The southernmost province of Cà Mau will expand trade promotion activities in the second half of the year, with shrimp as its key export.

Though Vietnamese shares bounced back strongly in the last two sessions of last week, analysts and brokerage firms remained skeptical that the stock market had actually overcome a difficult period and begun its consolidation.

Housing Development Bank (HD Bank) has unveiled a preferential loan package at 6.3 per cent interest meant for customers borrowing on their credit card with a limit of VNĐ300 million (US$13,016).

The HCM City’s District 1 Tax Department has sent instructions to banks to seize VNĐ148 billion (US$6.46 billion) from Nguyen Kim Joint-Stock Company for back taxes and fines the company owes.

Growing foreign direct investment and a move up the value chain mean Việt Nam’s industrial real estate sector has a bright future, according to property consultant Savills Vietnam.

A host of investment opportunities awaits developers in HCM City where authorities plan to develop underground spaces.

Vietnamese customers’ rapidly changing needs and expectations and lower spending on fast moving consumer goods are the biggest challenges to FMCG producers, according to a new report released by consumer and retail research company Kantar Worldpanel.

A visiting delegation of 30 executives from Indian leather companies have met with their Vietnamese counterparts in HCM City.

To sell their products to foreign distribution channels, Vietnamese businesses need to pay more attention to product design, quality assurance and after-sales services, speakers said at a training workshop held in HCM City yesterday.