Traders at the underground Sense Market at 23/9 Park in HCM City’s District 1 are worried the information that the government will evict them to reclaim green space.

Total assets of Vietnamese insurance companies in the first eight months of the year surged sharply by 35.16 per cent year-on-year to nearly VNĐ365.52 trillion (US$15.55 billion), a report from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) showed.

The Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) plans to resolve at least VNĐ140 trillion (US$5.95 billion) of non-performing loans (NPLs) from now until 2020, of which VNĐ34.5 trillion will be settled this year.

The Ministry of Transport plans to open new routes for commercial flights from nations that send tourists to Việt Nam to develop tourism into one of the country’s main economic sectors.

Kaspersky Lab has partnered with 20th Century Fox for the launch of a promotional campaign for the movie “The Predator” in which seven winners will get a chance to go on a Hollywood FOX Tour worth more than US$8,000.

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.