VOV.VN - Vietnam’s wood exports may fetch between US$7.8-US$8 billion this year, far exceeding the set target of US$7.3 -US$7.5 billion, according to the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (Vifores). 

Vietnam Register (VR) has announced the recall of 3,073 Nissan Navara pickup trucks, imported from Thailand, manufactured from September 20, 2010, to December 1, 2014, due to airbag faults.

Foreign retail e-commerce businesses operating under the marketplace mode are increasingly dominating Vietnamese businesses in the market.

The prices of RON 92 and E5 petrol and kerosene remained unchanged in the regular price review on December 5 while diesel prices increased slightly by 150 VND per litre as of 3:00 pm the same day.

As the online market has grown, firms are increasingly becoming savvier about the newest trends emerging from the digital transformation.

Smartphone ownership has continued to grow in both urban and rural areas in Vietnam, according to the 2017 Nielsen Vietnam Smartphone Insights report.

The world’s leading food service retailer McDonald’s officially opened its first restaurant at 2 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi on December 2, marking its first foray into the northern market three years after opening its first restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.

The trillion-dong street food market will sooner or later belong to foreign businesses if domestic firms do not make proper and professional investment, industry insiders have said.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in November went up 0.13% monthly, 2.62% annually and 2.38% from the last December, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

The consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City in November gained 0.17% on a monthly basis and 4.32% year-on-year, the municipal Statistics Office announced on November 29.