VietNamNet Bridge – The office rents have decreased by a half if compared with six years ago.

If another state’s capital management company which would compete with the existing State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) is set up as suggested, SCIC would no longer obtain advantage.

 Interest rates unlikely to drop further; Coffee growers receive preferential credit loans; Thirty-nine projects lose licences; Central coast eyes huge tourist wave

VietNamNet Bridge – Finnish Nokia still holds the biggest mobile phone market share in Vietnam. However, its Number 1 position has been shaken with the rise of Samsung.

 Louis Vuitton opens new store in Hanoi; Textile shareholders break out the champagne; Customs posts low tax revenues; TKV bemoans meager profits in coal export

The stuffy atmosphere can be breathed at the golf courses nowadays, which, like many other business sectors of the national economy, are experiencing the dark days of the economic recession.

A lot bosses have become hired workers in the economic crisis, many businessmen have become penniless, and many millionaires have returned to their home villages to work on the rice fields.

The Vietnamese market is believed to become scalding hot with the presence of the big guy from Belgium Aneuser-Busch Inbev (AB Inbev), slated for the next year end.

Steel trade deficit reaches over US$2 billion; US$3.34 billion trade surplus for FDI businesses; US$3.34 billion trade surplus for FDI businesses; Canon opens first Image Square store in Hanoi

PM: Better conditions needed to attract investment; Petrol price down 310 dong a liter; Asset management company set for launch; WB approves credit for Da Nang's sustainable development

More and more investors have expressed their willingness to set up huge oil refineries in Vietnam.

Business confidence up in Q1; Garment export to new markets sees strong growth; Treasury mobilises more money from Gov’t bonds; HCM City export rises in first four months

Office workers, unskilled laborers and state employees all complain that their salaries are so modest and cannot cover their basic needs.

The merger and acquisition (M&A) deals Lotte concluded recently shows its ambitious investment plan in Vietnam.

Japan to fortify supporting industries; Rental housing sector to fire up; Ha Noi to open 1,400 hotel rooms; Garment exports grow 32%; Small wood processors face shortage of capital

VRN has officially petitioned to remove the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A projects from the hydropower plant development program, because the two projects are believed to have negative impacts on the society and the environment.

Agro-products to face tough battles ahead; HCM City eyes economic growth of 9.5-10%; Commodity exchanges call for help; Ornamental-fish sector revises business strategy

A lot of Vietnamese searching engines, namely xalo, monava, and timnhanh, once stated that they would outstrip Google, but they finally died young, or had to shift to other business.

Q2 rice exports forecast to grow; FDI capital on rise in HCMC; Vietnam parboiled rice has price advantage; Bad debt in Vietnam reaches alarming rates; Air-con prices up 15% given ballooning demand

EC limits Vietnamese fuel lighters; Real estate firm seeks affordable housing investors; Non-life insurance firms suffer losses while sector booms; Low-cost housing helps revive real estate market