With major foreign phone makers expanding production, Vietnam’s mobile phone industry posted strong growth in the first half of this year, the latest figures show.

Vietnam should build a market institution for the electricity sector if the country wants to build a competitive power market, experts said.

(VOV) - Vietnam International Motor Show 2015 is set to get underway at Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi on October 10-13.

There will not be many foreign homebuyers who immediately jump into the Vietnamese market as soon as a new policy allowing them to do so takes effect, said an expert from US-owned realty consultant firm CBRE Vietnam.

The national flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines held a ceremony on July 2 to receive its first Airbus 350-900 aircraft and announce its upgrade service quality programme and new brand identifying system, marking a major step in bringing the airline into the international arena. 

(VOV) - National Citizen Commercial Joint Stock Bank (NCB) has been honoured by the United Kingdoms Global Banking and Finance Review for “Most Innovative Retail Bank Vietnam 2015” and “Most Innovative Bank for Enterprise Culture Vietnam 2015”.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s cement consumption rose by 6% for the first half of this year to 34.16 million tonnes, meeting 47.4% of this year’s plan.

A staggering 16,500 apartments in HCMC were sold in the first half of this year, reports of CBRE Vietnam show.

Novaland Group launched a programme called “the 100 first apartments for Vietnamese overseas and foreigners” on July 1, the day the revised Law on Housing takes effect. 

(VOV) - Vincom Ngo Quyen commercial centre officially opened in central Danang city on June 30.