Việt Nam is the holy grail for global beer companies, with the market continuing to grow while many others have flatlined, but the competition is fierce.

The State Bank of Việt Nam has sought the Government’s permission to allow credit institutions more time to sell their stakes in other lenders since many smaller ones are struggling to do so.

Việt Nam witnessed a growth in textile and garment exports to most of the major markets in the first five months of 2018, reported the General Department of Việt Nam Customs.

The local business environment has not witnessed strong reforms although the government has made efforts to improve the same over the past years, according to experts.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has decided to hold Việt Nam’s staus in the equity market in the Frontier Markets Index until 2019.

Vietnamese stocks had experienced a volatile week with three deep bearish trading sessions among low overall liquidity given the massive sell-offs of foreign investors.

More than 13,690 new ".vn" domain names were registered last month, taking the total number so far to over 444,860, 10.2 per cent higher than a year ago, according to the Việt Nam Internet Network Information Centre.

With Việt Nam signing many multilateral and bilateral trade agreements and attracting more and more foreign investment, it is hard to avoid grievances and disputes, a workshop heard in HCM City yesterday (June 22).

Việt Nam has big potential in applying 4.0 technology to develop retail banks and payment utilities.