Hotels not only have to compete in the food & beverage sector, a major source of revenue, but also in the restaurant chain and food court market.

VOV.VN - The yearly spend of each Vietnamese person on pharmaceuticals is US$56 and the figure will continue to rise to US$85 by 2020 and then US$163 over the next five years, according to the Assessment Report Vietnam Joint Stock Company (Vietnam Report).

The insurance market has maintained a high growth rate of 21.2 per cent in 2017, gaining revenue of VND105.61 trillion (US$ 4.65 billion), a senior finance ministry official has said.

Vietnam needs to develop a supply chain for clean and safe farm produce, an important step to increase sales, prevent price slumps and promote safe agricultural production, experts say.

Ho Chi Minh City is becoming very popular with property developers thanks to the many infrastructure works planned for the area.

More firms in Vietnam are turning to bonds for funding, but experts believe that the Vietnamese corporate bond market has a long way to go before it can attract foreign investors.

Bitcoin, one of the most talked-about phenomena in the financial services sector, has been ceaselessly brought into the limelight due to its ambiguity regarding the face value as well as the potential legal and regulatory risks challenging Bitcoin “whales.”

VOV.VN - The festive season atmosphere is particularly exciting in Hang Luoc, Hang Ma, and Luong Van Can, the main streets selling deco items in Hanoi. With their beautiful design and reasonable prices, Vietnamese products are dominating the Christmas market.

Domestic and foreign scientists joined business owners at a workshop in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 21 to seek markets for scientific research products, especially biotechnological ones.

The Vietnamese “street food” shop market with products such as steamed rice, banh mi (Vietnam sandwich), pho (noodle soup), banh xeo (Vietnamese crepe) and bun bo (beef noodle soup) is valued at VND47 trillion.