Up to 80 of the most innovative start-up firms from the ASEAN region will be featured at the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN), of which, three of the firms are from Việt Nam.

Property developer Hồ Tràm Project Company Ltd on Monday announced that it has tied up with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a global hotel franchisor and operator services, to manage its Ramada by Wyndham Hồ Tràm Strip.

As growth in Southeast Asia’s online economy gains pace, US property consultancy John Lang LaSalle (JLL) projects that technology companies will drive office occupancy, potentially accounting for 15-25 per cent of annual gross office leasing volumes in the next decade compared to about five to 10 per cent three years ago.

Vietnamese agriculture and food company PAN Group JSC has finalised its private placement plan with Japanese Sojitz Corporation, which is projected to take place between now and the end of the year. 

Shares on the two local bourses struggled to maintain last week’s upward trend, marking just a slight gain on Monday and experiencing strong volatility as investor caution still lingered following the latest update on China-US trade tension.

Cần Thơ city’s retail sales and services in the first eight months of the year were worth more than VNĐ80.806 trillion (US$3.46 million), a year-on-year increase of 12.91 per cent, according to its Statistical Office.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng called on businesses to raise new solutions to boost the growth momentum of economic cooperation between the US and Việt Nam while promote entrepreuneurship and business innovation.

The application of a customs bond model would benefit the country, contributing to an increase of one per cent of the total import-export turnover according to comments by Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng.

The Hậu Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (DHG) is expected to attain post-tax profit of VNĐ705 billion in 2018, up 10 per cent year-on-year, Bảo Việt Securities Company (BVSC) forecasts.