VietNamNet Bridge - The 10 richest Vietnamese business people recognized by the media 10 years ago are no longer found in the top 10 list of stock millionaires.

Nearly 250 Vietnamese businesses have decided to work with each other to bring high-quality products to Vietnamese consumers, a move that will help them compete with foreign goods flooding the home market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The total spending on healthcare services by the Vietnamese people accounts for 5.8 percent of GDP, the highest level in ASEAN countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Included in the list of the most dynamic companies in Asia, or the Asia 300 of the Japanese news agency Nikkei, Vietnam has five businesses: Vingroup, Vietcombank, FPT Group, PetroVietnam Gas and Vinamilk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Real estate developer Vingroup (VIC) earned VND33.8 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in sales and VND1.419 trillion ($63.3 million) in after-tax profits in 2015.

Vingroup, a large real estate group in Vietnam, has spent 22.5 million Australian dollars to buy land in Sydney to develop a hotel project. This is the first business affair of Vingroup in Sydney, reported The Australian on February 15.

 FPT, Vietcombank, PetroVietnam Gas (PVGas), Vinamilk, and Vingroup are five Vietnamese enterprises that appeared on the Asia300 report, which was released recently by Nikkei Asian Review.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese retail market is expected to be re-divided with the presence of Vingroup, a Vietnamese company with powerful financial capability, and other firms.

VietNamNet Bridge - While big conglomerates have poured money into agricultural production projects, many of them cannot reap fruit. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The revised laws on Housing and Real Estate Business, which allow foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam, were keenly lauded by the foreign community when they came into force in July 2015.

The housing market in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is heating up as lower inventories, strong demand and a spill over from foreign buyers relocating to Vietnam as a consequence of the nation’s buoyant economy lifting property values.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the building of a US$1 billion "ecological" complex on Vu Yen Island in northern Hai Phong City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While many moguls are pouring huge amounts in agriculture, some investors are quietly retreating from the field.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Owning more than 55% of shares with a value of VND15,000 billion, the family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan holds control of Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Corporation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Holding the most important posts in Vingroup, the family of Pham Nhat Vuong is currently the richest on the Vietnam Stock Exchange.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Nhat Vuong, the head of Vingroup, is Vietnam's richest man, included on Forbes’ billionaire list for the third consecutive year. However, his position fell by 26 spots from 2014.

 Property developer VinGroup will collaborate with Vietnam Railways to study a number of projects, which could be launched with capital contribution from society and the sale of operational rights, said Chairman of Vietnam Railways Tran Ngoc Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though there are signs the real estate market is recovering, many investors are still leaving it quietly. This may become a growing tendency in 2015 and upcoming years.

Investors have geared up in the race for the right to take over Hai Phong Port, an important port in northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - While FDI in agriculture has dropped dramatically by 30 times just over the last 15 years, domestic investment in the sector has been increasing steadily in recent years.