According to Ban Viet Securities (VCSC), the Vietnamese beer market is now controlled by Sabeco which holds 40% of market share, Heineken 25%, Habeco 18% and Carlsberg 10.8%. 

IPhone X products are still selling like well in Vietnam, though international media report that poor sales because of its high price, about US$1,000.

VOV.VN - The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in January swelled by 20.9% from last year's  same period, primarily driven by the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) businesses’ production enhancement to meet growing pre-Tet demand.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, spaces for lease to sell ornamental flowers, fruit trees and other goods in supermarkets, markets and along roads is “hot” across the country.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January grew 0.51% from the previous month and 2.65% from the same period last year, driven by price hikes in 10 of the 11 groups of commodities.

VOV.VN - Over the past three years, the Netherlands has grown to become the largest importer of Vietnamese products in the EU with the value of imports seeing a year-on-year increase of between 18%- 25% to reach US$7.1 billion in 2017, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands.

2017 was a discouraging year for investors who poured money into condotels. However, analysts believe that once legal problems are settled, investment in this type of property will be increasing rapidly.

Fashion, fast food, beverage, cinema and retail brands have been opening more and more stores in Vietnam as the retail sector has seen fast growth in recent years.

VOV.VN - Many Vietnamese agricultural products like chilly, coriandrum sativum and arrow root starch are on sale on Amazon website at prices which are dozen or even hundred times higher than in Vietnam.

While other regional countries have made big leaps in developing their retail industries, the achievements gained by Vietnam have been modest in the last 10 years since Vietnam joined the WTO.