Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab has been in talks with rival Uber to acquire its regional operations in a bid to tighten its grip on the rapidly growing shared transportation sector, Kr-Asia quoted people familiar with the matter as saying.

VOV.VN - Most markets, shops, and supermarkets resumed their normal operation on the fifth day of Lunar New Year (Tet), however, they welcomed few customers.

Prices of essential goods in traditional markets returned to normal on the fourth and fifth days of the lunar year (February 19-20) after increases few days before the Tet holiday which lasted from February 14-20.

The price of RON 95 petrol declined by VND400 per litre from 15:00 on February 21 as decided by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - The average price of cashew nuts increased by VND30,000 per kilo to VND280,000 as many processing plants in Binh Phuoc province have bought a large quantity of raw cashew nuts to meet the increasing demand during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) while supplies were limited.

VOV.VN - Imports of flowers and ornamental plants for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018 hit the US$18 million mark, a rise of nearly 50% over the same period of last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Trade counsellors will talk with local government officials and businesses from southern Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26 within the framework of the Commercial Counsellors' Conference 2018 held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

VOV.VN - The Hanoi municipal Department of Industry and Trade has announced a list of shops which will open during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Many supermarkets are launching attractive promotion programmes in the days ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year) to attract customers. Tet falls on February 16 this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent more than US$167 million on fruit imports in January, a year-on-year increase of 70%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The lack of a common voice among managers, the changes in business strategies, and the weak role on the board of directors are some of the reasons foreign shareholders have left Vietnamese banks.

While Asian investors are dominating real estate investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Vietnam, many European and American firms have chosen to invest in listed property companies, according to a specialist of Savills Vietnam.

Vietnam was the strongest gold jewellery market in Asia last year, according to the World Gold Council’s report about gold trends in 2017 released recently.

Nearly 1,000 “clean” agricultural and other speciality products and consumers goods are on display at the Green Market–Tet Consumer Products fair, which opened on February 8 at the Phu Tho Stadium in HCM City’s District 11.

The increasing demand for consumer goods and evolving distribution systems enable the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) to become the fastest-growing segment in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese e-commerce market contains unexpected elements this year, including Tiki receiving investment from a Chinese partner, Shopee flying up, Lazada getting support from Alibaba, and Cho Tot announcing new ambitions.

The growing appetite of consumers for natural cosmetics has fuelled the billion-dollar domestic cosmetics market, which has recently seen increasing presence by local players.

Businesses are trying to keep the prices of consumer goods down despite recent fuel price hikes.

Up to 1,650 property transactions were successful in Hanoi in January, up by 13.8% from December 2017, reported the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Property Market Management Department.

Many goods imported from the Republic of Korea (RoK) into Vietnam will be exempted from import taxes in 2018, due to the Vietnam-Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA).

More sales were recorded in the domestic property market in January as compared to figures in December 2017.

Foreign-invested auto enterprises in Vietnam have canceled orders for imports from Thailand and Indonesia because they still cannot get certificates from agencies of export countries, as required by Decree 116, according to Pham Anh Tuan from the Vietnamese Auto Manufacturers Association (VAMA). 

Blockchain technology can bring revolutionary changes to the real estate sector in many aspects of the world market, including Vietnam, according to Savills Vietnam’s press release.

The prices of all petrol and oil will be kept unchanged in the latest regular adjustment of petrol and oil prices on February 3.

Authorities in central coastal Khanh Hoa Province have called for improvement in land management in Van Ninh District, which is planned to become Bac Van Phong special administrative economic unit.

Giant retailers who have been eyeing the drug retail market for years have finally joined the game with ambitious plans to remap the market.

Starbucks will open its first café in Da Nang City on February 3 to celebrate five years of its presence in Vietnam.

The Chinese JD Group has announced a plan to pour money into Tiki, a Vietnamese e-commerce website.

The retail price of gas in southern localities, including Ho Chi Minh City, will reduce by VND1,667 (US$0.07) per kg or VND20,000 (US$0.88) per 12kg cylinder from February 1, in comparison with that of January.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to double check goods exported to the US to ensure the credibility and reputation for Vietnamese products as well as exporters’ interests in the Southeast Asian nation's largest export market.