Real estate sector analysis

Hanoi is expected to remain among the nation’s top five localities in attracting foreign direct investment in the near future and therefore demand for office space will remain high, especially among the e-commerce, finance, banking, logistics and information technology sectors, he added. … [Read more...] about HCMC, Hanoi office markets insulated from pandemic impacts

The strategy also stresses the reorganisation of the domestic consumption market for livestock products to reduce intermediaries in the circulation process as well as the expansion of the trading floors for livestock products and the enhancement of deep processing to diversify product ranges. The relevant agencies will pay great attention to developing livestock according to farm scale and maintaining farm household husbandry under the traditional organic form and VIETGAP standards. The closed production and linkage model amongst all stages in the value chain will be encouraged to reduce cost and improve efficiency and added value. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 28

“Việt Nam is switching to the so-called “Make in Vietnam” movement, while boosting the formation of joint ventures and attracting foreign conglomerates, especially those producing smart equipment using the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data technologies, among others,” he added. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam willing to welcome investment from Japanese IT firms: official

In your opinion, what will be the key trends for investment in the renewable energy market in Vietnam? I think the mix of energy will continue to be more balanced than today, the traditional centralisation of the energy generation, transmission distribution will get decentralised with a lot of new producers, including some rooftop solar technology. But fundamentally, the market continues to have two main points to focus: the first one is continuing to digitise the existing installation base on one hand, and on the other hand, to electrify a lot of the country, which has still very little access to the electric infrastructure away from the main city, but to continue to develop access to energy. … [Read more...] about The “next normal” in business is sustainability

However, not every enterprise was in a safe enough situation for bond issuance, Duong said, adding that there were many of small scale, especially those operating in real estate development, but issue corporate bonds much higher than their equity, posing risks to the market if these enterprises fell into difficulty and failed to pay debts. … [Read more...] about Corporate bond market forecast to be robust this year