Since CBRE was established in Vietnam 12 years ago, managing director Marc Townsend has witnessed many changes in Vietnam’s real estate market. He recaps on his decade in the country.

The Vietnam Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) set to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first quarter of 2015, General Director Le Anh Son announced at the firm’s conference in Hanoi on January 15 to review 2014 results and set targets for 2015 operations.

The Vinh Son – Song Hinh Hydropower JSC, the investor of the Thuong Kon Tum hydropower project, plans to bring the Chinese contractor, which stopped the implementation of the project, to the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC).

 While Vietnamese ministries argue about policies on the development of the automobile industry, many auto manufacturers that once intended to invest in Vietnam have changed their mind and left the country.

Analysts and economists, siding with domestic businesses, have voiced great concern over the generous incentives given to foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) and the undervalued role of Vietnamese businesses in the national economy.

Although the domestic and oversea economies still meet difficulties, but Vietnamese enterprises tried to strive, becoming the brands of Vietnamese Goods is favorite. The campaign “Vietnamese people are in priority for using Vietnamese Goods”, for a long time has paid an attention by...