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: 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: 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: 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...
Last updated: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Hanoi-born artist unafraid to take traditional instrument to new spaces
Vo Van Anh playing the dan tranh at a concert in Ho Chi Minh City last week. The San Francisco based artist said her biggest desire was to introduce the traditional zither to world friends and...
Last updated: Friday, July 8, 2011
The 25th-ranked player Lee Jung Woo from the Republic of Korea to compete at Ho Chi Minh City table tennis competition known as the “Golden Paddle”
The table tennis competition held in Ho Chi Minh City from July 13-17 will draw several players from the world top 100.
Vietnam’s champions are particularly nervous...
Last updated: Saturday, July 2, 2011
Cao lầu at Faifo Pho Hoai Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoi An on the central coast has developed an exotic cuisine thanks to its long history as a port of call for ships from Japan, China and as far away as the Netherlands.
It’s might not be as vibrant, colorful and eye-catching as Ho Chi Minh City’s cuisine,...
