The CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, said that Uber lost more than $1 billion per year in the Chinese market while participating in the price competition with its rivals. However, in Vietnam, Uber is working very well.

For the first time, as a result of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects in Vietnam.

Successfully calling for tens of millions of dollars from the world’s large investment funds, Vietnamese startups did well in the Year of a Goat.

Dung Quat refinery may have to close temporarily because its main products, diesel and Jet A1 fuel, cannot compete with imported counterparts since the tariff on diesel and Jet A1 from ASEAN member states has been eliminated, starting from 2016.

Early promising signs are fanning hopes for the reiteration in 2016 of last year’s record-breaking level of disbursed foreign direct investment, which stood at US$14.5 billion.

More and more local small and medium-sized enterprises are aiming to join the global supply chains of multinational corporations.