Heads roll in wave of bank woes

The banking industry has experienced a roller-coaster year, with concerns over the sector's liquidity and pressure on high interest rates adding to a long list of woes.

Ailing cement industry needs to export more

Exports were a main outlet for the ailing cement industry last year, Nguyen Thanh Tung, director of Vietnam Cement Corporation's administration office, said at a recent conference.

VN-made luxury handbags enter US market

The Vietnamese fashion handbag industry has reached a turning point with the 1st shipment of Vietnamese-made luxury lifestyle handbags to the US

Vietnam’s new generation of female singers

In recent years the Vietnamese music industry has been lit up by a new generation of emerging female songwriters who also perform their works

Effective remedy for national economy

Vietnam has identified thorny problems in the national economy, and now is the time to address these issues effectively, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan.

Retailers urged to focus on domestic market

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has forecast that the nation will achieve a total retail value of goods and services this year of about 100 billion USD, despite global economic difficulties.

China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy

Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace

Exhibition to show rich people’s life

An exhibition featuring paintings about the life of Vietnam’s top billionaires will be held in Hanoi next week

Toymakers aim to buck economic gloom at Asia fair

A smartphone-controlled robot that fires foam bullets and a model of a tyrannosaurus with real bones are among the attractions drawing the crowds at Asia's largest toy show this week

Japan auto sales down 15% in 2011

Japan's domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses slumped 15 percent in 2011 mainly due to the huge disruption sparked by March's quake and tsunami, industry groups said Thursday