Việt Nam is a promising tourism market that ranks among its 10 biggest anywhere and four biggest in Southeast Asia, the Singapore Tourism Board has said.

Sen Đỏ Technology JSC, the owner of e-commerce platform sendo.vn, and GrabExpress, a delivery service available on Grab app, on October 1 announced a tie-up for a three-hour express delivery service in HCM City.

 Although Việt Nam has focused on increasing labour productivity and overall productivity growth, there have been relatively few opportunities for SMEs to get customised support as they grow, said Max Bulakovskiy, policy analyst in Global Relations at the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD).

The domestic sector’s positive export performance has contributed to a yearly rise of 15.4 per cent in the country’s nine-month export turnover at over $178.9 billion, nearly double the growth target set for the whole year by the National Assembly, GSO director Nguyễn Bích Lâm said.

Retail giant AEON has terminated the tie-up with Hà Nội-based Fivimart after four years of cooperation as their partnership yield no fruits but losses.

Việt Nam has made great efforts in fine-tuning its regulatory system and reaped certain successes in recent years. This is, however, not yet finished but now is the right time to speed up this reform to make regulations strong and effective.

The Southern Key Economic Zone needs more robust policies and mechanisms for attracting resources and foreign direct investment and enhancing linkages between localities to enable the region to develop faster and sustainably, according to experts.

Vietnamese shares edged down Monday as profit-taking pressure rose in final minutes bringing stocks down, despite growth in the petroleum sectors.

Vietnamese ride-hailing service, FastGo has announced it will launch its service in Indonesia ad Myanmar – its two first international markets – by the end of this year.