Large corporations have been silently pouring their money into other business fields after they can get a firm foothold in their core fields.

Financial institutions believe the dong will depreciate further in the last months of the year after losing one percent of value since mid-June.

China has kicked off its plan to tighten control over farm produce imports from Vietnam by raising technical barriers.

The list of Vietnam’s 50 most effective businesses for 2014 is now out, and perhaps its most outstanding revelation is the decline in the number of state-owned enterprises in its ranks.

Elderly consumers in Vietnam offer manufacturers a potentially large market, currently at 5.6 million customers and growing. But, until now, that market has been largely ignored.

The monthly cabinet meeting in June took place on Monday with the participation of representatives of 63 provinces and cities, who heard Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung say that Vietnam wants normal economic cooperation with China, but that it will take proactive measures if China does not cooperate.