Retail space is set to be a cash cow for the property sector soon, particularly in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam ran a trade deficit of US$100 million in January, after enjoying a trade surplus of billions of dollars in 2016.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pressed the button to launch a high-tech agricultural production at a VinEco farm in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 2. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is drawing up a master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea until 2035 and an action plan for the 2017-2025 period.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decree allowing Vietnamese to gamble at casinos in Vietnam. It will come into effect on March 15.

 The Vietnam Steel Corporation (VnSteel) aims to earn consolidated revenue of VND18.8 trillion in 2017, an increase of VND800 billion from 2016.

2016 was a successful year for the real estate market. However, with the fast growth of the economy and the real estate market, real estate developers are being forced to diversify products and apply more advanced technologies to anticipate the market of 2017. 

Two youths from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have each returned to their hometown to develop their startup ideas inspired by the province’s symbolic flower, the lotus.

As one of the first developers of the Vietnamese stock market 20 years ago, State Securities Commission chairman Vu Bang has seen plenty of ups and downs in the market. He talked about his experiences with VIR’s Huu Hoe as the 2017 lunar New Year approaches.

Vietnam aims to develop the sea-based economy to help the country benefit from the sea and secure national sovereignty and sovereign rights over sea and islands, contributing to the country’s industrialisation and modernisation.