Focus: Embracing Hybrid Models: Foreign corporations dominate Vietnam’s modern retail market, with hypermarkets and shopping malls occupying the upper tier and convenience store chains commanding the lower tier. In this competitive landscape, Vietnamese retail firms are carving out a niche in the middle segment by adopting mini supermarket chains and hybrid models blending mini supermarkets and convenience stores.
Inside Vietnam
Cause For Concern? New foreign investment approvals in Vietnam declined slightly in 2024. Understanding what is behind the drop is essential for finding coping solutions.
An Improved Outlook For Corporate Bonds: The corporate bond market is expected to improve in 2025, with recovery driven more significantly by corporate bonds rather than bank bonds, which dominated the market in 2023. What opportunities and challenges lie ahead for this sector?
The Prevailing Uncertainty: Volatility is what characterized the gold market in 2024. What will happen next in 2025?
Business
Market Outlook For 2025: Since the new year began, securities companies have been releasing their assessments of Vietnam’s stock market outlook for 2025. These strategic reports, combined with comprehensive macroeconomic analyses, aim to help investors identify key factors shaping the domestic stock market this year.
Bumpy Road Ahead: Footwear companies need to scale up production, increase localization, and meet stricter green standards to achieve their ambitious export target of US$29 billion in 2025.
Living
A Literary Wonderland Where Stories Flourish: Nguyen Van Binh Book Street, located in the center of HCMC, is more than simply a street; it is a spiritual haven depicting the city’s love of books in the most fascinating way.
Historic Gateways To Hue Citadel: Hue’s iconic citadel boasts 13 entrance gates, each built during the early 19th century under King Gia Long. These gates seamlessly blend traditional Vietnamese architecture with Eastern philosophy, combining elements of yin and yang, the five elements, and French fortress design. Under King Minh Mang’s reign, watchtowers were added atop multiple gates, some of which remain today.
Travel
Exploring Da Trang Pass: A Limestone Wonderland: From afar, the pristine white of Da Trang Pass evokes a wintry Northern European landscape, making it one of Vietnam’s most unique natural wonders.
Bún Gỏi Dà – Soc Trang’s Culinary Creation: A feast for the senses, bún gỏi dà captivates with its vibrant presentation of white rice noodles topped with red, peeled shrimp, offering both visual appeal and a delectable taste.
