Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Food retail sales in Ho Chi Minh City witnessed “skyrocketing growth” in recent year, a report said
Despite economic difficulties the retail market in Ho Chi Minh City expanded last year as top retailers and brands continued to come in, property consultant Knight Frank said in a new report.
The retail sales value...
Last updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Workers on strike at a Ho Chi Minh City-based company.
A bill on demonstration has sparked controversy at the Vietnam National Assembly’s sitting on Thursday, as some lawmakers find the law unnecessary, while others disagree.
Hoang Huu Phuoc, a member of the legislature from Ho Chi Minh City, proposed the National...
Last updated: Monday, November 7, 2011
Vietnam authorities are considering raising car registration fees in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to 20 percent in an attempt to reduce car imports and ease traffic.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has sent the proposal to concerned agencies, news website VnExpress said Thursday.
Hanoi currently...
Last updated: Friday, October 28, 2011
A staff worker at a Masan Mart shop, which is owned by Masan Group.
Masan Group Corp., the food, banking and natural-resources company that’s the biggest stock in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, said it’s considering listing shares abroad.
Masan may sell shares by issuing new stock, depositary receipts, convertible...
Last updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Australian Journalist Wilfred Burchett (L) in a photo taken in a Vietnam's war zone, and one of his photo depicting Vietnamese children in war-time
One-hundred black and white photos from 1954-1966 by legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett are on display in Hanoi to commemorate the Australian photographer’s 100th...
Last updated: Friday, September 16, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corp., Vietnam’s second-biggest brokerage by market share, expects its advisory business to grow as much as two-thirds as overseas and local companies tap into the nation’s rising consumer spending.
The securities firm, also known as HSC, typically has 30 to 35 advisory...
Last updated: Monday, September 5, 2011
Vietnamese artists are refusing to accept government awards and fighting amongst each other over nominations
Late author Son Nam was nominated for this year National Award but his family has withdrawn his name following a lot of controversy concerning the awards.
The...
Last updated: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Thierry Bernard-Gotteland at his exhibition at Quynh Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City in July
A contorted leather bed dangled from the ceiling, and metal chains arranged in a pentagram were lit up by stage lights. This was heavy metal art and it rocked the art world in Ho Chi Minh City this July.
It...
Last updated: Monday, August 15, 2011
A set of wall paintings by young graffiti artists has inspired a conversation about art, culture and the changing times in a HCMC neighborhood.
One of the half-length portrait murals portraying a member of the Click9 project
The area around this old Pho Shop will never be the...
Last updated: Sunday, August 14, 2011
Government’s inflation fight will decide short-term future, analysts say
Motorcyclists ride past a construction site in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City on August 8.
For the first time in two years, land prices have gone down in Hanoi.
Perhaps for the first time ever, developers...
