VOV.VN - Vietnam faced 14 trade safeguard lawsuits, including 12 anti-dumping lawsuits last year, up 140% compared to the previous year, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA - Ministry of Industry and Trade).

The State Treasury sold G-bonds worth nearly VND7.5 trillion (US$336.3 million), or 73.2% of the bonds offered on the primary market, between April 11 and 15.

The real estate market in Vietnam will see a growing number of property developments which offer quality living environments and amenities as developers are moving to meet the market demand amidst an improved economy.

VOV.VN - Vinhomes Times City has announced it has begun pre-selling commercial and Asian-themed housing units for middle-class families of its two ‘Shophouse’ real estate developments located at 458 Minh Khai Street in Hanoi.

Vietnamese e-commerce firms are excited rather than worried about the news that Alibaba has taken over Lazada.

Vietnam has seen a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in its property market in 2016, a trend expected to continue throughout the year. 

A surge of US$5.9 billion in overseas foreign currency deposits by local commercial banks in the third quarter of last year was normal, said director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s Forecast and Statistics Department, To Huy Vu.

VOV.VN - Vietnam shipped 1.2 million tons of crude oil to China to get US$323 million in the first quarter of this year, up 253% in volume and 130.5% in value against the corresponding period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The positive development of the local economy was the continued growth of the domestic property market in the first quarter of this year, according to experts.

Vietnamese rice exporters have been told to try to penetrate non-China markets to make bigger profits. However, they have not made efforts to attack markets in France and the US.