The affordable apartment segment will be the star of the property market in the coming years, but its supply is increasingly scarce while the demand for this type of apartment remains high, according to an analysis by property services firm CBRE Việt Nam.

MobiFone has reported a year-on-year decline of 42 per cent in post-tax profit in the second quarter of this year, falling to VNĐ947 billion (US$41 million).

The traceability of goods is crucial to firms’ production and trading activities, but public awareness of the importance of traceability remains low, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đặng Hoàng An during a seminar held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Friday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam is becoming an attractive destination for foreign investors in innovative and creative start-ups, attendees said at a workshop in Hà Nội on Friday.

The central province of Quảng Bình will hold an investment conference on August 26 and 27 at the Sun Spa Resort in Đồng Hới City.

Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in developing wind power in Việt Nam.

Property transactions have not been beset by the usual gloom in this year’s “Ghost Month” as both local developers and home buyers have gradually changed their attitudes.

The Government will continuously fine-tune legal regulations to encourage and popularise the payment of public services through banks, deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Nguyễn Kim Anh said at a forum on accelerating the payment of public services via banks held in Hà Nội on Friday.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development opened a safe farm produce market at the District 2 Children’s Cultural House on August 24, the seventh in the city.