The real estate inventories increased significantly in the four quarter of 2020 over a year ago because many projects were in stagnant progress due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, legal bottlenecks and limited financial capacity of the developers.

Việt Nam's footwear sector is now beginning to see positive signs after export revenue for footwear and handbags fell 11 per cent year-on-year to US$19.5 billion in 2020, making it one of the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19.

Demand for fruits in the Mekong Delta is falling even as Tết approaches, and with large volumes of fruits entering the market, farmers are anxious.

HCM City plans to attract foreign direct investment in industrial parks and export processing zones by focusing on improving infrastructure and administrative procedures.

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The online game market has become red hot due to a phenomenon that many domestic mobile game publishers have launched their A games at the same time.

The GSO said the rise in January’s CPI was fueled by a surge in the demand for goods to prepare for the Lunar New Year (Tết) festival, high prices of foods and foodstuff, and increase in gas prices to keep up with swings in the global market.

The southern province of Đồng Nai reported an export surplus of US$4.3 billion last year, 30 per cent up from 2019, according to its Department of Statistics. 

Việt Nam's stock market recorded its worst performance last week with the biggest single-day loss on January 28 as selling pressure and a surge of new COVID-19 cases weighed on the market sentiment.