Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Vietnam, updated continuously by our newsroom.
After years failing to promote ethanol blended fuel, the government makes a big move to give greener products a better chance. After more than two years failing to promote a locally-produced biofuel product in major cities, Vietnam has announced an even more…
Fresh graduates overestimate their chances of getting well-paying jobs in Vietnam, and they’re not alone. A survey conducted by employment site Jobstreet has found that Vietnamese university graduates have salary expectations that are out of sync with the…
Earlier, on March 8, the M.V.P Group held a press conference to address issued related to the closure of Platinum Cineplex, the biggest cinema operator by screen in Hanoi, at three Vincom malls. The three cinemas include Platinum Royal City in Thanh Xuan…
In January 2017, Vietnam imported $110 million worth of fruit, a sharp increase of 55 percent over the last year’s same period. In 2016, Vietnamese spent $700 million on imported fruits which came mostly from Chile, New Zealand and Australia. Vietnam also…
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued a decision to halt the imports from March 10, saying that these two US states were facing a strain of low pathogenic H5N2 and the high-pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus. MARD has…
Many Vietnamese rice exporters are facing difficulties after China authorised only 22 Vietnamese businesses to export rice into the country. The permission was announced by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine…
Foreign companies have long been salivating over the local streaming media market’s potential. Malaysia-based video streaming startup iflix has officially launched in Vietnam with the aim of tapping into the country’s sizable population, the company said on…
Local consumers say global giants like Amazon and eBay offer a wider range of products and better return policies. Vietnamese online shoppers spend significantly more on overseas purchases than they do domestically as they believe international e-commerce…
A new factory in Binh Duong Province is slated to begin operation in October this year. Panasonic Corporation will double its production capacity of wiring devices and circuit breaker in Vietnam by 2020 in an attempt to fulfill robust demand in the country…
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Vietjet presented a one-kilogram golden aircraft model, the biggest prize under the campaign “Win a 1kg gold aircraft, fly to a happy future”, to Ms Tran Phoi Hanh, a passenger on VJ610 flight from Ho Chi Minh…
Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) sold more than 17,600 cars in February, down 13 per cent from the previous month. The prices of many types of cars were adjusted in the market in recent months. This is the second month this…
Visa will soon be expanding its QR-based mobile payment service to ten more markets, including Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam. The service, named mVisa, is now live in India, Kenya and Rwanda, and will soon be available to merchants and consumers in the…
Opportunity Network, a UK-based FinTech company that offers banks a digital business matchmaking platform, on Wednesday announced plans to engage Vietnamese commercial banks in joining its fast-growing global partner network. Brian Pallas – the founder of…
The country now has 200 people with investable assets of at least $30 million. Vietnam’s ultra-rich population is growing faster than any economy in the world, and is on track to continue leading the growth in the next decade, based on a new international…
Liver supplements marketed for detoxication and supporting liver functions have become big business. Many major pharmaceutical companies in Vietnam, one of Asia’s top beer consumers, have stepped up selling liver supplements to boost their profits, company…
The Southeast Asian nation ranks only behind Indonesia, Turkey and India in retail value growth. Vietnam has one of the world’s fastest growing retail coffee markets, trailing only behind Indonesia, Turkey and India, a global market intelligence agency said…
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