Several new development trends are emerging in the real estate market, which is expected to remain strong in 2019 since the economy continues to grow robustly and there is a lot of investment flowing into infrastructure.

The domestic market is expected to see considerable changes in 2019 as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) became effective as from January 14, according to market watchers.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises have played an increasingly important role in boosting socio-economic development in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, especially in generating jobs for workers.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is striving to earn 890 million USD in export turnover in 2019, up 5.95 percent against the previous year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) buying net 4 billion USD in January may be the way to lower Vietnamese dong lending rates.

Vietnam’s joining of free trade agreements (FTAs) is quite suitable in the context of trade globalization. However, to promote the efficiency of boosting exports, a concerted policy system is needed to help businesses successfully take advantage of benefits brought by the FTAs, according to insiders.

Co.opXtra Su Van Hanh in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10 has been named in the list of 17 stores you must visit this year, according to IGD Asia, Asia’s leading retail research organisation.

Amid widespread expectations that the central bank will continue to pursue its tight credit policy, especially to risky areas like real estate, in 2019 property developers are looking at other sources for funds.

Vietnam’s shrimp exports are expected to increase to more than 4 billion USD in 2019 thanks to free trade agreements, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

More than 24,000 tourists chose Mong Cai city, the northern border province of Quang Ninh, as their destination on the first five days, from February 2 to 6, of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A flight of Vietnam’s budget carrier Vietjet Air from Vinh city in the central province of Nghe An to Ho Chi Minh City on February 6 changed its schedule for a technical check.

In recent years, the Government bond market has become an important capital mobilisation channel for Vietnam. However, the scale of the country’s bond market is modest compared to national economic scale and to other regional countries.

Small traders at several markets in the central city of Da Nang, including Son Tra night market, are now being provided with free foreign language courses, to improve service quality and woo more customers to their stores.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has set a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of 7.4-7.6 percent and an export growth of 7.5-8 percent for the capital city in 2019.

With a love for the traditional Chung cake and a desire to turn it into a high quality gift, a young girl in Hanoi has devoted time to giving chung cake a new look.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) has set the industry’s export turnover target this year at 40 billion USD, a 10.8 percent year-on-year increase from 2018.

Bac Ninh province, about 60km north of Hanoi, handed over investment licenses and signed land-use contracts with many domestic and foreign investors right on the first days of 2019, according to local authorities.

The fruit and vegetable sector aims to gross nearly 4.2 billion USD in export turnover this year, according to the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Many trade centres and supermarkets started opening their door right on February 5, the first day of the traditional lunar New Year (Tet), with prices kept at the same level before the longest and most important festival in Vietnam, according to market watchers.

Vietnam will remain an attractive investment destination in 2019, though impacts of the US-China trade tension that triggered a downturn in global stock markets in 2018 will not end soon, said Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of VinaCapital Andy Ho.