Family businesses need early succession plans: conference Family-run businesses need to develop clear and early succession plans, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.

Vietnamese author published by Forbes Books

US-based ForbesBooks published the book “Competing with Giants: How One Family-Owned Company Took on the Multinationals and Won” by Vietnamese businesswoman Trần Uyên Phương in New York on August 30 (local time).

Firms urged to protect intellectual property Companies should use professional legal services to protect their intellectual property and popularise their trademark, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.

Sudan names honorary consul The Sudanese Ambassador to Viet Nam, Adil Ibrahim Mustafa Ahmed, yesterday inaugurated his nation's honorary consulate in HCM City and introduced the honorary consul, a Vietnamese national.

Viet Nam wins innovator prizes Tan Hiep Phat Trade Service Ltd Co was the only Vietnamese enterprise to win a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) 2008 prize last week.

Top brands saturate beverage market The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said further investment in the beer and beverages industry should be avoided in the face of stiff competition from foreign and domestic beverage brands.