Vietnam's pharmaceutical industry still faces many challenges and difficulties in the context of increasingly deep integration with the world, heard a seminar in Hanoi.

Commercial joint stock banks continued to lower deposit interest rates early this month – a move that raises hope of a fall in lending rates.

Malaysia’s property sector will continue to face many challenges in 2023, due to a clear oversupply of properties in certain sectors and locations in the country, said insiders.

A workshop providing the press with information on the use of tobacco in Vietnam, challenges in minimising tobacco use and solutions to them was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi on November 23.

Domestic banks are expected to face increasing competition, especially as European banks will be able to access the Vietnamese market when the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the UN, has appreciated the positive results of a peace agreement in Colombia and believed that this will contribute to ensuring security and safety for people in the country, especially those in conflict areas.

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a new challenge for property brokers who have been facing many since last year due to the low supply in the market.

The EVFTA has brought great opportunities to enterprises, but businesses need to have sufficiently strong workforce to be able to fully tap these opportunities, according to experts.

The IoT Startup 2019 competition was launched at the Sai Gon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16, with competitors to be asked to deal with challenges facing many major technology firms.

An online viral craze is making positive changes to the world for once, instead of enticing kids to eat washing machine pods. The so-called ‘TrashTag Challenge’ has gone viral in recent days.

The National Strategy on Environment Protection aims to cut plastic bag use in traditional markets in half by 2020. However, the goal is difficult due to numerous factors.

Thailand, the 2nd largest economy in ASEAN, has developed strategies to make the most of opportunities as well as be flexible enough to cope with challenges arising from the upcoming AEC.

Regulations on the origin of goods will present challenges to Vietnam’s textile and garment sector once free trade agreements, especially the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), come into force.