Twenty Vietnamese enterprises will showcase their products at the 24th edition of Gulfood – the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition – in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from February 17-21.

Gold selling prices witnessed an increase at some stores while in others unchanged on God of Wealth Day, the 10th day of the Lunar New Year, which fell on February 14 this year.

Sales of Hòa Phát construction steel in the first month of this year hit 250,000 tonnes, a 27 per cent year-on-year rise and equal to record sales in October 2018.

The boom in digital technologies in recent years has speeded up the evolution of the retail industry and changed buying habits. Lê Thị Thùy Trang, director and head of retailer vertical at Nielsen Vietnam, speaks to Việt Nam News reporter Xuân Hương about the status of the industry, its trends and more.

For the shark catfish industry in the Mekong Delta to develop sustainably, authorities need to regulate output and quality and the use of chemicals more stringently and prevent unauthorised farming, Lê Hoàng Vũ, head of Đồng Tháp Province’s Department of Fisheries, has said.

Gold demand is expected to surge on February 14, the God of Wealth Day which falls on the 10th day of the lunar year.

Five or six more industrial parks were expected to be built in the northern port city of Hải Phòng, according to head of the municipal Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) Phạm Văn Mợi.

Vietnamese shares extended their growth for a third straight day as focus switched to the petroleum sector following sharp increases in oil prices.

The domestic gold market is heating up with gold shops introducing various products to take advantage of huge demand on the God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of the Lunar New Year (February 14).