Improving quality and building a national brand name for Vietnamese rice is essential to securing a firm foothold in the international market, experts have commented. 

(VOV) - Farmers in the Mekong Delta region, as is true with most businessmen and women in Vietnam, lack a solid understanding of issues related to regional and global integration and the potential impact on their livelihoods.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership membership is expected to make medicine more expensive in Vietnam.

With Vietnamese Women's Day approaching, the gift market is becoming busy, offering a wide range of gifts and services to satisfy all kinds of needs.

MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) will launch its first terminal equipment retail shop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19, marking its move from a mobile network provider to a multi-service corporation.

Greenback prices fell again in the local market on October 16 while gold prices went up on the same day.

As one of the most vulnerable sectors to be economically impacted with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) approaching, the livestock industry must move towards improving competitiveness to avoid being defeated.

(VOV) - Vietnam expects to earn around US$1.6 billion by exporting 1.1 million tonnes of natural rubber this year, up 3.2% in volume but down 10% in value compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Richard Leech, Executive Director of CBRE Vietnam, tells about the resort real estate market following the introduction of new legislation.

Vietnam Pangasius Association (VN Pangasius) has estimated that outbound sales of tra fish this year could reach only US$1.7 billion, down 3.5% over last year.

The manufacturing industry is one of the three industries that will see the highest salary increase rate for the entire year of 2015.

State offices should take strong action against counterfeit and shoddy fertiliser producers, experts said at a conference on the restructuring of the local fertiliser production in Hanoi on October 12.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) anticipate shrimp exports to the US will grow following a final decision by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to lower the anti-dumping duty on frozen shrimp imports. 

Low-cost cars with low cylinder capacity are expected to flow to Vietnam thanks to an advantageous luxury tax.

Some 550 villas and row houses are set to be available in Hanoi’s real estate market by the end of this year, according to statistics from Savills Vietnam, the largest property company in the country.

The animal feed market has been busy recently with many merger & acquisition deals carried out by major companies.

(VOV) - Tra fish fillet exports to China and Hong Kong have skyrocketed in the first eight months of this year, said the Vietnam Tra Fish Association (VTFA) at a press briefing in Can Tho on October 8.

(VOV) - Fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to climb to a record high US$2 billion by the end of the year, a leading economist at the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit) announced at a recent conference.

Base salaries at foreign companies and Vietnamese companies show a marked difference, a survey conducted by human resources firm Mercer and its partner Talentnet Corporation has found.

The aquatic sector aims to catch over 1.26 million tonnes of fish in the season from this October to March next year, including 1.15 million tonnes of sea fish and 106,000 tonnes of freshwater fish.

There is plenty of room for the soymilk industry to develop as over 1.5 million litres of soymilk are consumed in Vietnam everyday, only 32% of which are canned, the Thoi Bao Kinh te Vietnam (Economic Times) reported, citing statistics of market researching company Nielsen.

Some 30,000 real estate transactions were recorded in the first nine months of 2015, which was tantamount to the combined figures from last year, as heard at a seminar on housing development in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 7.

The Danang City Department of Natural Resources and the Environment is asking for a specific mechanism to restrict the housing scale and area that foreigners can lease or buy.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s footwear exports jumped 18.4% to US$8.8 billion during the first nine months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Exports from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and other rapidly-growing nations have enjoyed a double-digit growth, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA). 

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued an urgent circular to curb speculation and hoarding of US dollars by enterprises.

(VOV) - The Prime Minister has directed relevant agencies to take measures to spur agricultural, seafood and food exports to Singapore.

(VOV) - At an online briefing on October 5, Vice President Huynh Minh Hue of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said there are some bright spots on the horizon for rice exports.

(VOV) - The majority of small cashew processors in Binh Phuoc Province have shut down on the back of raw material shortages resulting in escalating costs and falling profits, according to the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS).

(VOV) - East Asia remains one of the main growth drivers of the world economy, accounting for nearly two-fifths of global economic growth, according to a new World Bank report.