The world-renown lubricant brand ExxonMobil of the US’s ExxonMobil Oil Corp has officially returned to Vietnam after five years of absence.

Office-tel developments, which combine residential and commercial uses in one apartment, are mushrooming in Ho Chi Minh City and are expected to lead the market in future. 

The rapid increase in exports to one market may force Vietnam to face anti-dumping lawsuits, while large exports to China will bring risks as this is an unsafe market.

(VOV) - On November 15, Ngo Xuan Ty, an official of the Vietnam Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), headed up a contingent of coffee exporters attending the kick-off of the annual World Coffee Leaders Forum and Café Show.

Vietnam should develop cross-border e-commerce, a growing trend, according to experts. 

If Apple considers Vietnam an important market in the future, it is very likely to set up stores, and if so, sales agents will be able to buy iPhones and iPads directly from Apple Vietnam instead of importing from Apple Singapore.

Developers are rushing to launch their projects for the most fruitful time of the year – the end months which Vietnamese usually take big deals of purchasing accommodation.

Gold prices dropped VND110,000 (US$4.9) from the beginning of this week in the local market, while the global gold prices fell to their lowest level since 2010 on November 13. 

Gucci on November 13 announced the opening of its store in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City’s Dong Khoi shopping district.

(VOV) -A fair featuring Vietnamese woodwork products and interior decoration opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13 aiming to promote locally-made items amid flurries of imported goods. 

(VOV) - On November 11, a worldwide forum of Vietnamese entrepreneurs was held in Moscow, attracting hundreds of Vietnamese entrepreneurs from different countries across the globe.

Vietnamese consumers who have found that they can now afford a car have begun to save money for their dream, according to recent figures on car sales and imports.

(VOV) - Southern Ca Mau province aims to increase its export revenue from US$5.6 billion in 2014 to US$7.5 billion by 2020, said a provincial People’s Committee official.

(VOV) - Cassava exports shoot up while exports of many other agricultural products shrink.

About VND18 trillion worth of capital was still stuck in banks by the end of September 2015 which needs to be divested as per the government’s request, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Local beverage enterprises should have reasonable strategies on production and consumption to gain growth in the situation of high inventory at present, said experts.

The Government will levy a special consumption tax on cars with 24 seats and below from January 1, 2016, according to the prime minister's new decree.

(VOV) - Vietfarm Ltd Company in HCM City shipped the first container of salted duck eggs (120,000 eggs) to Brunei on November 5, said company director general Dam Van Hoat.

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced a preliminary decision on its 11th administrative review (POR 11) of anti-dumping duties on tra (Pangasius) fish imported from Vietnam.

The Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) said that government debt of VND30 trillion to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) put pressure on monetary policy.

(VOV) - Vietnam is the top shrimp supplier for Germany, accounting for 18.4% of Germany’s total shrimp import revenue, according to the International Trade Centre (ITC).

Priced at slightly above the selling prices of Chinese goods and better in quality, Thai consumer products have dislodged Chinese goods out of Vietnam and competed fiercely with Vietnamese products.

Vietnam Cycle 2015 will take place from December 2 to December 5, in HCM City at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC).

(VOV) - US businesses have presented an antidumping and counterveiling duty petition to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against circular welded carbon steel pipes (CWP) imported from five countries, including Vietnam.

The ANZ-Roy Morgan Vietnam Consumer Confidence Index gained 5.8 points to 141.1 in October, rising well above the long-term average of 135.9.

Vietnam’s industrial parks, offices, residential areas, and resorts are expected to benefit the most in the real estate sector when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement comes into force.

(VOV) - Auchan Holding has started developing its first supermarket chain in Vietnam as part of its planned expansion into the country, said company officials at a November 2 press conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade set a goal to get 30 percent of Vietnamese people shopping online by 2020. 

(VOV) - In terms of total downloads of videos, the biggest country for YouTube is still far and away the US, however it has seen big gains in viewer and subscriber growth in Vietnam over the past year.

The government has approved the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plan to amend Decree 36/2014/ND-CP to resolve difficulties of management offices, enterprises and farmers in implementing the decree over the past one year.