to September shrimp exports spiralled downwards 17.5% year-on-year to US$4.13 billion.

Shrimp exports sink in volume, value
Book detailing EU distribution system introduced
Book detailing EU distribution system introduced

A book guiding the organisation and operation of the distribution system in the European Union (EU) was introduced to a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on September 10. 

Book detailing EU distribution system introduced