While the cement industry was struggling with an excess of supply over demand, exports, which were considered a solution to boost consumption, failed to meet expectations.

HCM City-based consumer companies have completed plans to produce enough goods for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 8 next year, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

(VOV) - Sagging export growth spurred a wider-than-forecast trade deficit of US$4.0 billion during the eleven months leading up to December, according to a recent report released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam is witnessing a growing trend in the application of future technologies such as Big Data and Cloud computing into business activities.

(VOV) - Online Friday isn’t just for buying toys, clothes and jewellery anymore as hotels, resorts, cruise lines and online travel sites are trumpeting their products trying to get in on the booming e-commerce retail market.

Supply of high-end apartments in Vietnam has grown sharply in recent years but that of condos for low- and medium-income earners has contracted despite huge demand, according to property services provider CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE).

(VOV) - Vietnam petrol stations cut the sales price of RON 92 petrol by VND260 per litre as of 3 pm on December 3, in accordance with government directives.

(VOV) - Vietnam Cycle 2015, December 2-5, has opened in Ho Chi Minh City at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) with more than 120 participating exhibitors, according to the organizers. 

(VOV) - Shrimp exports dipped 30% to around US$3 billion this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Citing local production protection, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) wants to ease the import tariffs on automobile parts. However, the move could 'fatten’ foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) only, while local manufacturers will not see benefits.